“I Would Have Run But I Had a Heavy Cold” by Peter Callas

Title:

I Would Have Run But I Had a Heavy Cold

Artist(s) and People Involved:

Exhibiting Artist(s):



• Peter Callas

Symposium:

• ISEA2013: 19th International Symposium on Electronic Art

Venue(s):

• Artspace Visual Arts Centre , Wolloomooloo , Australia

Artist Statement:

Single channel video work, 15:00 mins, Sydney, 1980

In I Would Have Run But I Had A Heavy Cold I enter the water beside a pontoon on the Hawkesbury River near Sydney. As speedboats zoom by with skiers in trail I crawl out of the water at the end of the pontoon – and come towards the camera repetitively until I am exhausted. [source: http://scanlines.net/object/i-would-have-run-i-had-heavy-cold]

Category:

• Art Exhibition
• Video Art