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Agora Talk: Carla Gannis’ Cabinet of Curiosities
On the 14th of April, Agora will explore digital artist Carla Gannis’s most recent project, which reimagines the archival [...]
Curating Speculative Futures During Lockdown with Alice Scope
While many art galleries remain closed, new digital forms of curation have gained traction. For our next Agora talk, [...]
What is …
What Is a Fashion Avatar?
During the pandemic, the fashion world shifted to new media, with digital fashion shows replacing in-person events. For example, [...]
What Is Generative Art?
This week at Agora, we’re diving into Generative Art. If you’re into computer coding, digital art, a fan of [...]
What Is a Deepfake?
AI-generated fake photographs, videos and voice cloning are improving at a rapid pace, and are perhaps becoming too convincing. [...]
What is CGI?
When you hear the term CGI you may suddenly be catapulted to the bright lights of Hollywood and the [...]
What is digital art and why does it matter?
What about digital art makes it “art”, and what makes it a worthy component of the 21st art landscape? [...]
Trending: Queer Art
Queer As Art #1: Trans-Magic Identity Crisis – Sammie Veeler
Sammie Veeler's work really embodies trans-magic, a constant queer discussion between her craft and herself. A soulful self-discovery encompassing [...]
Conflict in My Outlook_We Met Online (2020) – Xanthe Dobbie
Can a Buzzfeed-style quiz capture your online sexual persona? Would you want your results to be public? Queer Australian [...]
Feminism
Make it Glitch, Baby! Here’s Why Womxn Have a Competitive Edge in New Media
From glitch to gold: making ‘errors’ is no longer a fault, it’s a force. Discover why womxn have the power to shape New Media for the better. Gabriella Gasparini | Ed Peter Traynor [...]
The Intersection Between Gender and Artificial Intelligence
When most tech companies today (ab)use the term “AI” what they refer to are statistical models used to analyze large quantities of data (“Machine Learning”), sometimes using multi-layer architectures of neural networks (“Deep Learning”). [...]
Research: A Feminist Approach to Right to Privacy, Data Protection and AI
New research by Mozilla Fellow Chenai Chair explores how, without sufficient safeguards in data protection in place, AI systems in South Africa can disproportionately harm women, girls, and non-gender-conforming individuals. It also provides recommendations [...]
Blockchain, Tokens and Cryptocurrency
Digital Artist Known as Beeple is Hitting Christies’ Auction House in First NFT sale
The recent listing of an NFT work by Beeple at Christie's demonstrates the growing appetite for collectors to own [...]
Crypto, What Is It Good For?
An overview of cryptocurrency use case by Global Future Council on Cryptocurrencies Global Future Council on Cryptocurrencies | [...]
Leading Auction House Christie’s Listing Bitcoin Art for the First Time
The world’s largest auction house, Christie’s, will be presenting Bitcoin artwork for the first time. Block 21 of “Portraits [...]
Crypto Art Fraud on Rarible Sparks Governance Discussion
On Feb. 8, artist Karan Singh notified via Twitter, the blockchain-based art platform Rarible that some of his work [...]
Pioneers
Pioneers #1: Tamiko Thiel – Reflections on the Artist’s Way
A pioneer in computing, new media and digital art, Tamiko crossed from using art to develop cutting edge technology [...]
Where Science Meets Art, Immerse Yourself in Helga Griffiths’ Multi-sensory Worlds
Euan McPherson | Ed Kiran Sajan | 22 November 2020 © Courtesy of the [...]
The Art of Breaking Boundaries: Digital Art at the Cutting Edge.
While many digital artists have embraced technology in the internet age, technologists have also embraced art, blurring the boundaries [...]
Video visionary: the life and works of Nam June Paik
By normalising the use of modern visual technologies as fine art forms, Nam June Paik earned his reputation as [...]
Art Tech and Science
Scroll > Swipe > Zoom > Tap > Scroll > Scroll > Scroll
Gabriella Warren-Smith captures this constant ‘automatic ingrained behaviour’ with our digital devices perfectly, revealing that the average person checks [...]
How Art and Science Collide to a New Level with Genetics and Artificial Intelligence
Visions of the Future: Art, Genetics and Artificial Intelligence is a documentary by Arte Arte TV | 2019 [...]
Webtoon series
Alai Cinereo Weaves Gothic Narratives With Digital Comic Art
As the UK settles further into this winter lockdown you'll want to curl up and lose yourself in compelling storytelling offline with a book or, in spite of screen fatigue, streamed entertainment or a [...]
New Media Artist Siyu Cao Connects East and West in Webcomic Series
Francesca Miller | Ed Cristina Brooks | 2 November 2020 Artist Siyu Cao talks to Agora Digital Art about how she bridges cultures through her webcomic series, while she [...]
Webcomic Series: Female Webcomic Artists Shoot to Fame
This is the first of a series of articles on female webcomic artists from around the world, telling how they gained prominence in a male-dominated industry thanks to their artistic talent and storytelling. [...]
All Stories
Carla Chan Captures Nature in Digital Art
When thinking of Digital Art, you might imagine it as something artificial or unnatural, but this isn’t always the [...]
You’re Doing Amazing Sweetie? Kim and the Critical Eye of Digital Art
Have you ever lusted after a fitspo physique or Kim Kardashian’s (k)urves? Australian digital artist Tyler Payne’s works ask [...]
Agora Talk: Carla Gannis’ Cabinet of Curiosities
On the 14th of April, Agora will explore digital artist Carla Gannis’s most recent project, which reimagines the archival [...]
What Is a Fashion Avatar?
During the pandemic, the fashion world shifted to new media, with digital fashion shows replacing in-person events. For example, [...]
FORMAT21’s Must-See Virtual Exhibition “Fluid Bodies”
The UK’s leading international photo festival showcases the best in contemporary photography in FORMAT21’s interactive Digital Art space. In [...]
Curating Speculative Futures During Lockdown with Alice Scope
While many art galleries remain closed, new digital forms of curation have gained traction. For our next Agora talk, [...]
Reacting to 2020: A Digital Time Capsule
What would a digital time capsule of 2020 look or sound like to you? Samm Anga and Veronica Petukhov [...]
The Spirit of the Salon Lives On In Melbourne – Digitally
In the age of hype and overexposure, can scrolling (or trawling) through Insta-art compare to the bustling exhibitions of [...]
Edie Murray Shares Her 7 Top-Tips on How To Make It as a Digital Artist
Edie Murray is a working artist. Here she sheds light on her experience and career as a Visual Artist [...]
Digital Artist Known as Beeple is Hitting Christies’ Auction House in First NFT sale
The recent listing of an NFT work by Beeple at Christie's demonstrates the growing appetite for collectors to own [...]
Crypto, What Is It Good For?
An overview of cryptocurrency use case by Global Future Council on Cryptocurrencies Global Future Council on Cryptocurrencies | [...]
VR Film Makes the Silver Screen at Sundance
Do you trust the cloud to keep your memories safe? Using the medium of VR, Anna West and David [...]
What Is Generative Art?
This week at Agora, we’re diving into Generative Art. If you’re into computer coding, digital art, a fan of [...]
What Is a Deepfake?
AI-generated fake photographs, videos and voice cloning are improving at a rapid pace, and are perhaps becoming too convincing. [...]
Make it Glitch, Baby! Here’s Why Womxn Have a Competitive Edge in New Media
From glitch to gold: making ‘errors’ is no longer a fault, it’s a force. Discover why womxn have the [...]
The DSLcollection is Mind-blowing!
Rapidly evolving digital technologies offer unprecedented creative opportunities for digital artists, alongside the promise to disrupt strongly-held ideas about [...]
Who is Bolatito Aderemi-Ibitola?
By reclaiming narratives and generating space for collaboration, what can the world of Digital Art learn from Bolatito Aderemi-Ibitola? [...]
Alai Cinereo Weaves Gothic Narratives With Digital Comic Art
As the UK settles further into this winter lockdown you'll want to curl up and lose yourself in compelling [...]
The Immersive Kind: A Space for Emerging Interdisciplinary Digital Artists with an X-factor
Many have tried to create an artistic community that welcomes non-binary and emerging artists. UK-based, global collective The Immersive [...]
Our Consumption of Sound Art is, in Itself, a Creative Process
As our mind processes a sound to make it relevant to us, this sound may be interpreted as music [...]
Uncover Digital Art Hidden Along the Thames Riverbank in London’s Biggest AR Show
You can bring an invisible exhibition of Digital Art to life using just your smartphone in the capital’s first [...]
The Intersection Between Gender and Artificial Intelligence
When most tech companies today (ab)use the term “AI” what they refer to are statistical models used to analyze [...]
Ophelia Fu Showcases New Crypto Art in Virtual World
UK-based mixed media and digital artist Ophelia Fu has a new digital art show that you and anyone else [...]
What is the Relationship between Digital Art and Memory?
How do we store and process painful memories? What’s more, who really decides what memories to keep — whose [...]
Research: A Feminist Approach to Right to Privacy, Data Protection and AI
New research by Mozilla Fellow Chenai Chair explores how, without sufficient safeguards in data protection in place, AI systems [...]
The Arts Electric: Digital Art Is What You Can Do Not How You Did It
Do you agree with Tom Uglow, Creative Lab Director of Google in this essay for AEON? Tom Uglow [...]
Claudia Hart Talk: How Her Latest Digital Art Exhibition Got Meta
While today’s reality is bound to four walls for most of us, digital art offers us endless ways to [...]
Lilia Ziamou Creates Fragmented Bodies by Scanning Bones
Would you dare to use human bones as the basis for your next artwork? That’s what Lilia Ziamou has [...]
Meet James Turrell, the New Media Artist Who Lightens the Way for Immersive Installations
Pasadena-born digital artist James Turrell, who at the age of 77 continues to be one of America’s most prominent [...]
Tabita Rezaire is Afloat Amongst Stormy Seas
The internet is the new ocean. As with the high seas in the late fifteenth century, today humans have [...]
Where Science Meets Art, Immerse Yourself in Helga Griffiths’ Multi-sensory Worlds
Euan McPherson | Ed Kiran Sajan | 22 November 2020 © Courtesy of the [...]
What is the Digital Sublime: The Awe & Terror of New Media Landscapes
What upsets our sense of harmony, self-preservation and spatiotemporality but, at the same time, fascinates us with a chaotic [...]
What’s the Future of the Museum?
Virtual Reality is one of the technologies with the highest projected potential for growth. Whereas everyone speculates about the [...]
Time Travel and Digital Art: How Nicole Welch’s Time-lapse Video Art Collapses Time
Australian new media artist Nicole Welch explores the passage of time in her moving image works, immersing viewers in [...]
Balancing Technologies and Thoughts
When you first see Chloë Cheuk’s works, new media art may not be the first thing coming to mind. [...]
Re-materialisation of Digital Art in Mexico
Art has always faced the struggles of medium, technique, place and context. An art’s outcome has always been unsure [...]
Black Blossoms School of Art and Culture: Decolonising the Physical and Digital Art World
The Black Blossoms artists’ group was established in 2015 by Bolanle Tajudeen. The original aim still holds true today: [...]
The Art of Breaking Boundaries: Digital Art at the Cutting Edge.
While many digital artists have embraced technology in the internet age, technologists have also embraced art, blurring the boundaries [...]
New Media Artist Siyu Cao Connects East and West in Webcomic Series
Francesca Miller | Ed Cristina Brooks | 2 November 2020 Artist Siyu Cao talks [...]
Seeking Perfection in Imperfection
The mark of what determines ‘perfection’ is one that is constantly changing, particularly regarding the female body. Isabella [...]
Conflict in My Outlook_We Met Online (2020) – Xanthe Dobbie
Can a Buzzfeed-style quiz capture your online sexual persona? Would you want your results to be public? Queer Australian [...]
Webcomic Series: Female Webcomic Artists Shoot to Fame
This is the first of a series of articles on female webcomic artists from around the world, telling how [...]
Magic Realism and Afrabia
"Sudan is not really a country at all, but many. A composite of layers, like a genetic fingerprint of [...]
Lethabo Huma: Painting Without a Brush
Lethabo Huma’s artwork highlights how the medium of painting is no longer just for physical paint, but also digital [...]
Sound and Motion: Arash Akbari Bridges Worlds
Iranian artist Arash Akbari’s newest work Sonomotion blends hypnotic visuals with experimental tracks to examine the ways that sound [...]
Leading Auction House Christie’s Listing Bitcoin Art for the First Time
The world’s largest auction house, Christie’s, will be presenting Bitcoin artwork for the first time. Block 21 of “Portraits [...]
Composer Samm Anga Explores Digital Music and Multimedia Channels
If you’ve ever joined one of our Agora Talks, you’ve most probably experienced the work of Samm Anga in [...]
Digital Art across Borders
With all of us staying at home more to limit the spread of Covid-19, many have settled into a [...]
Can Digital Art Help You to Fall in Love?
Can Digital Art, and most specifically virtual reality, help us to understand each other? And, therefore help us to [...]
What is CGI?
When you hear the term CGI you may suddenly be catapulted to the bright lights of Hollywood and the [...]
Hyper-linking away from loneliness with Amrita Hepi
Can a chatbot help us find deeper human connection? In Hyper-linked at the Art Gallery of New South Wales, [...]
About the Net With Wade Wallerstein From Silicon Valet
From anthropology to digitalogy, there is only one jump that Wade Wallerstein did brilliantly with his project: Silicon Valet. [...]
We will be seen – visibility in the works of Martine Syms
Immerse into a digital realm, where stories are told through the eyes of an artist committed to depicting real [...]
Scroll > Swipe > Zoom > Tap > Scroll > Scroll > Scroll
Gabriella Warren-Smith captures this constant ‘automatic ingrained behaviour’ with our digital devices perfectly, revealing that the average person checks [...]
Scenographer, Architect and Artist: Rebecca van Beeck defies artistic labels
South African artist Rebecca van Beeck talks with our Editor about her migration online during lockdown and her participation [...]
‘Existence as Protest’: The Necessity of Osinachi’s Character Explorations
Prince Jacon Osinachi Igwe, known as Osinachi, is a Nigerian born artist who explores cultural, sexual and racial identity [...]
Cinopticon (2020) – Giselle Stanborough
Conceptual artist, Giselle Stanborough considers the boundary between the public and private spheres in the context of online life. [...]
Four Diverse Female Artists Redefining The Digital Art Scene
Four women artists to watch using Digital Art in various disciplines. Sophia Harris | Ed Francesca Gransden | 27 [...]
What is digital art and why does it matter?
What about digital art makes it “art”, and what makes it a worthy component of the 21st art landscape? [...]
Procreate and be a mother … – Helen Benigson and Paola Lucente
What does it mean to become a mother in the 21st Century? Alexandra Busila | Ed YoungMi Lamine [...]
The Serpentine published “Future Art Ecosystems 1: Art and Advanced Technologies”
When Hans Ulrich Obrist said " It's time for Art and Technology", he meant it. Artnews | Brian [...]
(M)otherhood: Online, Offline and in Lockdown
Benigson uses the terms “Fattening” and “flattening” are words that we can physically feel on our fingertips. As something [...]
The New Media Sculpture and Performance of Colette Bernard
Looking at how technology is enhancing pre-existing artistic practises. Elspeth Walker | Ed Francesca Gransden | 10 July 2020 [...]
Hans Op de Beeck and the Exploration of Time and Space
Visual artist Hans Op de Beeck is somewhat of a master of all mediums, but it’s with his digitally-led [...]
Speaking through screens, the spatial imagination of Sondra Perry
Technology is the chosen vocabulary of artist Sondra Perry, whose body of works form an unapologetic discourse on race, [...]
Blue Prints (2020) – Cao Fei at Serpentine Gallery
Explore Cao Fei’s physical and virtual worlds as Blueprints re-opens at Serpentine Gallery Robert Perry | Ed Francesca Gransden | [...]
How architecture enhances digital experiences?
Over the past few months, nostalgia has been omnipresent in our hyperconnected memory culture. Alexandra Busila | Ed [...]
Immersive Digital Approach to Space
Agora digital is proud to present as our speakers Rebecca Van Beek a scenographer and artist, alongside Architects and [...]
How women subvert the art world using digital art
Can women artists beat men with their own tools? That's what we going to discover with Gretchen Andrew and [...]
How Digital Art subverts the gender imbalance in the arts
Women Artists Teaching Machines How To Dream ... Alexandra Busila | Ed Clare Deal | 14 June 2020 [...]
NIRIN: 22nd Biennale of Sydney (2020) – Lisa Reihana
Drawing attention to often sidelined and disenfranchised art and creators, Sydney’s 22nd Biennale curated by indigenous artist, Brook Andrew, [...]
It’s Not Easy Being Green: Maria Mahfooz’s first solo exhibition delves into the digital and green screen.
It’s Not Easy Being Green, sang Kermit the Frog. Elspeth Walker | Ed: Clare Deal | 5 June [...]
Any Means Necessary: The Interdisciplinary World of Jamilah Sabur
Journeying home in the works of Jamilah Sabur Lauren Gee | Ed Clare Deal | 29 May 2020 [...]
Video visionary: the life and works of Nam June Paik
By normalising the use of modern visual technologies as fine art forms, Nam June Paik earned his reputation as [...]
Ellen Pau: video art pioneer and self-taught woman artist
Get to know Hong Kong-born, media artist Ellen Pau and her unique journey to becoming one of the world’s [...]
Art is Still Here: A Hypothetical Show for a Closed Museum (2020) – Lu Yang
M WOODS gallery in Shanghai has released an incongruous online group show. Elizabeth Harris | Ed Francesca Gransden [...]
Tara Marynowsky, Coming Attractions at The National: New Australian Art 2019
Films such as Pretty Woman, watched and re-watched over time, can become like familiar friends. Elizabeth Harris | [...]
Opera Calling (2007) – !Mediengruppe Bitnik
What do you think about this playful performance? YoungMi Lamine | 28 April 2020 [...]
Refik Anadol is the Houdini of data art
Refik Anadol's algorithmic art is a merging of man and machine. Robert Perry | Ed Francesca Gransden | [...]
Companionship in the Age of Loneliness (2020) – KAWS
What a perfect title in Covid19 times ... Elizabeth Harris | Ed: Francesca Gransden | 4 April 2020 [...]
Who is Miquela Sousa?
The 19-year-old is a singer, a model and an Influencer who is worth $6m. What is the Miquela's phenomenon? [...]
Quarantine Chat!
Talk on the phone with someone else stuck at home. YoungMi Lamine | 12 March 2020 [...]
Terminus (2020) – Jess Johnson and Simon Ward
Choose your own adventure or fated quest? Jess Johnson and Simon Ward’s cybernetic world captures the unease of reality. [...]
How Art and Science Collide to a New Level with Genetics and Artificial Intelligence
Visions of the Future: Art, Genetics and Artificial Intelligence is a documentary by Arte Arte TV | 2019 [...]
Crypto Art Fraud on Rarible Sparks Governance Discussion
On Feb. 8, artist Karan Singh notified via Twitter, the blockchain-based art platform Rarible that some of his work [...]
Timely Time (2017) – Natasha Caruana
Reviewed by Fiorella Lanni for thisistomorrow | Published on 23 October 2017 Courtesy of Tabish Khan - Experiencing [...]