Building Place and Space: Art Platforms, Venues, and Digital Networks
Prometheus 2.0: Frankenstein Conquers the World!, is about Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein and looks at science and technological determinism, and humanity’s bond with digital media and social networks. It includes human-machine relations, cyborgs, theories in cyber-culture, classical and SF literature and contemporary art practices across the fields of media art, hacktivism, activism, feminism and cyberpunk. It... Continue Reading →
This list of books is for a chapter within my PhD called the Magnificant Failure. A draft will be uploaded soon. ------------------------------ Jonathan Israel. A Revolution of the Mind: Radical Enlightenment and the Intellectual Origins of Modern Democracy. Princeton University Press. 2010. Ken Knabb. The Joy of Revolution. Theory and Practice 2013. Michael Hardt and... Continue Reading →
I was at the Furtherfield space yesterday & Met for the first time (in the flesh), Palle Torsson & Geraldine Juárez who are part of the (many) of Piratbyrån (The Bureau of Piracy). They are working with us to set up the Piratbyrån & Friends exhibition, opening on the weekend of 3 May 2014. http://go.shr.lc/1nyJ2Gm It... Continue Reading →
Introduction. Furtherfield originally created the term DIWO (Do It With Others) in 2006, to represent and reflect its own involvement in a series of grass root explorations. These critical engagements shift curatorial and thematic power away from top-down initiations into co-produced, networked artistic activities; it is now an international movement and it has grown into... Continue Reading →
The paper was an early draft of what is now called Furtherfield and Contemporary Art Culture - Where We Are Now. Summary Marc Garrett reflects on Furtherfield’s role and direction as a rhizomatic arts collective. He argues that the mainstream art world is becoming less relevant in contemporary life. He presents a selection of artworks,... Continue Reading →
(This is a draft of Hack Value - it will be updated and extended with more text and edits very soon) “We must allow all human creativity to be as free as free software”[i] (Steiner. 2008) Introduction The term hacking has been around for a long time. I almost hesitate to use the word. But,... Continue Reading →
Exhibition. Shu Lea Cheang and Mark Amerika. August. October 2013 http://www.furtherfield.org/programmes/exhibition/shu-lea-cheang-and-mark-amerika Event. Seeds Underground Party. Shu Lea Cheang. August 2013 In conjunction with Shu Lea Cheang and Mark Amerika exhibition. http://www.furtherfield.org/programmes/event/seeds-underground-party Movable Borders: Here Come the Drones! 1 - 26 May 2013. Artworks and projects by Bureau of Inverse Technology (US & AU), Lawrence Bird... Continue Reading →
Summary Interviews By Marc Garrett on Resonance FM, for Furtherfield between 2010-2011. These critically acclaimed live weekly broadcasts on Resonance FM, ran from 2010 - 2011. These hour long interviews featured people working at the edge of contemporary practices, in art, technology, and social change; discussing events and controversies, exhibitions, artworks and their aesthetic and... Continue Reading →
via Selected interviews by Marc Garrett. A selection of interviews by Marc Garrett between 2010-2013, with people involved in art, technology & social change.
