Cutting-edge, Digital-led Exhibition Amongst the clouds Opens at Artspace in May
Artspace is delighted to announce the opening of its latest exhibition, Amongst the clouds (digital materialities in the 21st century) from Thursday 8 May to Sunday 20 July 2025.
Venue: Artspace
Address: 43–51 Cowper Wharf Roadway, Woolloomooloo NSW 2011, Sydney Australia
Date: Thursday 8 May to Sunday 20 July 2025
Time: Thursday 8 May Opening 6-8pm
Ticket: Free
Buy / Ticket: https://events.humanitix.com/amongst-the-clouds-digital-materialities-in-the-21st-century
Web: https://artspace.org.au/exhibitions/amongst-the-clouds
EMail: artspace@artspace.org.au
Call: (02) 9356 0555
Address: 43–51 Cowper Wharf Roadway, Woolloomooloo NSW 2011, Sydney Australia
Date: Thursday 8 May to Sunday 20 July 2025
Time: Thursday 8 May Opening 6-8pm
Ticket: Free
Buy / Ticket: https://events.humanitix.com/amongst-the-clouds-digital-materialities-in-the-21st-century
Web: https://artspace.org.au/exhibitions/amongst-the-clouds
EMail: artspace@artspace.org.au
Call: (02) 9356 0555
Request Image Contact: kabukupr@kabukupr.com.au
Amongst the clouds (digital materialities in the 21st century) profiles Australian and international artists who explore the ways in which digital realms are determinedly tied to the physical world. As the distinction between the digital and the material world becomes increasingly blurred, how we think about art, society and technology is radically shifting and evolving. This exhibition features artists who are pioneering new ways that - art and technology - reshape our physical and digital worlds.
Amongst the clouds includes recent work and some work not seen before in Australia from featured artists: Liu Chuang (China), Nina Davies (Canada/UK), Archana Hande (India), Lawrence Lek (UK), Sophie Penkethman-Young (Australia), and Liam Young (USA).
Each artist will look closely at human and machine intelligence and creativity through a range of materials, platforms, and technologies including an immersive installation of Jacquard loom punch cards referencing Ada Lovelace; a film scripted and narrated by an AI Chatbot; a fictional TikTok dance trend; a participatory videogame featuring a cyborg therapist, a cinematic journey through cryptocurrency and bitcoin mining; and a kaleidoscopic video essay on human relationships with programmable beings–from service robots to pedigree dogs.
Artspace’s Senior Curator, Katie Dyer, said:
‘The prevailing image of ‘the cloud’ and the digital conveys a weightless, ethereal and frictionless existence that disguises technology’s material origins. The artists in Amongst the clouds chart new imaginaries where the realm of the ‘cloud’ is in fact tangible and ever present. For these artists, the contemporary digital environment is, and has always been, profoundly material.”
Amongst the clouds emphasises Artspace’s longstanding commitment of supporting artists experimenting with new technologies, starting from its first year of programming in 1983 with the Open Video Festival and the international AUDIOEYES.
Amongst the clouds opens at Artspace on Thursday 8 May 2025 and runs until Sunday 20 July 2025. The Amongst the clouds program features talks, performances and workshops.
For more information, please visit: artspace.org.au/exhibitions/amongst-the-clouds
Amongst the clouds includes recent work and some work not seen before in Australia from featured artists: Liu Chuang (China), Nina Davies (Canada/UK), Archana Hande (India), Lawrence Lek (UK), Sophie Penkethman-Young (Australia), and Liam Young (USA).
Each artist will look closely at human and machine intelligence and creativity through a range of materials, platforms, and technologies including an immersive installation of Jacquard loom punch cards referencing Ada Lovelace; a film scripted and narrated by an AI Chatbot; a fictional TikTok dance trend; a participatory videogame featuring a cyborg therapist, a cinematic journey through cryptocurrency and bitcoin mining; and a kaleidoscopic video essay on human relationships with programmable beings–from service robots to pedigree dogs.
Artspace’s Senior Curator, Katie Dyer, said:
‘The prevailing image of ‘the cloud’ and the digital conveys a weightless, ethereal and frictionless existence that disguises technology’s material origins. The artists in Amongst the clouds chart new imaginaries where the realm of the ‘cloud’ is in fact tangible and ever present. For these artists, the contemporary digital environment is, and has always been, profoundly material.”
Amongst the clouds emphasises Artspace’s longstanding commitment of supporting artists experimenting with new technologies, starting from its first year of programming in 1983 with the Open Video Festival and the international AUDIOEYES.
Amongst the clouds opens at Artspace on Thursday 8 May 2025 and runs until Sunday 20 July 2025. The Amongst the clouds program features talks, performances and workshops.
For more information, please visit: artspace.org.au/exhibitions/amongst-the-clouds