Curated by GHOST (Madison Bycroft, Kari Robertson, Natalia Sorzano)
Madison Bycroft in person
"A screening program of storytelling, empathy, and friendship." - MB
Microscope is very pleased to welcome Australian artist Madison Bycroft back to the gallery, this time to present a selection of artist films from those that have been presented by the three-person facilitative platform GHOST (Kari Robertson, Natalia Sorzano, and Bycroft), based out of Rotterdam as well as others from cities where the artists have resided including Adelaide, Australia, Bogata, Colombia, Marseille, France, and New York City.
From the curators:
“For AEIRIAL, a screening program of artists film, we aim to make central the politics of friendship in both form and content: we draw together a constellation of artists that deal with these concerns in their work, but also to act formally on the basis of friendship and seek to make visible the problematics of working within our own community, and keeping paramount our own labour towards empathic communication and shared affinities within these friendships.
GHOST was formed initially based on and through friendship. Bycroft, Robertson and Sorzano all attended the same MFA program in which they became familiar with one anthers' practice and politics. Together under GHOST the artists are interested in experimental forms of assistance, collaboration and authorship. What does it mean to have affinities? How can these be nurtured across lines of difference? Within the politics of friendship and the operation of Ghost, we privilege hospitality: making space for others, deep listening, a movement of the subject to the side and other generous forms of hosting."
Program running time: approximately 75 minutes