A film-based work emphasising the gesture involved in seeking information and the transmission of ideas. The newspaper in the film was based on a redesign of the European Journal by modernist designer Massimo Vignelli which was never used but has subsequently become well known. When exhibited the film wa splayed through a 16mm projector, highlighting the works material and sculptural qualities.
Newspaper for Vignelli (2010)
Other works by Sonya Lacey
Sonya Lacey
Newspaper (for bathers, weekend) (2018)
The second of two videos included in exhibition Weekend installed at The Dowse Art Museum, 2018.
Sonya Lacey
Pillows (installation documentation) (2020)
A moving image triptych, comprised of footage that Lacey gathered while travelling through South-East Asia.
Related writing & podcast
Sonya Lacey: Noise as Method
Sonya Lacey: Noise as Method
Essay
In this in-depth essay, Hamish Win considers the art of Sonya Lacey, whose work, he argues, uses "noise"—information’s excess or supplemental qualities—as a productive method through which to convey meaning.
Sonya Lacey and Gavin Hipkins
Sonya Lacey and Gavin Hipkins
CIRCUIT Cast series·Artists In Conversation
The fourth episode in our long-form Artists in Conversation series sees Sonya Lacey and Gavin Hipkins discuss their work.