Concrete Air
Amalia Lindo
25 Sep 2017–1 Jan 2018
Search engine filters mimic the politics of the school-yard. The voices of the well-liked resound through passages and fill empty pages; identifying trends, dictating meaning, silencing difference. Concrete Air navigates the unwatched footage of the individual YouTube user by using both date and time as a method of filtration amid the chaos of uncirculated sermons, Vlogs, UFO sightings, Indian sitcoms, confessionals, infomercials, conspiracy theories, unboxings, virtual world commentaries, spam filters & ad blockers. Concrete Air results in a labyrinth of pixels, devoid of narrative and subject, offering the search engine outcasts a seat at the proverbial table.
PLAY (2014-2019) was a continuously programmed online gallery that presented single channel video art by national and international artists to audiences throughout Australia and the world.
Concrete Air navigates the unwatched footage of the individual YouTube user by using both date and time as a method of filtration amid the chaos of uncirculated sermons, Vlogs, UFO sightings, Indian sitcoms, confessionals, infomercials, conspiracy theories, unboxings, virtual world commentaries, spam filters & ad blockers.
This program takes place on the land of the Wurundjeri people of the Kulin Nation. We recognise that sovereignty was never ceded - this land is stolen land. We pay respects to Wurundjeri Elders, past, present and emerging, to the Elders from other communities and to any other Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islanders who might encounter or participate in the program.
Amalia Lindo (b. 1990, United States) is a multi-disciplinary artist in Naarm/Melbourne. In 2016, she completed a Bachelor of Fine Art (First Class Honours) at Monash University. Incorporating human and algorithmic decision-making into filmmaking, her work examines the effects of automated technologies, such as artificial intelligence, on human labour, behaviour and decision-making. Select exhibitions include: Melbourne Now, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne (2023); Represented Artists, Haydens, Melbourne (2022); Contemporary Small Sculpture Award, Deakin University Art Gallery, Melbourne (2022); The Image Looks Back, RMIT Gallery, Melbourne (2021); Computer Shoulders, Centre for Contemporary Photography, Melbourne (2019). Amalia is represented by Haydens, Melbourne.
Tamsin Green is an artist and writer based in Melbourne. Her work is informed by histories of photography and performance practice. Recent solo exhibitions include Covers at Bus Projects and Theft: Prints and Drawings at the Eildon Gallery, Alliance Française, Melbourne. Tamsin’s work has been supported by grants from the Australia Council for the Arts, and the City of Melbourne. She currently lectures at Monash Art, Design, and Architecture.
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