EXPERIMENTA PLAYGROUND International Biennial of Media Arts
Escape into Experimenta Playground, an exhibition of
art that begs to be touched and invites your interaction.
> EXPERIMENTA PLAYGROUND IN PERTH
Experimenta Playground is a free exhibition that promises an
unforgettable experience. This is contemporary art with a difference!
Presented by AWESOME Arts and the Western Australian Museum. Proudly supported by Wesfarmers Arts.
Free. All welcome.
Perth Cultural Centre, James Street
Saturday 15 Nov 2008 – 27 Jan 2009
Open daily: 9.30am – 5.00pm
Experimenta Playground National Tour 2008 - 2009
Performance Space@CarriageWorks, Sydney:: 8 May-7June 08
Samstag Museum of Art, Adelaide ::30 Aug- 17 Oct 08
Western Australian Museum, Perth:: 15 Nov 08 - 27 Jan 09
Bendigo Art Gallery, Victoria :: 25 April - 7 June 09
Albury Library Museum, 25 July- 7 Sept 09
EXPERIMENTOPIA - 2009 International Biennial of Media Arts
> EXPERIMENTA COMMISSIONS ANNOUNCED
From a competitive field in which an unprecedented high number of outstanding submissions were received, we are pleased to announce the successful artists for the Experimenta Commissions 2008 program for the Experimentopia exhibition.
Congratulations to Marco Bresciani (Vic) and Kit Wise (Vic).
Also to Rhys Turner & Melissa Ramos (NSW), Sarah Firth (ACT) and Andrew Buchanan (Vic) whose projects are funded through the Australia Council’s Young and Emerging Artists’ Initiative for artists under 30.
Details of the projects will be revealed in May 2009 on the Experimenta website and through the Experimenta ebulletin.
In May Experimenta invited Australian artists to submit proposals for commissioned artworks to be included in our next exhibition of exceptional Australian and international media artworks. The call out urged artists to "look closely at your surroundings, both local and global, and consider what would you fight for? What would you fight to prevent? What are you willing to put yourself on the line to protect or create? What is that world, neighbourhood, landscape, or object? And how does it look, sound, and feel?"
EXPERIMENTA PLAY++ Presented as part of ISEA2008
Experimenta Play ++ was a hit in Singapore at Sculpture Square attracting 1071 visitors over 9 days. The exhibition featured recent Australian media artworks that respond to the gallery visitor through playful and innovative interfaces involving touch, movement, sound, shadow, and pressure.
Sculpture Square (Chapel Gallery), Singapore
25 July - 2 August 2008
EXPERIMENTA COMMISSIONS ARCHIVE
Since 2003 Experimenta has commissioned 15 engaging and popular new interactive and video works by emerging and mid-career Australian media artists.
Our exhibitions have provided a launching pad for commissioned artists to showcase their work to broad audiences in Australia and internationally.
MEDIA ART CURATING FORUMS
Designed for regional gallery, museum and library professionals this series of forums address commonly asked questions about exhibiting and curating contemporary media arts.
Forthcoming forum in Perth is fully booked!
Monday 17 November, 2-5pm,
Western Australian Museum,
Perth
RSVP to: julie.hemen@museum.wa.gov.au | (08) 9427 2872
Coincides with the Experimenta Playground exhibition.
This project is an initiative of the Visual Arts Board of the Australia Council, the Australian Government's arts funding and advisory body and assisted by the Visual Arts and Craft Strategy, an initiative of the Australian, state and territory governments.
Click here for topics covered, presenter bios & RSVP contact details >>
