Tristan Jalleh is a Chinese-Malaysian Australian video artist based in Melbourne and SE Asia who exhibits his artwork in galleries and art institutions throughout Australia. He is also a member of the Sydney based QPOC art collective Club Ate formed by Justin Shoulder and Bhenji Ra.
Jalleh creates immersive virtual environments that situate everyday objects within the abstract, using a process of combining his own photographs with hundreds of images resourced online to construct virtual installations that merge architectural, cinema and video game aesthetics into hyper-realities looking at various themes regarding the digital including queer futurism.
Jalleh first exhibited video work at the Experimenta Biennial of Media Art at RMIT Gallery, Melbourne and has since shown work with Federation Square Melbourne, Asialink Australia, ACMI Melbourne, Galleries UNSW in Sydney, The Powerhouse Museum Sydney, Carriageworks Sydney, Sydney Contemporary 2015 and The NGA in Canberra in 2018.
'Earth, 1900-2100'
Tristan Jalleh, 2019
Video, 5min 47sec
A virtual human or non-human museum in the distant future featuring items recovered from Earth from a period in the near future where the oceans have reclaimed the land, jellyfish thrive, land animals have become extinct and our trash, machines and customs have become the artefacts of our existence.
Tristan Jalleh is a Chinese-Malaysian Australian video artist based in Melbourne and SE Asia who exhibits his artwork in galleries and art institutions throughout Australia. He is also a member of the Sydney based QPOC art collective Club Ate formed by Justin Shoulder and Bhenji Ra.
Jalleh creates immersive virtual environments that situate everyday objects within the abstract, using a process of combining his own photographs with hundreds of images resourced online to construct virtual installations that merge architectural, cinema and video game aesthetics into hyper-realities looking at various themes regarding the digital including queer futurism.
Jalleh first exhibited video work at the Experimenta Biennial of Media Art at RMIT Gallery, Melbourne and has since shown work with Federation Square Melbourne, Asialink Australia, ACMI Melbourne, Galleries UNSW in Sydney, The Powerhouse Museum Sydney, Carriageworks Sydney, Sydney Contemporary 2015 and The NGA in Canberra in 2018.
'Earth, 1900-2100'
Tristan Jalleh, 2019
Video, 5min 47sec
A virtual human or non-human museum in the distant future featuring items recovered from Earth from a period in the near future where the oceans have reclaimed the land, jellyfish thrive, land animals have become extinct and our trash, machines and customs have become the artefacts of our existence.
Runway Journal acknowledges the custodians of the nations our digital platform reaches. We extend this acknowledgement to all First Nations artists, writers and audiences.
Runway Journal is assisted by the Australian Government through the Australia Council, its arts funding and advisory body.
Runway Journal receives project support from the NSW Government through Create NSW.
Runway Journal acknowledges the custodians of the nations our digital platform reaches. We extend this acknowledgement to all First Nations artists, writers and audiences.
Runway Journal is assisted by the Australian Government through the Australia Council, its arts funding and advisory body.
Runway Journal receives project support from the NSW Government through Create NSW.