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.
The ADA Network presented Cloudland, a showcase of New Zealand artists for ISEA 2008 in Singapore. Curated by Su Ballard, Stella Brennan and Zita Joyce the exhibition featured film, video, installation, and sound works by Len Lye, et al., Stella Brennan, Alex Monteith, Kentaro Yamada, Bruce Russell, PSN Electronic and Adam Willetts.
PAPER by SU BALLARD, 2006
Presentation given at Transmediale Berlin reflecting on the development of ADA the facilitation of digital practice; the ways that these histories are being recorded and constructed; and the kinds of relationships that might be emerging across public and gallery spaces.
ESSAY by SU BALLARD, 2005
for THE FIBRECULTURE JOURNAL
Ballard suggests that entropy, rather than being a hindrance to understanding or a random chaotic force, discloses a necessary and material politics of noise present in digital installation.