Very unseen then... On Fri, May 6, 2016 at 2:39 PM, dave miller <dave.miller...@gmail.com> wrote:
> 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 >> > > > _______________________________________________ > NetBehaviour mailing list > NetBehaviour@netbehaviour.org > http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour >
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