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Point of View
Presented by the College of Fine Arts and ISEA2013, this exhibition explores the boundaries between real and virtual space and the relationship between observer and observed.
2 - 16
May - Jun
Artspace Visual Arts Centre
This suite of projects focuses upon experimental use of mechanisation (in particular robotics) in both representational construction and in furthering the impulse for deconstruction, even destruction.
16 - 28
May - Jul
The Space Between Us
ISEA2013 is profiling this year’s Anne Landa Award. Whilst the Anne Landa’s support for video and new media arts is close to ISEA’s own mission, this year’s exploration of the undeniable force of performance in contemporary art also resonates with ISEA2013’s theme Resistance is Futile.
22 - 1
May - Jul
Media Facade Exhibition 2013
Thirty years ago the movie Blade Runner introduced the visionary idea of turning entire building façades into large digital screens.
24 - 10
May - Jun
Vivid Lights
Sydney will once again be transformed into a spectacular canvas of light, music and ideas when Vivid Sydney takes over the city after dark.
30 - 16
May - Jun
Artspace Visual Arts Centre
This is Video - Guest Curator: Stephen Jones. The result of extensive archival research and remastering of key historical material, this project revisits the 1981 exhibition Video Art from Australia presented in Venice and subsequently toured through Australia.
1 - 6
Jun - Jul
Catching Light
Campbelltown Arts Centre has brought together 5 creative innovators from the analogue and early digital eras to mentor, collaborate and exchange ideas with 5 ‘new generation’ artists from various disciplines ...
4 - 12
Jun - Jul
EchoSonics
Sound is the one fundamental phenomenon that we are immersed in - every living, moving thing is producing sound continually - it flows between distinct elements and binds them together.
7 - 16
Jun - Jun
ISEA2013 Registration
Registrations for ISEA2013 are now open, register online and take advantage of our preferred accommodation rates.
7 - 20
Jun - Jul
Running the City
Presented by the National Institute for Experimental Arts (NIEA) and ISEA2013, Running the City is an experimental, interactive exhibition in which artists deploy a range of electronic media and tactics to both map and move throughout the city.
7 - 16
Jun - Jun
iCinema@ISEA2013
iCinema showcases four cinematic works in its unique immersive environment at UNSW's Kensington campus.
8 - 1
Jun - Jul
test pattern - Ryoji Ikeda
A highlight of the program is the Australian premiere of test pattern, a stunning large scale immersive installation by renowned Japanese artist Ryoji Ikeda.
8 - 16
Jun - Jun
The Very Near Future - Alex Davies
Walk into Alex Davies’ installation and you will find yourself wondering what is real or virtual, fact or fiction?
8 - 21
Jun - Aug
Experimenta Speak to Me
The 2-year exhibition tour premieres for ISEA2013 in Sydney at the Powerhouse Museum.
8 - 21
Jun - Aug
Semipermeable (+) - SymbioticA
Semipermeable Plus looks at the membrane as a site, metaphor and platform for a series of artistic interventions and projects, some commissioned specifically for the exhibition and others selected from the many projects developed at SymbioticA since 2000.
8 - 14
Jun - Jul
Synapse: a Selection
This exhibition provides a snapshot of the diverse and fascinating research that participating artists and scientists have pursued over the past five years.
8 - 10
Jun - Jun
The Situational Library: A Swap, Drop & Roll Project
Swap, Drop and Roll is an ongoing series of projects which invite the public to design and build a self-running, self-organising ‘situational library’.
8 - 16
Jun - Jun
The Portals
The Portals is a curated media arts program of five telematic works linking the two cities of Darwin and Sydney, connecting the two communities in realtime through networked and interactive artworks which require high speed broadband.
8 - 16
Jun - Jun
Electronic Art at The Rocks Pop-up
ISEA2013 and Sydney Harbour Foreshore Authority present Electronic Art at The Rocks Pop-Up, a special feature in the ongoing pop-up program that brings the latest in contemporary art into the heart of this historic area of Sydney.
9 - 10
Jun - Jun
SoundLabyrinth & Action A/V - Mark Pedersen & Roger Alsop
The work uses ambisonic sound and immersive video projection, set within a 6m diameter geodesic dome. Utilising the immersive audio/visual infrastructure of SoundLabyrinth, Action A/V consists of three art objects, MOTION, SPEECH and VISION.
11 - 19
Jun - Jul
Tin Sheds Gallery
ISEA2013 and Tin Sheds Gallery presents an investigation of electronic art and architecture; disSentience, curated by Lian Loke, The Generative Freeway Project, a participatory installation by Matthew Sleeth, and a living installation by Spanish architectural duo Selgascano, which together will form part of the Emergen/City project.
13 - 23
Jun - Jun
If a system fails in a forest ...
Communication is mediated by complex systems. Both machinic and biological, it is through engagement with these systems that our lives are shaped: we perceive ourselves and experience our world through the lens of the system.
14 - 16
Jun - Jun
City Data Slam: Sensing Sydney
Building on the Echology: Making Sense of Data project of ANAT and Carbon Arts, City Data Slam and Sensing Sydney challenge digital artists to work with real-time data to assist communities, businesses and organisations in reaching the City of Sydney’s Sustainable Sydney 2030 vision
14 - 6
Jun - Jul
Experiments in Proximity
To coincide with ISEA2013, John Tonkin presents two new responsive video works that continue his ongoing research into perception and cognition, exploring ideas of interiority and presence.
14 - 15
Jun - Jun
Electric Nights
Electronic art will transform Parramatta’s River Foreshore with interactive artworks, performances and food, presented by ISEA2013 and Parramatta City Council.
