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.
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.
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.