ALEX MONTEITH, 2006.
Artist Pages from The Aotearoa Digital Arts Reader, ed. Brennan and Ballard, 2008.
The ADA Network presented Cloudland, a showcase of New Zealand artists for ISEA 2008 in Singapore. Curated by Su Ballard, Stella Brennan and Zita Joyce the exhibition featured film, video, installation, and sound works by Len Lye, et al., Stella Brennan, Alex Monteith, Kentaro Yamada, Bruce Russell, PSN Electronic and Adam Willetts.
ESSAY by JAN BYRANT, 2006
AV Scenario is a distillation of all the possible trajectories of film analysis and observation into one, formulaic shot.
REVIEW by JAENINE PARKINSON, 2006
Kentaro Yamada has created an unusual set of portraits. They are not unusual in their subject matter – depictions of his friends – nor in their style – a cool clean aesthetic reminiscent of a modern photo shoot. They are unusual because they listen to anyone who will talk to them.
ESSAY by SEAN CUBITT, 2005
for JANINE RANDERSON’s ‘Peace in Space’ exhibition at the NZFA
ESSAY by SU BALLARD, 2005
for THE FIBRECULTURE JOURNAL
Ballard suggests that entropy, rather than being a hindrance to understanding or a random chaotic force, discloses a necessary and material politics of noise present in digital installation.