ArtsLab: Behind Closed Doors
ARTSLAB: BEHIND CLOSED DOORS is Shopfront’s annual emerging artists festival. It offered a 6 month long residency, an industry mentor, professional masterclasses and a week long season to showcase their art works. Five emerging artists were chosen from a large set of applications. This presentation was the fruition of that creative opportunity. There were two foyer works. 1. AMPLIFIER by Tall Jan, is a video work by Brendan Donnellan aka Tall Jan. It consists of a series of edited self-interviews concerning a sexual transition. The mentor was Bhenji Ra. It is, frankly, a work that is not well executed either…