DATA MINDS surveys the practice of five artists working across analogue, contemporary and synthetic media. Encompassing photography, moving image, sculpture, installation, and internet-based media, each artist approaches AI and the internet not as ends to themselves, but as tools to be examined, exploited, and questioned. Physical works become embedded with fictions, uniting the subconscious and the digital; the imagined and the real.
View the digital catalogue here: https://www.dataminds2024.com.au/
Featuring artists Roy Ananda, Girl On Road, HIBALL, Jon Rafman and Brie Trenerry.
DATA MINDS is curated by Wednesday Sutherland, assisted by Alexandra Kirwood.
This exhibition has been assisted by the Australian Government through Creative Australia, its principal arts investment and advisory body; the Victorian Government through Creative Victoria; and The Lock-Up’s Artist in Residence program.
DATA MINDS, The Lock-UP, Newcastle NSW, Australia.
29 November 2024 - 23 February 2025.
HIBALL, ‘Composition for Mnemosyne’, 2024. Two-channel 2k video, stereo sound, 7:24 min. Photo: Ben Adams. Courtesy the artists.
Brie Trenerry, ‘Trip Code V.A.L.I.S’, 2024. HD AI Generated Video, colour, sound, polystyrene, paint, 11:22 mins. Runway ML Gen 3 Alpha/Turbo. Photo: Ben Adams. Courtesy the artist and MARS Gallery.
Jon Rafman, ‘Punctured Sky’, 2021. 4K video, stereo sound, 21:09 min. © Jon Rafman. Courtesy the artist, Neon Parc and Sprueth Magers.
Girl On Road, ‘dirtstyle: bit plane 5’, 2024. Dirt, digital print on 80gsm paper, dimensions variable. Photo: Ben Adams. Courtesy the artist.
Roy Ananda, ‘Evidence wall’, 2023. Digital prints and ink on paper, thread, pins, acoustic pinboard, dimensions variable. Photo: Ben Adams. Courtesy the artist and Artlink.
HIBALL, installation view: ‘Composition for Mnemosyne’, 2024. Two-channel 2k video, stereo sound, 7:24 min. Photo: Ben Adams. Courtesy the artists.
Brie Trenerry, ‘Trip Code CAT5’, 2024. Network cable, polystyrene, high density foam, plastic, adhesive tape, cable ties, dimensions variable. Photo: Ben Adams. Courtesy the artist and MARS Gallery.
Jon Rafman, installation view (L-R): ‘𐤌𐤄𐤅𐤌𐤄𐤟𐤁𐤇𐤍𐤉𐤅𐤍𐤟𐤄𐤒𐤍𐤉𐤅𐤍’ (Riot in the Mall Parking Lot)’, 2023. Inkjet print and acrylic on canvas, 187 x 135 cm; ‘Punctured Sky’, 2021. 4K video, stereo sound, 21:09 min. © Jon Rafman. Courtesy the artist, Neon Parc and Sprueth Magers.
Girl On Road, dirtstyle: cipher, 2024. Dirt, Apple Mac Mini, python script, petrichor, sound, dimensions variable. Photo: Ben Adams. Courtesy the artist.
Roy Ananda, ‘Evidence wall’, 2023. Digital prints and ink on paper, thread, pins, acoustic pinboard, dimensions variable. Photo: Ben Adams. Courtesy the artist and Artlink.