[NetBehaviour] About hosting Networking the Unseen exhibition at Furtherfield

Mon Jun 27 22:54:53 CEST 2016

also in the south pacific, there is scanz / intercreate
(http://www.intercreate.org) who work closely with tangata whenua, often
bring together indigenous practices with digital technologies.

h : )

On 27/06/16 6:07 39PM, Patrick Lichty wrote:
> This is great.
> Two interesting things are artists who emerged from the cultural
> hinterlands through the Net, and other things like the event I’m
> studying about the imdigenous telematic interaction proposed in the
> 80’s between the Inuit and the Japanese Ainu, as well as the South
> Pacific interactions.  Anybody up for a trip to Rarotonga?
>
> From: Gretta Louw <gretta.elise.louw at gmail.com
> <mailto:gretta.elise.louw at gmail.com>>
> Reply-To: NetBehaviour for networked distributed creativity
> <netbehaviour at netbehaviour.org <mailto:netbehaviour at netbehaviour.org>>
> Date: Monday, June 27, 2016 at 8:36 AM
> To: NetBehaviour for networked distributed creativity
> <netbehaviour at netbehaviour.org <mailto:netbehaviour at netbehaviour.org>>
> Subject: Re: [NetBehaviour] About hosting Networking the Unseen
> exhibition at Furtherfield
>
> Hi Ruth and Everyone,
>
> I have made a doodle with 5 dates that would work for me in the next
> month. Perhaps everyone who is interested in a discussion (about the
> exhibition, Networking the Unseen, digital colonialism, and what we
> can learn about media and digitalisation from communities outside the
> urban mainstream) could indicate which dates would work for them, and
> we can then take the top 1 or 2 dates as our appointments for an
> online meet-up. Just to clarify, 8.30 pm CET would be 7.30 for those
> in the UK.
> Enter preferences here:
> http://doodle.com/poll/95fbne5undciwiz7 
>
> Might also be interesting for some of you to know that this
> exhibition/project will be touring to Germany next year, where the
> indigenous artists’ work will be shown alongside European artists also
> using similar strategies to unpick the effects of and interactions
> between cultural change and digitalisation.
>
> Looking forward to more discussion!
>
> g.
>
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> *grettalouw.com* <http://www.grettalouw.com>
> twitter <https://twitter.com/GrettaLouw> - tumblr
> <http://controllingconnectivity.tumblr.com/> - vimeo
> <https://vimeo.com/user7570190> 
>
> *UPCOMING / NEWS*
>
> June-August 2016 - Networking the unseen, Furtherfield Gallery,
> curated by Gretta Louw with Marc Garrett and Ruth Catlow, London,
> UK. 4 August 2016 - Your Emojis Are Not Innocent: Selfies and
> Alterity, artist talk at Furtherfield Commons, Finsbury Park, London.6
> August 2016 - Do It With Others - Art and Solidarity in the Age of
> Networks, Wysing Arts Centre, led by Furtherfield (Ruth Catlow and
> Marc Garrett), Cambridge,
> UK. http://www.wysingartscentre.org/whats_on/events/saturday_symposia_6_augustSeptember
> 2016 - 100% Internet, Karin Wimmer Galerie, curated by Karin Wimmer
> and Yan Han, Munich, Germany.November-December 2016 - Monster of the
> Machine, LABoral Centro de Arte y Creación Industrial, curated by Marc
> Garrett, Gijón, Spain.Ongoing - GIF Portrait is a limited edition
> series of 20 digital art portraits on a commission
> basis. http://www.gifportrait.net/
>
>
>
>
>
>
>> On 25 Jun 2016, at 12:10, ruth catlow <ruth.catlow at furtherfield.org
>> <mailto:ruth.catlow at furtherfield.org>> wrote:
>>
>> Hello Gretta,
>>
>> <Medieval paced response>
>>
>> Thanks for these https://vimeo.com/user10846257/videos 
>> The flavour here is consistent with the elements of Yama.
>>
>> I think that one or two G+ Hangout meetings over the next months
>> would be wonderful- to discuss the ideas and issues raised by the
>> work in the exhibition.  
>>
>> A recent survey of Furtherfield audiences/participants (we will be
>> coming for you soon NBers;) has shown an appetite for more debate and
>> conversation.
>>
>> I think it would provide a wonderful opportunity to think about
>> collaboration across national borders and cultural identities
>>
>> ....profoundly pertinent to us European Brits - who now feel like
>> foreigners in our own land : (
>>
>>
>> Ruth
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On 21/06/16 12:14, Gretta Louw wrote:
>>> Thank you so much for these lovely words, Ruth. We (everyone
>>> involved, especially from Warnayaka, and myself) are so grateful to
>>> Furtherfield for seeing the potential in this work before other
>>> institutions did. It has been a real learning experience for all of
>>> us and such a deep dialogue, which is continuing this week for
>>> Jampijinpa, Jupurrurla, and I now that we are back here in Munich.
>>> We hope to have an article together soon that we can share with the
>>> Furtherfield community and the public, that will clarify some of the
>>> things Ruth has raised and add to Jampijinpa’s presentation on
>>> Saturday, for those who were there.
>>>
>>> You may also enjoy some of these videos and fun clips (made during
>>> my visits to Lajamanu) about and from the artists at Warnayaka Art
>>> Centre and the Lajamanu Community: https://vimeo.com/user10846257/videos
>>>
>>> I would love to hear more reflections from people who saw the show
>>> on the opening weekend - and, of course, as new visitors come
>>> through. Happy to also set up some dates for G+ Hangouts or
>>> something if people want to get together in small groups to discuss
>>> during the course of the exhibition.
>>>
>>> Warmest regards,
>>> Gretta
>>>
>>> <Mail Attachment.jpeg>
>>>
>>> ——————————————————————————
>>> *grettalouw.com* <http://www.grettalouw.com/>
>>> twitter <https://twitter.com/GrettaLouw> - tumblr
>>> <http://controllingconnectivity.tumblr.com/> - vimeo
>>> <https://vimeo.com/user7570190> 
>>>
>>> *UPCOMING / NEWS*
>>>
>>> June-August 2016 - Networking the unseen, Furtherfield Gallery,
>>> curated by Gretta Louw with Marc Garrett and Ruth Catlow, London,
>>> UK. Exhibition opening Friday 17th of June, with artist talks on
>>> Saturday the 18th of
>>> June. http://www.furtherfield.org/programmes/exhibition/networking-the-unseen?page=36 August
>>> 2016 - Do It With Others - Art and Solidarity in the Age of
>>> Networks, Wysing Arts Centre, led by Furtherfield (Ruth Catlow and
>>> Marc Garrett), Cambridge,
>>> UK. http://www.wysingartscentre.org/whats_on/events/saturday_symposia_6_augustNovember-December 2016
>>> - Monster of the Machine, LABoral Centro de Arte y Creación
>>> Industrial, curated by Marc Garrett, Gijón, Spain.2017 - Networking
>>> the unseen (Across Boundaries), Villa Merkel, curated by Gretta Louw
>>> as part of the Bahnwärter Scholarship awarded by the City of
>>> Esslingen am Rhein, Esslingen, Germany.Ongoing - GIF Portrait is a
>>> limited edition series of 20 digital art portraits on a commission
>>> basis. http://www.gifportrait.net/
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>> On 21 Jun 2016, at 12:24 PM, ruth catlow
>>>> <ruth.catlow at furtherfield.org> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Hi Everyone,
>>>>
>>>> Last Friday we opened an exhibition curated by Gretta Louw, and
>>>> featuring /Yama/, an installation she has made in collaboration
>>>> with Neil Jupurrurla Cook, the Artistic Director of the Warnayaka
>>>> Art Centre, along with other artists and members of the Warlpiri
>>>> people of Lajamanu, in Central Australia. 
>>>>
>>>> With the Warnayaka Art Centre, over 4 or 5 years Gretta has formed
>>>> an extraordinary artistic bridge- the Yama installation is fun,
>>>> delicious, respectful, bold and provocative, in the face of social,
>>>> political and environmental stress, and an exchange fraught with
>>>> potential ethical and etiquett-ical bear-traps.
>>>>
>>>> <Mail Attachment.jpeg>
>>>> Here is a photo by Michael Erglis of the Yama installation at
>>>> Furtherfield Gallery.
>>>>
>>>> The exhibition also features work by 5 other Australian artists of
>>>> diverse heritages.
>>>> http://furtherfield.org/programmes/exhibition/networking-unseen
>>>>
>>>> On Saturday Gretta led a tour of the exhibition. Then Warlpiri
>>>> educator Steve Jampijimpa Patrick talked about the work in the
>>>> context of the five pillars of Warlpiri culture. You can watch the
>>>> short video that he showed here on
>>>> Youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iFZq7AduGrc
>>>>
>>>> The discussion of "so called technology" pursued questions of:
>>>> cultural continuity, churn and loss; in contrast with stories said
>>>> to pre-date humans; medium-message relations (McLuhan-stylee), the
>>>> opportunities and threats of openness and sharing in amongst the
>>>> global flows of capital in the network age.
>>>>
>>>> I noticed as Jampijimpa drew in the sand, how his drawing resonated
>>>> with the network diagrams that have informed and shaped our work at
>>>> Furtherfield for the last 20 years, our understanding of the
>>>> importance of connectedness and especially our DIWO
>>>> campaign. http://furtherfield.org/projects/diwo-do-it-others-resource
>>>>
>>>> Here you can see the Warnayaka 'logo' incorporated into our new
>>>> DIWO graphic.
>>>>
>>>> <Mail Attachment.png>
>>>>
>>>> I cannot properly convey the full impact that these meetings and
>>>> events are having on me and the other people who have attended. It
>>>> is unfolding slowly, in unexpected ways. (/Yama/, is a Warlpiri
>>>> word translates as 'reflection'- sky to land, inward to outward,
>>>> shadow falling from object across another object). I will write
>>>> more with more reflections as they arise and as I talk to others. 
>>>>
>>>> I urge you to see the exhibition if you can. And to talk to Gretta.
>>>> We'll post images from the exhibition very soon.
>>>>
>>>> Cheers
>>>> Ruth
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> -- 
>>>> Co-founder Co-director
>>>> Furtherfield
>>>>
>>>> www.furtherfield.org
>>>>
>>>> +44 (0) 77370 02879 
>>>> Meeting calendar - http://bit.ly/1NgeLce 
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>>>>
>>>> Furtherfield is the UK's leading organisation for art shows, labs,
>>>> & debates 
>>>> around critical questions in art and technology, since 1997
>>>>
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>> Furtherfield
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>> +44 (0) 77370 02879 
>> Meeting calendar - http://bit.ly/1NgeLce 
>> Bitcoin Address 197BBaXa6M9PtHhhNTQkuHh1pVJA8RrJ2i 
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>> Furtherfield is the UK's leading organisation for art shows, labs, &
>> debates 
>> around critical questions in art and technology, since 1997
>>
>> Furtherfield is a Not-for-Profit Company limited by Guarantee 
>> registered in England and Wales under the Company No.7005205. 
>> Registered business address: Ballard Newman, Apex House, Grand
>> Arcade, Tally Ho Corner, London N12 0EH. 
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