Negotiating Space in Culture and Technology. Interview with Ruth Catlow and
Marc Garrett.
Ruth Catlow and Marc Garrett are the co-founders of furtherfield, an artist-led
organisation and community platform located in Finsbury Park, North London.
Furtherfield asks critical questions about art and technology, and addresses
today’s important questions through exhibitions, labs and debates across many
platforms and spaces.
http://creatingcommons.zhdk.ch/negotiating-space-in-culture-and-technology/
In this interview, Ruth and Marc look back on how they started from an online
community and grew into a multidimensional space for different practices in and
through technologies and art culture. They highlight the importance of
communities and public space, and how they reflect their concerns in their
curatorial practice in today’s techno-political situation. They explain how
furtherfield is working as a community-driven institution, how formats and
subjects are developed, how they position themselves in the cultural landscape,
and how they manage to get funding. Alongside these insights into the inner
life of furtherfield they provide a detailed discussion about the importance of
data as a commons, how this discussion is related to historical events, and
what an informed, critical mindset could achieve for the future of us all.
As well as the video interview, there is also a text transcript that can be
downloaded.
Interview conducted by Cornelia Sollfrank, September 15, 2018, HeK (House of
Electronic Arts Basel).
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