Murdoch at 80

Murdoch at 80

2011 // 1′ // 16mm // UK

a film by
Esther Johnson

Gallery Exhibitions

BV-gallery Kärnten Klagenfurt, Austria 03—23.10.23
LÁ museum (Listasafn Árnesinga) Hveragerdi, Iceland 11—14.08.22
Aknoon Art Gallery, Isfahan, Iran 18–29.11.16
Azad Art Gallery Tehran, Iran 19–24.08.16
Mamia Bretesche Gallery Paris 04–11.04.15
Kaunas in Art, Gallery POST Kaunas, Lithuania 17.09.14–07.10.14
Centro de Arte Contemporàneo Quito, Ecuador 12.09.14 and 08.03.14
Institut Francais Mauritius 28.04.14
Center for Contemporary Art Riga, Latvia 04–08.03.13
Center for Contemporary Art Ujazdowski Castle Warsaw, Poland ­ 04.02.13–04.06.13
National Art Centre of Mexico Chicago, Illinois, USA 06–30.03.12
Aula Magna del Centro Nacional de las Artes, Mexico 10.11
Art Line, Meno Parkas Gallery Kaunas, Lituania 11
Kaunas in Art, Daugirdas Amphitheatre, Kaunas, Lithuania 09–19.06.11
A+A Gallery, St Raphael, Mendoza, Argentina 15.07.11–31.08.11
Biennial of Contemporary Art Galerie 4 Barbiers Nimes, France 27.06.11–30.07.11
Photon Gallery Ljubljana, Slovenia 2011
ARTos Foundation Nicosi, Cyprus 08.03.11
TAC Art Centre Eindhoven, The Netherlands 03–23.03.11

Film Festivals and Special Events

Kyiv International Short Film Festival Kiev, Ukraine 21–25.05.14
MADARAT Exchange Platform, Istikshaf: Institut Francais, Beirut, Lebanon 20.11.12
Veracruz, Mexico 06.12
Casa Talavera, Mexico City, Mexico 09­–16.05.12, 23–30.05.12 and 06–13.06.12
Kino Urdarnik Maribor Slovenia 2011

The patterns, colours and shapes of text and form are animated in this one-minute piece that directly transfers to 16mm film, a one-page newspaper article discussing the globally powerful media mogul Rupert Murdoch in his 80th year.