John Conomos
Autumn Song
April 20 - May 21
Autumn Song is an "auto-biofictional" video and suite
of digital stills that explores themes of confilct and bi-cultural
memory. The fragmented and poetic narrative of Autumn Song
articulates childhood memories of the Greek-Australian milkbar
run by Conomos' father, days spent gazing at the world outside
the store window, contrasted with footage of the artist performing
on the rocky landscape of the Greek island Kythera, his spiritual
home. Conomos maps out a symbolic space where an ambiguous post-colonial
identity is articulated, seen through the lens of a bi-cultural
childhood.
Autumn Song was selected for the Locarno Video Festival, Sweden
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