NETS Project Coordinators
Valerie Kirk
Annie Trevillian
Sharon Peoples
SUBSCRIBING TO NETWURKS
Up to 100 participating artists/students can dialogue here about Nets - with their posts and comments - by joining Netwurks.
A post doesn't need to be too polished in the first instance. It is a simple matter to return to radically edit it later if desired.
It is a simple process to add images and videos, however, to avoid clogging the blog, an accessible image gallery can also be maintained on a personal website, the link to which can be included in a relevant post.
Ongoing help with using Netwurks can be provided. Difficulties encountered and general queries can be posted to the blog.
THINKING ABOUT NETS
The function of any net is to separate defined items of interest from a specific flow. They are intrinsically mysterious.
Is the function of a facial veil to screen out or to invite the external gaze?
Blinds and net curtains are covert street surveillance systems, sometimes revealing pretty images, other times odd behaviour. If insiders leave the light on, they are exposed and the outsider hidden from view.
When do those nets that are being strung across the flows of cyberspace - the 'firewalls' - change over from being defensive (stopping 'incoming') to being aggressive? How can the misdeeds of their creators be detected by the outsider?
Nets of lies and half-truths are woven over events, winding up as 'history'. Before becoming spoken words, means of expression are continually modified by a host of personal and institutional restraints.
Micro-nets block contagions. Fishing nets haul in 'by-catch' (marine 'collateral damage') with their targeted prey. Good nets, bad nets?
The NETS weekend workshop.
A group of artists from Canberra and the wider region, associated with ANU, came together to kickstart work on the theme of "Nets". There was great excitement as people relished the opportunity to come together for discussion, practical experimentation and viewing of work relating to the theme. People were very supportive of each other and generous in sharing information, making for a reaxed working atmosphere. The two days provided enough time to scope the ideas, meanings and associations of nets to get brains twinkling with ideas and inspirations. We look forward to viewing works in progress later in the year.
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