Chance History Art | James Scott | ACMI collection | ACMI: Your museum of screen culture

Shows six artists at work, one of them being Jimmy Boyle, the prisoner who spends his time in prison sculpting. Three themes interweave through the film - Chance; the role of accident in painting and change in performance - History; connections with surrealism and politics - Art; the present day, the way art merges with everyday life and is mediated by institutions

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Credits

producer/director

James Scott

Duration

00:50:00:00

Production places

Unknown

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

014455

Language

English

Subject category

Crafts & Visual Arts → Art

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Black and White

Holdings

U-Matic; Access Print (Section 1)

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