8 August - 13 September 2009

NEW MEDIA SPACE

THE FOLLY: ARLO MOUNTFORD

The Folly is a three-channel digitally animated video by Melbourne-based artist Arlo Mountford. Mountford has re-imagined three paintings by sixteenth century Flemish painter Pieter Breughel the Elder, Hunters in the Snow (1565), The Corn Harvest (1565) and The Fall of Icarus (c1558). Mountford has animated the still images, adding an audio component, and inserting a range of contemporary references throughout the work.