Mediafest

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Vivid Projects is pleased to announce MEDIAFEST, a one month exhibition juxtaposing new media art works by UK artists with innovators from the 1970s-80s. MEDIAFEST is about exposing process: the guts of the machine. Beginning in the 1970s with the hypnotic click of the slide carousel and ending with open source performance through algorithms, the season demonstrates the impact of accessible, affordable consumer technologies on artist practice. Each week we delve into the means of production dominating each decade as we explore how the domestic cathode ray tube TV set, video tapes, slide film, the CD and the laptop have driven the aesthetics and politics of media arts. Works from preceding decades developed for cassette, video and tape/slide, will be interrogated through new performance and live digital commissions.The season includes live audio installations, performances, screenings and discussions, culminating in an Algorave on 27/10 for Museums at Night, 2018.

Works include:

Weeks 1 & 2 | 5-6 October | 11-13 October | Audio – Slide – Tape

Sarah M Farmer, Cathy Wade, Monica Ross, Elizabeth Cufley

Weeks 3 & 4 | 18-20 October | 25-27 October | Video – Data

The Vasulkas, Steina, Michael Lightborne, Carol Breen & Matthew Evans, Antonio Roberts, co￥ﾡpt, Shelley Knotts, Coral Manton, Heavy Lifting