James Newitt b. 1981

  • Artist (Installation Artist),
  • Artist (Mixed Media Artist)
James Newitt, Hobart-based installation and mixed media artist, focuses on projection, sound and text installation as well as public projects.
Tags: Lighting, Memory, Place
girl stares into mirror with headphones on
Courtesy of: James Newitt
creator of
Of Others
Date
Medium
video
Tags
Video portraits
URL
http://www.jnewitt.com/work/others.html

Single channel version of four-channel HD video, stereo sound.

 
creator of
Saturday Nights
Date
Medium
Single channel video work
URL
http://scanlines.net/node/4062
 
http://www.jnewitt.com/HTML/video-works/sat-night.html

HDV DVD loop 14:30min, stereo sound Artwork commissioned as part of the Port Arthur Project, Ten Days on the Island 2007
Saturday Nights is a single channel video about a country-dance that Newitt facilitated in early March 2007 at the Koonya Hall on the Tasman Peninsula. Saturday Nights (shot on HDV) combines documentary observations and scripted actions to reveal aspects of the personal histories and relationships between a community of people who were involved in the country-dance …

 
creator of
Altered State
Date
URL
http://scanlines.net/node/4064
 
http://www.jnewitt.com/HTML/video-works/altered.html

14:00 min 2 channel DVD loop Stereo sound Exhibited as part of the Next Wave Festival 2006 Empire Games, in the Container Village
Altered State: Big Green, Big Blue is a two-channel video that reveals a series of orchestrated performances that were filmed in private residences in Hobart …

 
creator of
Unstable Ground
Date
URL
http://scanlines.net/node/4063

8:30 min 2 channel DVD loop stereo sound Exhibited at Sherman Galleries as part of the exhibition Eternal Beautiful Now, curated by Tania Doropoulos, 2007
Unstable Ground is a two-channel video portrait of two men, made over a nine-month period in institutional, public and private spaces in Hobart …