Dynamic Media Network » New media

Keith Armstrong

Estee Wah — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 13:59:17 +0000

Keith Armstrong is an artist, researcher, writer and practitioner. In his research he explores what can come from the intersections between science, philosophy and media art. As a practitioner his focus on the collaborative and hybrid nature of new media has resulted in networked, interactive media artworks.

He is the founder of Transmute, the interdisciplinary collective behind Intimate Transactions, an interactive installation that has been exhibited all over the world, where two people in geographically separate spaces inhabit and interact in a shared virtual space.

Jessica Tyrell

Estee Wah — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 13:50:01 +0000

Jessica Tyrrell is a Sydney-based artist who uses sound, video and interactivity to create physically immersive installations. These environments are strongly narrative with elements of documentary woven throughout. Her work has been exhibited in many Australian festivals and Sydney spaces, including Liquid Architecture, Electrofringe, Carriageworks and Don’t Look Now Gallery.

She has performed audio/visual work with artists like Chris Caines, Shannon O’Neill and Ben Byrne. She has curated collaborative performance events like Semaphore and is also Co-Director of the Firstdraft Gallery.

TechLab

Margie Borschke — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 04:58:35 +0000

TechLab is a dedicated space for digital art at the Surrey Art Gallery in British Columbia. It was launched in 1999 as a way for the contemporary gallery to build an audience and platform for new media art by gathering the tools and expertise necessary to produce it. They held a series of exhibitions and built a prototype lab in the main exhibition hall. In 2002, the TechLab was redesigned as a permanent space.

TechLab’s artist-in-residence program is designed to give artists the time, space and technology they need to realise their digital art projects. It is also intended to be a space of interaction, a place where the public is able to witness the process of creating computer-based art. It is also designed as an engine for innovation with artists being asked to advise on future exhibitions and programs.

Banff New Media Institute

Margie Borschke — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 23:24:35 +0000

The Banff New Media Institute is a cross disciplinary arts production and research institute dedicated to the exploration of new media and new media practices at The Banff Centre. Programs, residencies and training are all founded upon a belief that collaboration is key and that “the links and tensions across art, technology, science, and research have a critical role to play in describing new ways to see the world, participating in contemporary cultures, and shaping the future.” The Institute attracts an an ever-changing array of scholars, students, artists, technologists and researchers from around the world.

The Interactive Institute

Margie Borschke — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 03:32:54 +0000

Combining expertise in art, design and technology, the Interactive Institute is an experimental IT-research institute based in Sweden.

Founded in 1998, the Interactive Institute is comprised of multiple research studios/groups located across the country and each node has its own area of specialisation that contributes to their focus on exploring the intersections between technology, art and design. Their innovative research uses collaborative models to explore digital technologies and their research output includes academic publications, exhibitions, start-up companies and popular books.