A series of talks with WERC’s favorite new media artists. Over the years we’ve met some inspiring, thought provoking and kind artists from all over the world. We’d love for you to meet them as well and so we’re inviting them for an Artist Talk in our studio, so we can all have a drink, talk about the current challenges and opportunities in new media art and discuss their work.
Are you curious about the first edition with Dries Depoorter? Check out the livestream.
Matt Adams, co-founder of the artist group Blast Theory, is the second guest at our Artist Talks. Blast Theory make interactive art to explore social and political questions. The group’s work places the public at the centre of unusual and sometimes unsettling experiences, to create new perspectives and open up the possibility of change.
Blast Theory have shown work at the Venice Biennale, Tribeca Film Festival, ICC in Tokyo, Hebbel am Ufer in Berlin, the Barbican and Tate Britain. Commissioners include Channel 4, Sundance Film Festival and the Royal Opera House.
The artists work closely with researchers and scientists and have collaborated with the Mixed Reality Lab at the University of Nottingham since 1997, co-authoring over 45 research papers. The artists teach and lecture internationally including at the Sorbonne, Stanford University and the Royal College of Art. They curated the Screen series for Live Culture at Tate Modern.
Check out more about Blast Theory at www.blasttheory.co.uk
The livestream of the event will be available at the following platforms: Youtube, Instagram, Discord. October 6th, 20:00 CET
Made possible by Gemeente Groningen & Pictoright Fonds.
