Step into the ocean and use your shadow to interact with sea creatures without getting wet! Experimenta are pleased to announce that from June, Immersion, an Experimenta New Visions Commission will be installed at the NGV Children’s Gallery as part of an Light Play, an exhibition that explores multiple perspectives on light through interaction, education and play. Immersion is an interactive artwork by Australian artists Angela Barnett, Andrew Buchanan, Darren Balingall, Chris MacKellar and Christian Rubino.
June – 7 November 2010 FREE!
Open 10am – 5pm. Closed Mondays
Due to popular demand and overwhelming success, Experimenta will be running a second Experimenta Artist Lab as part of Experimenta Utopia Now, International Biennial of Media Art.
Experimenta Artist Lab is a space for innovation, experimentation, creative collaborations and learning new skills. The ‘workshop’ style lab is designed to give artists, designers and other creative types the tools and skills they need to move their existing practice into the interactive realm introducing them to the basic technology needed to produce physically interactive artworks. The second Experimenta Artist Lab will be run by Jesse Stevens and Tim Humphrey
who both have extensive experience running workshops as well as working with interactive technology in a variety of artistic and creative contexts will facilitate the workshop.
Sunday 14 March, 10am — 5pm
$85 (lunch and all equipment provided)
Melbourne venue – TBC
No experience with microcontrollers/sensors needed
Places are limited, so BOOK NOW – call: (03)96509977 or email:
experimenta@experimenta.org
Visit experimenta.org for more information
EXPERIMENTA UTOPIA NOW
International Biennial of Media Art
Ominous to optimistic. Innovative and interactive.
Opening Night
Thursday 11 February 2010 7pm
the Arts Centre, BlackBox, Melbourne
Experimenta Utopia Now International Biennial of Media Art chases the dream of a perfect world. Showcasing more than 35 works from countries including Australia, Japan, Austria, India, Germany, Canada, France, Taiwan and the UK, Experimenta Utopia Now critiques the scope for happiness on earth as we know it, pokes fun at social and physical
boundaries and questions the human race’s ability to preserve itself.
EXHIBITION DATES:
12 February 2010 — 14 March 2010
Open Sunday — Thursday 10am – 6pm
Friday & Saturday 10am – 8pm
All ages welcome/Suitable for all ages FREE!
www.experimenta.org
Experimenta Artist Lab is a space for innovation, experimentation, creative collaboration and learning new skills. The ‘workshop’ style lab is designed to give artists, designers and other creative types the tools and skills they need to move their existing practice into the
interactive realm by introducing them to the basic technology needed to produce physically interactive artworks.
Date: Sunday 21 February 2010
Time: 10:00am — 5:00pm
Venue: Signal, Flinders Walk, Northbank, Melbourne (Behind Flinders St
Station towards Sandridge Bridge)
Age group: 18+ (no experience with microcontrollers/sensors needed)
Cost: $85 (lunch and workshop materials provided)
Bookings for all Workshops:
Call 03 9650 9977 or email experimenta@experimenta.org
Philip Worthington
Shadow Monsters 2005
Still image from interactive installation
Courtesy of Experimenta
Photo by Andrew Lloyd
Ever wanted to play with puffer fish and electric eels without getting wet? How about watching your shadow take on monstrous features as it grows scales, teeth, eyes and horns?
Escape into Experimenta Playground, an exhibition of artworks that beg to be touched and invite your interaction.
Experience this exhibition of innovative and playful artworks and videos by over 30 Australian and international artists. With interactive artworks, video installations and extreme art on screen, this is art that steps out from the shadows of computer games and leaves mouse, keyboard and joystick behind.
Exhibition dates: 25 April – 7 June
Artist and Curator talk
11am Saturday 25 April
Join Tamera King, Curator, and Narinda Reeders, contemporary media artist, for an insightful discussion about the exhibition Experimenta Playground. This is a free event, all welcome.
Bendigo Art Gallery (03) 5434 6088
Open Daily 10am – 5pm (excluding 25 December)
Entry is by donation
Wheelchair access
Bendigo Art Gallery
42 View St
Bendigo VIC 3550
