Julia Holden
Julia Holden’s arts practice is a cross-disciplinary hybrid of traditional oil painting, photography and film. Her hand made films quietly explore the idea of painting as a dedicated practice, a private, meditative ritual or habit. Making a work employs time, patience and craft to paint each of the individual works in oils (up to 1000) that constitute an "animated painting" of 2-3 minutes duration (no audio component).
Julia Holden on CIRCUIT · 6 works
#LunaMeditates (2020)
An animation of 550 individual oil paintings of a cat who purrs deeply throughout.
38 Days (Part 1) (2013)
An animated portrait of the musician Delaney Davidson, made up of 585 individual portraits.
the importance of being I (2012)
Geoffrey Rush in the act of becoming the character, Lady Bracknall, in the Melbourne Theatre Company’s production of The Importance of Being Earnest.
The Philosopher (2012)
776 individual oil paintings are animated. A woman nonchalantly smokes a cigarette.
CIRCUIT projects featuring Julia Holden
Masons Screen
Masons Screen
Masons Screen is a public screen for video art in Wellington's CBD. CIRCUIT curates the screen in collaboration with the Wellington City Council.
Anaerobic Video
Anaerobic Video
Nine videos originally programmed on Masons Screen 2016-22, addressing e-bikes, Matariki, reclaimed histories and more.