Visual Messages
Friday, September 25, 2020 to Thursday, December 31, 2020
VISUAL MESSAGES is the first juried virtual exhibition presented by the International Visual Literacy Association (IVLA). This exhibition is conceived within the concept of the International Visual Literacy 52 annual conference theme, Visual Literacy in the Virtual Realm, held online on September 25 and 26th, 2020. It raises questions about visual literacy associated with the volatile visual world of the internet and the implications of 3D online exhibitions. The works in this exhibition are either original digital data or digital photographic representations of physical objects. However, in their essence, the exhibition’s works are red, green, and blue microscopic lights flashing on the screen, a constant motion, fighting for the viewers’ attention and inevitability vulnerable to the viewers’ perceptions and meaning-making.
Collectively, the exhibition offers an opportunity for the viewer to reflect on the notion of the exhibition as a whole and to examine the non-visual aspects of the works, the framework of delivery, and the interdependence between works, viewer, virtual of representation and real realms, and the experiences that they afford.
SELECTED ARTISTS
Esraa Abdelfatah Hussein Abdelfatah
Elvan Ozkavruk Adanir
Kashitsyna Alina
Funda Zeynep Ayguler
Sundeep Bali
Angela Burns
Xun (Michael) Chi
Suriyya Choudhary
Bryce Culverhouse
Matthew Dudzik
Mila Gvardiol
Jhon Fred Manaligod
Avital Meshi
Gary McLeod
Camille Pradon
Kayalvizhi Sethukarasu
Alejandro Thornton
Hillary Veeder
Fazar Roma Agung Wibisono
Lisa Winstanley
Nancy Wood
Qiangwei Xu
AWARDS
1st Place – Mila Gvardiol, “Stairs 3”
2nd Place – Matthew Dudzik, “Barragan and Teotihuacan”
3rd Place – Qiangwei Xu, “Smoker’s Prayer”
HONORABLE MENTIONS
Sundeep Bali, “Raikas on Migration”
Alejandro Thornton, “Dwell”
Funda Zeynep Ayguler, “Data Visualization (Untitled)”
Avital Meshi, “White (15.50%)”
Gary McLeod, “Tokyo 2020+0”
Xun (Michael) Chi, “Neuron and Universe”
EXHIBITION JURY
Petronio Bendito
Peter Carpreau
Dana Statton Thompson
Featured Award Winner
“Stairs 3”
1st Place Art Exhibit Award Winner
Mila Gvardiol
Academy of Applied Arts, Serbia
“Stairs 3”, created by Mila Gvardiol, yielded the 1st place award at the Visual Messages Competition at the 2020 IVLA annual conference.
“STAIRS” are a series of paintings in large dimension. On the canvas, a section of the stairs is presented like a static picture, but for the viewer it is a stimulant of thoughts, movements, and decisions regarding direction. Shall I go up or down?
About the artist:
Mila Gvardiol graduated at Faculty of Applied Arts – Applied Painting Department in Belgrade and took doctors degree in Digital Art within Interdisciplinary Studies of University of Arts. She is a member of the Association of Fine Artists of Serbia and Association of Applied Arts and Designers of Serbia. She is employed as Associate Professor at the Faculty for Digital Production in Sremska Kamenica, as well as at the Academy of Applied Arts in Belgrade. She took part at 30 solo and over 250 group exhibitions and participates at international Digital Arts festivals and Fine Arts colonies. She was awarded several times for her paintings.
“Barragan and Teotihuacan”
Matthew Dudzik
2nd Place Art Exhibit Award Winner
“Smoker’s Prayer”
Qiangwei Xu
3rd Place Art Exhibit Award Winner
“Raikas on Migration”
Sundeep Bali
Honorable Mention
“Dwell”
Alejandro Thornton
Honorable Mention
“Data Visualization (Untitled)”
Funda Zeynep Ayguler
Honorable Mention
“White (15.50%)”
Avital Meshi
Honorable Mention
“Tokyo 2020+0”
Gary McLeod
Honorable Mention
