seems to be a problem with the link? http://www.furtherfield.org/programmes/programmes/networking-unseen
On 5 May 2016 at 10:55, furtherfield <furtherfiel...@gmail.com> wrote: > Networking the Unseen > > Private view: Friday 17 June 2016, 6-9pm (register) > From 18 June - 14 August 2016 > Open 11am-5pm, Saturday-Sunday or by appointment > http://www.furtherfield.org/programmes/programmes/networking-unseen > > Five culturally and geographically disparate Australian artists – Gretta > Louw, Jenny Fraser, Lily Hibberd, Brook Andrew, and Curtis Taylor – and > artists, including Neil Jupurrurla Cook, Isaiah Jungarrayi Lewis, and > Sharon Nampijinpa Anderson from the Warnayaka Art Centre in Central > Australia, present work situated at the intersection between avant garde > digital, media, and installation art, the sociological study of digital and > networked culture, and activism. > > Networking the Unseen is the first exhibition of its kind to focus on the > intersection of indigenous cultures and zeitgeist digital practices in > contemporary art. While digital networks manifest physically as tonnes of > cabling, and electrical or electronic devices, the social and cultural > impacts of the networks remain somehow invisible, eroding clearly felt > boundaries of geography, place, culture and language. > > Together with artist and curator Gretta Louw, Furtherfield presents an > exhibition and event series that brings together concepts and experiences > of remoteness and marginalised cultures, with art-making in contemporary > society. It proposes a radical rethinking of widely accepted stereotypes > concerning the impact of networks on contemporary global cultures, digital > art, the avant garde, and indigenous art-making. It tackles subjects > ranging from digital colonialism and cultural marginalisation (or, > conversely, diversity/empowerment) within an increasingly connected, online > world to universal concerns around cultural change as a result of > technological migration. The exhibition extends our focus to the > extremities of the global digital network. It subtly proposes ways to claim > power back from centralising forces of control to use these tools for > positive change; for intercultural exchange and empowerment for > marginalised communities. > > Tags: activism art, exhibition, digital print, installation, > collaboration, digital art, digital colonialism, digitalisation, > multi-disciplinary networks, social and cultural geography… > > _______________________________________________ > NetBehaviour mailing list > NetBehaviour@netbehaviour.org > http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour >
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