[NetBehaviour] How Did I Get Here ?

[Jess Loseby]

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Leon Barker 
Tobie Kerridge 
Jess Loseby 
Dallas Seitz 

How Did I Get Here ? 
Curated by Brian Reed 
Opening Friday 20th May 6pm - 9pm 
Saturday 21st and Sunday 22nd May 12 noon - 6 pm 

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E:VENT is pleased to present 'How Did I Get Here ?' a showcase that brings 
together four artists, who through the use of digital media express a 
personal, social or political commentary. The common thread between the 
works is a sense of mortality expressed with the use of parody and 
absurdity as a critical tool. 


Leon Barker 
Work in progress 
A sense of danger and the reality of physical harm prevail the sculptural 
works of Leon Baker. Here he exhibits a work in progress, a kinetic 
sculpture exploring gesture through action and reaction. ~~~ Tobie 
Kerridge Life Event Using data retrieved every minute from the Justice 
Department web-site, Life Event tracks the final days of Gary Lynn 
Sterling on death row in Texas. When the execution of the prisoner is 
reported on the site, the object will turn on. Brine shrimp ­ or Sea 
Monkeys ­ are injected into the salt water, a pump and light source are 
triggered, and the second syringe will feed the organisms periodically. 
Until then Life Event is mechanically and biologically dormant.~~~ 

Control 
A series of films showing an individual absorbed in an activity; a bike 
ride, a console gaming session , waiting for a letter to be delivered. By 
using 2 cameras these activities become split across 2 frames, dividing 
the subject from the object of their attention. This division is 
artificial, there are moments of synthesis and absorption as the 
individual becomes fused with their object-world. ~~~  

Jess Loseby  
Andum 
Jess Loseby takes her personal domestic environment as reference for her 
exploration and fascination of borderlands and 'beautiful seams' between 
the ubiquitous worlds of computing and the 'real' (domestic). The use of a 
low-fi approach to new media encapsulates the  female domestic 
routine synonymous with repetition and triviality. ~~~ 

Dallas Seitz 
Proteus Syndrome  
Proteus Syndrome is the rare genetic disorder that 
inflicted Joseph Carey Merrick, commonly known as the Elephant Man. The 
physical effects of the disorder become part of Dallas Seitz gothic horror 
lexicon in his continued self-colonization that remains at the centre of 
his practice. ~~~  

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