Image: Ellen Broadhurst, The Ship That Never Sunk, 2017, film still

Image: Warp opening night. Photo by Jessica Wyld

Image: Tom Blake, constant elation, 2017, multi-channel HD video, curtains, continuous loop. Photo by Jessica Wyld

Image: Tom Blake, constant elation, 2017, multi-channel HD video, curtains, continuous loop. Photo by Jessica Wyld

Image: Tom Blake, constant elation, 2017, multi-channel HD video, curtains, continuous loop. Photo by Jessica Wyld

Image: Warp opening night. Photo by Jessica Wyld

Image: Michael Meneghetti, Chiamata del selvaggio / Call of the wild, 2013, HD video, 1min 21secs. Photo by Jessica Wyld

Image: Georgie Mattingley, Hospital Landscapes, 2016, HD video, 4mins; Ellen Broadhurst, John Oldham’s Phony Waterfall, 2016, HD video, TV monitor, expanding foam, log, mixed media, dimensions variable, continuous loop. Photo by Jessica Wyld

Image: Warp opening night. Photo by Jessica Wyld

Image: Ellen Broadhurst, We Have To Assume He Is Happy, 2017, HD video, TV monitor, cement, chicken wire, bitumen, rocks, glitter, dimensions variable, continuous loop. Photo by Jessica Wyld

Image: Ellen Broadhurst, The Ship That Never Sank, 2017, filming, sound and editing in collaboration with Zac Bruce, HD video, 21min 40secs. Photo by Jessica Wyld

Image: Ellen Broadhurst, The Ship That Never Sank, 2017, filming, sound and editing in collaboration with Zac Bruce, HD video, 21min 40secs. Photo by Jessica Wyld

Image: Warp opening night. Photo by Jessica Wyld

Image: Ellen Broadhurst, The Ship That Never Sank, 2017, filming, sound and editing in collaboration with Zac Bruce, HD video, 21min 40secs. Photo by Jessica Wyld

The Revelation Perth International Film Festival is one of the most exciting and respected independent cinema festivals in Australia. Celebrating its twentieth anniversary in 2017, Revelation is renowned for its thoughtful and provocative program, lively discussion sessions and passionate advocacy for Australian screen culture.

FAC is delighted to partner with Revelation for the first time to present Warp. Bringing together eight leading and emerging artists from Victoria and WA, this exhibition of video works explores the way our increasingly screen-dominated lives are affecting our perception of reality and the way we interact and connect with others. Shifting ideas around intimacy and isolation, the performative instincts within our online exchanges and the threats and promises of a digitised personal history are some of the themes explored in this thought provoking and sometimes challenging series of works.

Exhibiting artists

Warp is curated by independent curator Amy Marjoram (VIC).

Revelation Film Festival runs from 6 – 19 July. For more information visit revelationfilmfest.org