PETER WILLIAM TOY
ART PERFORMANCE
Art Performance, που θα πραγματοποιηθεί χρησιμοποιώντας τα αντικείμενα καθημερινής χρήσης και τα έθιμα του εδώ και τώρα. Αυτό το έργο performance με τίτλο , « Υπάρχει Θεός» εξετάζει το πώς αιώνια ερωτήματα διαλέγονται με τη ρουτίνα της καθημερινότητας και επίσης τίθεται το ερώτημα σχετικά με το εάν έχουμε το χρόνο γι ‘αυτής της μορφής τις σκέψεις.
Art Performance, using the everyday objects and customs of the here and now. This performance work, “Is God”, looks at how eternal questions are dealt with in the routine of everyday life and questions weather we really have time for this kind of thinking.
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Ο Peter William Toy είναι ένας καλλιτέχνης –performer που έχει έδρα την Αυστραλία. Επίσης είναι γνωστός ως Freeflowingvisuals και παραγωγός Video Art.
Ο Peter γεννήθηκε στο Περθ της Δυτικής Αυστραλίας το 1954. Σπούδασε γλυπτική και photomedia στο City Art Institute και αποφοίτησε από το Πανεπιστήμιο της Νέας Νότιας Ουαλίας το 1983.
Η τέχνη του σαν πρακτική βασίζεται στην παραστατικές δράσεις που τεκμηριώνουν τις ενσώματες μορφές της γλυπτικής, φωτογραφίας και video art. Οι ατομικές εκθέσεις του, (1986 έως 2006), συνδυάζουν ζωντανή παράσταση με γλυπτική και εγκατάσταση βίντεο.
Ο Peter Τοy σαν καλλιτέχνης performer είναι … “ένα παιδί της φύσης», «ένας ευγενής άγριος» και μια «φωνή εν τη ερήμω». Έχει λάβει πολλά βραβεία, δημιουργικές διαμονές και προβολές τόσο στην Αυστραλία όσο και στην Ευρώπη.
Ο Peter σχετικά με το έργο του λέει:.. «Η φιλοσοφία που καθοδηγεί το έργο μου είναι το να θέτει ερωτήσεις σε σχέση με τα σύγχρονα παγκόσμια διλήμματα Για παράδειγμα: και επίσης <<Είναι Νεκρός ο Θεός; Αυτός ο τρόπος εργασίας ενισχύει την Πεποίθησή μου ότι στο χώρο της Τέχνης και της Φιλοσοφίας, οι ερωτήσεις καθ’εαυτές είναι πιο σημαντικές από ό, τι οι απαντήσεις. “
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Peter William Toy is Performance Artist based in Australia. Also known as Freeflowingvisuals, Video Art producer.
Peter Toy was born in Perth, Western Australia in 1954. He studied sculpture and photomedia at the City Art Institute and graduated from the University of New South Wales in 1983.
His Art practice is based on performative art actions which he documents in the tangible forms of sculpture, photography and video art. His solo shows, (1986 to 2006), combine live performance with sculpture and video installation.
Peter Toy the performance artist is… “a child of nature”, “a noble savage” and a “voice in the wilderness”. He has received many awards, residencies and showings both in Australia and Europe.
Says Peter Toy on his work: “The philosophy guiding my work is with establishing questions in relation to contemporary global dilemmas. For example; Is Nature interested in the continued survival of human kind. And also, Is God Dead. This way of working reinforces my belief that, in Art and Philosophy, questions are more important than answers.”
I am a Visual and Performance Artist with three decades experience as a practitioner and educator.
A recent project. presently in production, is the Photo book – “The Character of Katoomba” – (portraits of Katoomba personalities). I also give Professional Development workshops to Schools and Community groups on Camera use, Photographic technique and Photo-editing.
I am actively involved in Performance Art and Video Art production, the most recent being; “Is God Dead” (2011-2015), which is to be performed and exhibited at Maumau in Istanbul, Turkey in 2015 and at the Ionion Center for the Arts and Culture ,Kefalonia, Greece.
Is God Dead. (2011 – 2015).
The project begins in Sydney, Australia as performance art where I walk the streets with a sign attached to my back which reads – Is God Dead.
The project, overall, is about a cycle; beginning with the statement and continuing as a video installation, with scattered words, where one is asked to pick-up a small piece of paper which reads – Is God Dead. The work is in two parts; the performative text and the video. The video could be said to be anti-photography because it is has no subject and has little regard for framing. I call this technique of documenting freeflowingvisuals; where a hidden and unrestrained camera, (on the performer’s body), documents the performers world. In this case the streets of Sydney. This is not photo-documentation but rather a para photo-document, a space/time fragment in digital form.
A portfolio of my Performance and Video production, also known as Freeflowingvisuals, can be seen on my Vimeo Page: https://vimeo.com/freeflowingvisuals
https://vimeo.com/freeflowingvisuals
https://www.facebook.com/freeflowingvisuals
https://au.linkedin.com/in/petertoy1
http://www.mixbook.com/photo-books/interests/the-character-of-katoomba-11420093?vk=mK4wXkUjgU
Εκθεσιακός χώρος Ιονίου Κέντρου Τεχνών και Πολιτισμού, Μεταξάτα Κεφαλονιάς
Ionion Center for the Arts and Culture,,Metaxata 28100, Kefalonia,Greece
info@ionionartscenter.gr, www.ionionartscenter.gr,
Χορηγός επικοινωνίας IonianGalaxy , Odusseia
Εστάλη στην ΟΔΥΣΣΕΙΑ, 23.10.2014