Mesh Cities Artist for 2013 is Dr Janine Randerson who will developing a collaborative network for a new work. ‘Neighbourhood Hope Index’ uses clouds and sound to map affective zones in post-earthquake Christchurch. The framework for this artwork stems from the emergent currency of data in the plan for a better city. A so-called silver lining for the embattled inhabitants is that a ‘smart’ city may emerge where the instrumental measurement of traffic flows, water quality, air quality and urban weather can be remedied.
STELLA BRENNAN and SU BALLARD (eds), 2008.
A comprehensive anthology, The Aotearoa Digital Arts Reader provides a snapshot of digital art practice in Aotearoa New Zealand with essays, artists’ pageworks and personal accounts that explore the production and reception of digital art.
JANINE RANDERSON interviewed by ISAAC DAVISON, 2006
Janine Randerson discusses the way her work addresses intersections between space, science and art. Interview by Isaac Davison originally published on The Big Idea in 2006.
Flyer by DEIDRE BROWN, IAN CLOTHIER, LONNIE HUTCHINSON, JANINE RANDERSON, ANGELA MAIN and CAROLINE MCCAW, 2005
with an introduction and artists’ statements about four projects that were made in collaboration with computer science students from the HITLabNZ at the University of Canterbury.
ESSAY by SEAN CUBITT, 2005
for JANINE RANDERSON’s ‘Peace in Space’ exhibition at the NZFA