Video Art
Panos Aprahamian wins the Han Nefkens Foundation—Museu Tàpies Video Art Production Grant 2024
We are thrilled to announce that Panos Aprahamian (1986, Lebanon) is the recipient of the Han Nefkens Foundation—Museu Tàpies Video Art Production Grant 2024, in collaboration with NTU Centre for Contemporary Art, Singapore; WIELS Brussels; Museum of Contemporary Art and Design (MCAD) Manila; Jameel Arts Centre, Dubai and Museo d’Arte Contemporanea Donnaregina (MADRE), Naples.
Panos Aprahamian was selected as the recipient of the grant by a jury chaired by Mr. Han Nefkens and composed of Joselina Cruz: Director at MCAD, Manila; Eva Fabbris, Director of MADRE, Naples; Dirk Snauwaert Director of WIELS, Brussels; Karin Oen, Director of NTU CCA, Singapore; Imma Prieto, Director at Museu Tàpies and Nora Razian, Deputy Director and Head of Exhibitions at Jameel Art Centre, Dubai, in the presence of Hilde Teerlinck, Director of the Han Nefkens Foundation and Alessandra Biscaro, Coordinator of the Han Nefkens Foundation.
Through light, sound and moving image, video artists create powerful multisensory experiences. Opening on July 3, 2024 at the Art Gallery of Ontario, Bright Signs: Spotlight on Video Art presents 11 large-scale works from the AGO’s collection of contemporary art, highlighting video art’s technical sophistication and varying formats, from large-scale environments to projections and moving sculpture. Filling Level 5 of the AGO, the exhibition features artwork by Alexandra Bachzetsis, Iain Baxter&, Trisha Donnelly, Theaster Gates, Laurent Grasso, Jenny Holzer, Khalil Joseph, Taus Makhacheva, Christian Marclay, Lisa Reihana and Sarah Sze.
“Harnessing state-of-the-art technology, video art has the capacity to make moments in time – be they real or imaginary, past or present – feel startlingly immediate. In doing so, these artworks raise powerful questions about memory, history and visibility,” says exhibition curator Debbie Johnsen, Manager, Modern & Contemporary Collections, AGO. “Incorporating staging, high-definition multi-channel videos, vintage and digital media players and audio – it is an exciting challenge to present video art and all time-based media. The AGO’s conservation and installation expertise mean that these works can be brought so powerfully to life here.”
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