The artists in this exhibition work and play with living organisms and technical things, systems and language, to explore how our relation to the natural world is changing. They introduce us to the unruly life going on in other natural webs of communication, knowledge and feral exchange. Gallery visitors (humans and dogs) are invited to view videos, interact with art installations and social media and undertake walks in the surrounding park with its other animals and edible plants.

Where?
Furtherfield Gallery,
McKenzie Pavilion,
Finsbury Park,
London
N4 2NQ

When?
Thursday 18 October – Saturday 1 December –
Open Thu-Fri 1-5pm, Sat 11-5pm –
Opening Event: Saturday 13 October 2012, 1-4pm

FREE

 

To be alive is to be wild. And we humans have a will that shapes the world with language, song, lust, labour and play. And for those of us who connect with it, a network of machines now extends our reach, amplifies our urges and quickens our exchanges. The artists in this exhibition work and play with living organisms and technical things, systems and language, to explore how our relation to the natural world is changing. Gallery visitors (humans and dogs) are invited to view videos, interact with art installations and social media and undertake walks in the surrounding park with its other animals and edible plants.

The exhibition brings together artworks by internationally acclaimed artists from various backgrounds and disciplines, working with the tools and metaphors of digital networked media. Flanagan has exhibited at Laboral Art Center, The Whitney Museum of American Art, The Guggenheim Museum New York and many other prestigious international galleries. Her research with Tiltfactor into human values in games has been presented and published at conferences including SIGGRAPH and Ars Electronica. Deck’s most recent pieces work with online media to bridge art and eco-activism. He is the winner of 2011 first prize in the interactive division of the LÚMEN_EX Digital Art Awards and his work been commissioned by Whitney Museum of American Art’s Artport and the Tate Online. Genetic Moo’s Starfish received a John Lansdown Award for Interactive Digital Art at Eurographics (2007) and was nominated for an Erotic Award (2012). Jamieson and Crutchlow’s work is performed globally and is the subject of research into digital culture at Edinburgh University. Waterson has exhibited interactive environments internationally, including ISEA2004 and Australian Centre for the Moving Image. Smith is a founding member of ptechnic.org. He has exhibited and performed at Govett-Brewster Art Gallery in New Zealand, at the ICA in London, CCA Glasgow, AV Festival, Newcastle and Eyebeam NY.

The opening event is co-hosted with The Festival of Mint – A Celebration of Local Growing – serving mint tea and mojito made with fresh mint grown locally.

Furtherfield provides platforms for art, technology and social change. Funded from Arts Council England since 2005, Furtherfield is now one of Arts Council England’s National Portfolio Organisations. Furtherfield Gallery has established an international reputation as London’s first dedicated gallery for networked and media art, hosting regular exhibitions and public events since 2004. With the support of Haringey Council the gallery is now based at McKenzie Pavilion in the heart of Finsbury Park.Furtherfield is supported by Haringey Council and Arts Council England through the National Portfolio funding programme.

Furtherfield – A living, breathing, thriving network
http://www.furtherfield.org – for art, technology and social change since 1997