Alternative Realities: Australian Artists Working with Technology
Presented for the Asialink program: Bright Sparks
CURATOR: Rachel Kent
ARTISTS: Peter Callas, Moira Corby, Ross Harley, Rosemary Laing, Patricia Piccinini
Alternative Realities was the longest running Bright Sparks exhibition. Focusing on artists working with new media was in these early days, the mid 1990s, considered groundbreaking. Mark Napier of the Australian Consulate General in Shanghai reporting ‘the exhibition left a particularly deep impression as there has not previously been anything like this in here before.’ The words of curator Rachel Kent found resonance throughout the region. She wrote ‘these artists explore in different ways the possibilities, as well as the limitations, of technology in their work. The impact of technology upon the body, the urban landscape and the shaping of history is considered, while a critical look is cast at the darker side of technological progress.’
This exhibition toured to Hong Kong, Melbourne, Shanghai, Beijing, Seoul, Taipei, Tamsui, Kaohsiung, Bangalore, Chandigarh (1995-1996).