Matthew Sleeth (visual artist) explained

Matthew Sleeth
Birth Name:Matthew James Sleeth
Alma Mater:Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology
Nationality:Australian, Irish
Years Active:1993 - present

Matthew Sleeth (born 1972) is an Australian visual artist and filmmaker. His often collaborative practice incorporates photography, film, sculpture and installation with a particular focus on the aesthetic and conceptual concerns of new media. The performative and photographic nature of media art is regularly highlighted in his work.

Early life

Sleeth was born in 1972 in Melbourne.[1]

Career

Matthew Sleeth's early career is defined through three photographic monographs.[2] Roaring Days,[3] [4] is the only one showing his work with black & white photography, played with nostalgia and politics.[5] [6] The Bank Book[7] is a response to the making of a feature film. Tour of Duty,[8] explores the performance/performative aspect of armed conflict as seen during the 1999 East Timorese crisis.[6]

In 2001, he was named one of the 30 most influential artists under 30 in PDN Magazine.[9]

In 2005/6 Sleeth lived in Tokyo as part of the Australia Council’s studio residency program.[2] Then, in 2007, he was featured on the cover of Australian Art Collector magazine.[10]

Following the publication of Opfikon in 2004, Sleeth's practice became more conceptually driven.[11] His work expanded from photography and video to include sculpture, print-making and installation. Pattern Recognition, an exhibition of public billboards for the 2008 Melbourne International Arts Festival, was described as exploring "ideas about photography itself and the way it has historically been used to order and categorise life".[12] The Aperture Foundation's Exposures Blog described his New York solo exhibition, Various Positions (parts 1 through 6), as "working toward a new photographic aesthetic".[13] It opened at Claire Oliver Gallery in Chelsea, Manhattan on 18 March 2009.

Sleeth has consistently embraced new technologies and methods of production, working with 3D printing, aerial drones, electronics and computer programming.[14]

His work with 3D printing and CNC fabrication led to Sleeth's sculptural installation, The Rise and Fall of Western Civilization (And Other Obvious Metaphors). This concrete freeway combined photography, metal, plywood and micro-computers with LED displays.[15]

As his film practice evolved, Sleeth's interest in performance became more apparent, particularly in video works such as I Don't See God Up Here[16] and Kerobokan Portraits [Andrew and Myuran].[17]

In 2015 Sleeth co-wrote and directed A Drone Opera.[18] Presented by Arts House and Experimenta, the live performance combined opera singers, laser set-design and purpose-built drones to bring together the sense of surveillance and menace that explores our relationship with new technologies.[19] In June 2019, a cinematic version of A Drone Opera was screened at the Sydney Film Festival[20] and a three-channel film installation was presented at Carriageworks, Sydney.[21]

Sleeth's work with Myuran Sukumaran[22] at Kerobokan Prison[23] [24] and the campaign to save Sukumaran and Andrew Chan from execution, fuelled the development of 2017's Guilty.[25] In his feature film debut, Sleeth highlighted the final 72 hours of Sukumaran's life and questions the use of execution as a means of punishment.[26] Guilty premiered at the Adelaide Film Festival on 8 October 2017[27] and was released by Madman Entertainment on DVD in April 2020.[28]

Filmography

Films

YearFilmCredited asAwards
width=120 Directorwidth=120 Writerwidth=120 Producerwidth=120 Cinematographer
2017GuiltyAdditional cinematographyAustralian Cinematographers Society, Gold award, Winner, 2019[29] Dili Film Festival Award, Winner, 2019[30]

Australian Directors Guild, Nomination, 2019[31]

ATOM Award, Winner, 2018[32]

Australian Cinematographers Society, Gold award, Winner, 2020[33]

Short films

YearFilmCredited as
width=120 Directorwidth=120 Producerwidth=120 Writerwidth=120 Cinematographer
2019A Drone OperaAdditional cinematography
2013For One Reason Or Another
2013Kerobokan Portraits
2010Bali
2010I Don't See God Up Here
2009Green Shoots

Film festivals

Live performance

Monographs

Collections

Sleeth's work is held in the following public collections:

Solo exhibitions

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Matthew SLEETH | Artists | NGV. www.ngv.vic.gov.au.
  2. Web site: Matthew Sleeth . 7 June 2020 . National Portrait Gallery people . https://web.archive.org/web/20170607180823/http://www.portrait.gov.au/people/matthew-sleeth-1972 . 7 June 2017 . live.
  3. Roaring Days, M.33, Melbourne, 1998,
  4. Book: Roaring days. 7 June 2020 . 39837404 .
  5. Web site: The Silence: Gilles Peres and Roaring Days: Matthew Sleeth | Artlink Magazine . 7 June 2020 . Artlink Magazine . https://web.archive.org/web/20130429061317/http://www.artlink.com.au/articles/29/the-silence-gilles-peres-and-roaring-days-matthew-/ . 29 April 2013 . live.
  6. Web site: Matthew Sleeth: World Vision. 7 June 2020 . Art Collector Magazine . 2 July 2007 .
  7. The Bank Book, M.33, Melbourne, 2001
  8. Tour of Duty, Hardie Grant Books, Melbourne, 2002
  9. "Matthew Sleeth" - Claire Sykes, PDN, March 2001Web site: PDN's 30 | PDN Online . 7 June 2020 . PDN Online . https://web.archive.org/web/20030905064606/http://www.pdn-pix.com:80/gallery/pdns30/27slee1.html . 5 September 2003 . dead.
  10. Web site: Australian Art Collector Back Issues . 7 June 2020 . Art Collector Magazine . https://web.archive.org/web/20090924093758/https://www.artcollector.net.au/backissues.aspx?element=24&category=1&CurrentPage=8 . 24 September 2009.
  11. Web site: Matthew Sleeth: World Vision. 2 July 2007. Art Collector Magazine. en-AU. 8 May 2020.
  12. "Making order out of everyday chaos" - Suzy Freeman-Greene, The Age, 27 September 2008 Web site: Making order out of everyday mess . 7 June 2020 . The Age . 27 September 2008.
  13. Web site: "Sleeth in the city", Exposure - An Aperture blog. https://web.archive.org/web/20110726214246/http://www.aperture.org/exposures/?p=1973. dead. 26 July 2011.
  14. Web site: Matthew Sleeth: A Drone Opera. 10 March 2020. Art Guide Australia.
  15. https://vimeo.com/39034402 Video of The Rise and Fall Of Western Civilization (And Other Obvious Metaphors)
  16. Web site: National Gallery of Victoria. www.ngv.vic.gov.au.
  17. Web site: Private video on Vimeo. vimeo.com.
  18. Web site: Media Release for A Drone Opera.
  19. Web site: Look, up in the sky, if you dare: Drone Opera explores a new air of anxiety. Andrew. Stephens. 23 August 2015. The Sydney Morning Herald.
  20. Web site: Sydney Film Festival program.
  21. Web site: A DRONE OPERA. Carriageworks.
  22. Ward, S. (2018). Portrait of a man condemned: Matthew Sleeth's' Guilty'. Metro Magazine: Media & Education Magazine, (197), 88.
  23. Smith, A. (2016). Last word: Life after mercy. Alternative Law Journal, 41(3), 220.
  24. Web site: Myuran Sukumaran and Andrew Chan have earned a second chance. Matthew. Sleeth. 16 February 2015. The Sydney Morning Herald.
  25. Web site: Bali nine: Myuran Sukumaran the best art student I ever had, says Matthew Sleeth. Annabel. Ross. 30 April 2015. The Sydney Morning Herald.
  26. Web site: 'Quiet fury' will fuel artist Matthew Sleeth's film on Bali Nine execution. Garry. Maddox. 4 May 2016. The Sydney Morning Herald.
  27. Web site: Matthew Sleeth's 'Guilty': a gut-wrenching look at Myuran Sukumaran's execution. Garry. Maddox. 7 October 2017. The Sydney Morning Herald.
  28. Web site: Guilty - DVD. Madman Entertainment. en-US. 8 May 2020.
  29. Web site: Australian Cinematographers Society. www.cinematographer.org.au. 23 October 2019.
  30. Web site: DIFF Dili International Film Festival. dili.film. 23 October 2019.
  31. Web site: Australian Directors Guild Unveils Nominations for New Look Awards. Frater. Patrick. 8 April 2019. Variety. en. 29 October 2019.
  32. Web site: Guilty. The 2019 SAE ATOM Awards. 29 October 2019.
  33. Web site: Nick Matthews named cinematographer of the year at ACS National Awards. 17 May 2020.
  34. Web site: Guilty. Adelaide Film Festival.
  35. Web site: Guilty: The Last 72 Hours of Sukumaran's Life. 10 May 2018. Human Rights Arts & Film Festival.
  36. Web site: A Drone Opera — Sydney Film Festival . www.sff.org.au . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20191022051546/https://www.sff.org.au/program/browse/a-drone-opera . 2019-10-22.
  37. Web site: A Drone Opera. Arts House.
  38. Web site: Prize Fighter - Melbourne International Arts Festival. Melbourne Festival.
  39. Foster, Alasdair. “Tour of Duty: Winning Hearts and Minds in East Timor”, Photofile, 70, Summer, 2004, pp. 58–61
  40. Web site: ARTBANK.
  41. https://www.awm.gov.au/advanced-search?query=Matthew%20Sleeth&collection=true&facet_type=Photograph |title=Australian War Memorial Collection
  42. Web site: Myuran Sukumaran | Another Day in Paradise | Campbelltown Arts Centre. c-a-c.com.au.
  43. Web site: La Trobe University Art Collection.
  44. Web site: MGA Collection.
  45. Web site: MUMA Collection. 23 July 2021.
  46. Web site: Matthew Sleeth » Lyon Housemuseum. lyonhousemuseum.com.au.
  47. Web site: NGA collection search results. cs.nga.gov.au.
  48. Web site: Matthew Sleeth, b. 1972. National Portrait Gallery people.
  49. Web site: Town Hall Gallery Collection.
  50. Miles, M. (2006). Pictured. Eyeline, 61, 58.
  51. Web site: artnet. www.artnet.com.
  52. This work is held as part of the collection at the Lyon Housemuseum
  53. Web site: Tin Sheds Gallery | ISEA2013.
  54. https://vimeo.com/73071318 Video of Generative Freeway Project
  55. Web site: Representation and reproduction: a love story. M.. Sleeth. 8 June 2013. researchbank.rmit.edu.au.
  56. Web site: GALLERY 1 & 2 : APR 11 – 26 'Intentionally left blank' by Matthew Sleeth curated by Guest Curator Kirsten Rann.
  57. van Schaik, L. (2015). Pavilions, Pop‐Ups and Parasols: Are They Platforms for Change?. Architectural Design, 3(85), 8-15.
  58. Web site: Home » Lyon Housemuseum. lyonhousemuseum.com.au.
  59. Web site: The Experimenta Garden » Ars Electronica Festival. ars.electronica.art.

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