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A nd i t is t ha t w e a r e in e vi t a bly dra w n t o wa r d t o t h e h u m a n : D i a l o g u e s w i t h t h e V0 i d

S:

These

works

traverse

the

t ec hn ol ogi cal , fee li ng for bi t s, bu m ps , a n d ridge s wit h v er y h u man h and s . I n l o o k i n g o u t t h e y, s o m e t i m e s q u i e t l y, s o m e t i m e s d e a f e n i n g l y, r e v e a l t h e i r m ake rs . Th ese art ist s bl i n k back, t h e g a ze re stin g heav il y on bl ue-l i t f a ce s , on

the

cool

datalogical, nothing

all

indifference

on at

the

world,

once.

of

the

and

on

There

is

a

v ulne r abili t y here, a di al ogu e wi th t h e v oid.

 

L: The repetitive functions being played o u t b e h i n d t h e s c re e n i s s o m e t i m e s mimicked by the work - in the way a gif L: There is power in this void. In

repeats without question, regardless of

order for an audience to be at their

wether or not you’re still viewing it, and

most receptive, they are best kept

other

in the darkness. Free to explore the

absolutely disregarded by the works.

times,

these

functions

are

feelings and ideas being presented to

them

without

any

judgement,

or

conclusion

but

w a y,

audience

the

whatever

part

to

be

their

of

external

S : I n t e re s t i n g l y, t h e s e d i g i t a l s p a c e s

led

to

any

begin to feel increasingly human the

own.

In

this

longer you linger. Or is it that we seek

indulges

the human? In the anthropomorphisation

themselves

they

of these artefacts so disconnected yet so

w a n t t o ; To c o n n e c t , o r d i s c o n n e c t

undeniably human, are we seeking the

with a work.

limits of our mirrored selves? Tracing, pulling apart, watching, destroying,

S:

There

is

a

tension

in

the

dualities within these works, in the spaces between. In what is hidden and what is shown. A digital work is not the object, it is the data, the silent LED.

code

rolling

beneath

blue

fearing, loving.

L: It’s this confusion and duality we find an edge. The side of a piece of paper, so thin that you can’t see it, but it has to be there - there’s something THERE. These works make any audience question the limits of digital processes and the limits of human experience when faced with something that exists without inter nal fault. We’re asked, if not forced, to question the limits of a universal frame for each of these pieces - the screen and how well it can interpret and capture reality. These works call into question the limits of privacy and nor malcy in the face of a constructed digital identity and how these exist within structures within the limits of a world so inescapably full of

internal

and

sometimes

absurd

d e t e r m i n a t i o n s . A n d l a s t l y, s o m e o f these works are able to question the limits of the technology they were created by and for. Pushing us to see the cracks in the edges.

 

S: A new kind of materiality, ephemeral and certituduous at once. A new Magick.

There is a fierce rebellion here, a push back against the outside rigidities, binary frameworks of understanding increasingly mirrored in the digital space. A space theoretically inherently limitless, commodified, homogenised, contained.

A l y ssa Fre i tas C on vi c ti on F r ict i on , Cl i c kb a i t Alyssa Freitas is a transdisciplinary artist born in Cape Elizabeth, Maine, who currently lives in Portland, Maine. She has earned a Bachelor of Fine Art in Sculpture from Maine College of Art in 2016. Her construction of spaces explores the influx of digital culture in contemporary life.

This unique outlook at hybridized form was explored while she was a studio assistant for professional artist Rollin Leonard in 2015. Alyssa plans on earning a Master of Fine Art in interdisciplinary studies in California.

AlyssaFreitas.com
 @memesinthemoma

H e nry M ill s F e r ti l i t y of M yt h Henry Mills is a cross-disciplinary artist exploring the task of observation as an isomorphic juncture of perceiving and becoming. Utilizing systems of material belonging to technology, sound and language, Mills develops work attempting to extend impressions of a medium beyond cycles of familiarity.

Selected group exhibitions include New Primitive [SPEC, 2011], What Is Music?

[Brisbane, 2011], Time Machine Festival [Serial Space, 2012], Native [The Box, 2013], ArtBar [MCA, 2014], Ghost Index [Brisbane, 2017] tmtmremedial.com.au

I s ab el Hood Un t i tl e d Isabel is a digital designer and artist based in Brisbane. She is currently a masters student at the Queensland College of Art in the Interactive Media program.

Her work is committed to maintaining both a speculative and real analysis of our relationship with technology, modelling these ideas through various mediums.

With a background in visual communication, Isabel is also interested in integrating this experience to construct alternate visual languages through digital experimentations. @i.hoood
 cargocollective.com/designhood

L a ch la n Airey Bully Lachlan Airey is an artist and musician explore socially-reflective humour in the creative disciplines.

Bobono-nose

M on t ana P urdy We t D re a m My digital collage Wet Dream pays homage to ‘feminage’ i.e. feminist collage which traditionally observes and recontextualises sexism and the way sex is used to sell goods in media. I am inclined toward confronting my audience with both uncomfortable imagery and humorous undertones to express an idea. @Mnotana

N ich ol as Bro cc hi Be t w e en / / A rou n d Nicholas Brocchi practices within a post-natural matrix wherein no element of the cognitive or material realm is fixed or permanent. Their experiments with video and installation highlight the inherent plasticity of sex and gender identity by forcing the artist and the viewer to undergo processes of conceptual and physical transformation. Recent installations attempt to expose the private sphere as a heterosexual privilege and a site of Queer oppression. Demanding the right to speak as no one in particular, their intimate and vulnerable explorations of identity transcend the limits of the personal and the particular in an effort to establish an intrinsically diverse or differentiated universal.

Brocchi is co-founder of the Queer College of Art, a collective that conducts lectures, presentations and seminars on critical Queer theory in Brisbane. One of the founding aims of the Queer College of Art is to provide a safe space for Brisbane’s Queer communities to engage in critical discourse. nicholasbrocchi.com

S i en a Har t S on g f or a Gi r l (s ) Uti lis in g t h e la ngu ag e of su bve r s i on , H ar t exp l ore s s i mp l e i n t e r ve n t i on s o f t h e ev e ry day th ro ugh di gi t a l l y m e di a t e d pe r f or ma n ce a n d i n s t a l l a t i on . W i t h a f oc u s on ou tw ard mani fest at i ons of em bo di e d e xp e r i e n ce , vu l n e r a b i l i t y, a n xi e t y, a n d th e d ialo gue bet ween the real an d t h e i m ag i n ed , Ha r t i n vi t e s a u d i e n ce s t o ch a l l e n g e t he arch i t ec ture of t h ei r ow n i de n t i ti e s , p e rc e p ti o n , an d me m o ry. @sss .y.6 66 http: //sienahart.ne t/

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