Artwork
Pushing a camera over a hill
Aug 1971
Artwork Information
This early performance work was recorded at Moore Park, NSW, Australia. Parr’s works strive to get away from symbolism, and back to the presentation of facts. The title of this work outlines a situation. “I view my performance works as units of experience.” The view from the camera is literally a documentation of the lived experience. Pushing a camera is an instruction piece. Occurring in an era prior to reality TV, the endurance mechanisms of Parr’s performance are a prescient kind of behaviour modification.
- Artist
- Title
- Pushing a camera over a hill
- Production Date
- Aug 1971
- Medium
- single channel video, standard definition (SD), 4:3, black and white, stereo sound
- Dimensions
- 7min 25sec
- Credit Line
- The Auckland Triennial Collection, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 2010
- Accession No
- 2010/18
- Copyright
- Copying restrictions apply
- Department
- International Art
- Display Status
- Not on display
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