‘Paging Mr Hitchcock’ is a poetic performative video installation work by Australian artist John Conomos. This new artwork is essentially a homage to the artistry of the legendary Hollywood filmmaker Alfred Hitchcock, known globally as the ‘master of suspense’. However the artwork also traces the artist’s own post-colonial narrative and autobiographical trajectory as an artist, cinephile and writer who has been impacted by migrancy, fragmentation, vulnerability and trauma.
The exhibition reveals Hitchcock to be a witty and poker-faced showman, who was also a surrealist at heart. In responding to Hitchcock’s oeuvre, Conomos has created a complex piece, working across a number of contemporary art forms including video art, new media, cinema, and literature.
Mosman Art Gallery
Until 24 April, 2016
Sydney
John Conomos, still from video projection Paging Mr Hitchcock
Courtesy the artist and Mosman Art Gallery, Sydney