Author Archive
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Burn
DECEMBER, 2010. Burn was held at Greenbench art project space in 2010 with support from The Physics Room and coincided with the Aotearoa Digital Arts Network Energetics and Informatics symposium. The exhibition included oil paintings, photographs, video and assemblage exploring the relationship between art and oil as part of a wider discourse about energy and information […]
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Energetics & Informatics Symposium screening
On December 11, 2010 an outdoor screening featuring nine artists was held on the exterior of the Sargeant Gallery as part of the 7th annual ADA Network Symposium.
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Albedo of Clouds
JANINE RANDERSON, 2008.
The Albedo of Clouds is an interactive experiment in the form of a conversation between three cloud observers: an artist, a sound artist and a meteorological satellite. As well as mediating between different modes of cloud observation, the subjective nature of cloud gazing is investigated in terms of how different technologies ‘see’ clouds, and how clouds might sound.
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1980s Home Coding…
MELANIE SWALWELL, 2008.
From The Aotearoa Digital Arts Reader, ed. Brennan and Ballard, 2008.
Swalwell investigates this highly experimental practice that was a significant part of the reception and culture of early home computers. Her informants exemplify early relations to technology where the “probing of possibilities provided a base for invention”. -
Old Noise, New Sounds…
SU BALLARD, 2008.
From The Aotearoa Digital Arts Reader, ed. Brennan and Ballard, 2008.
Su Ballard looks at New Zealand artists who have challenged the ‘silent contemplation’ of artworks through their use of sound in gallery spaces. Ballard describes how these artists have explored the ‘cultural battle’ between sound and image to create “new sounds” in contemporary art. -
Interdisciplinary Moments…
ANDREW CLIFFORD, 2008.
From The Aotearoa Digital Arts Reader, ed. Brennan and Ballard, 2008.
Clifford recalls moments in New Zealand art where new technologies have fostered collaboration or crossover between visual arts and music, dance, theatre, screen culture and science.