Experimenta Playground
2007

Experimenta Playground is an exhibition of innovative and playful artworks and videos by over 30 Australian and international artists.

With interactive artworks, video installations and extreme art on screen, this is art that steps out from the shadows of computer games and leaves mouse, keyboard and joystick behind.

Curated by Liz Hughes and Emma McRae.

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Experimenta Under the Radar
2006

Experimenta Under the Radar toured innovative interactive media and video artworks of Australian artist to FACT (Foundation for Art and Creative Technology) Liverpool, and the ICA (Institute of Contemporary Art) London. The exceptional artworks range across the visual arts, sound art, design and installation and are by some of Australia's leading contemporary artists. Curated by Artistic Director, Liz Hughes.

The exhibition is part of Undergrowth – Australian Arts UK 2006, a two-year Australian contemporary arts promotion program in the United Kingdom. The unprecedented scale and calibre of the works makes this tour to FACT (Foundation for Art and Creative Technology, Liverpool) and the ICA (Institute of Contemporary Art, London) a world first.

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Experimenta Vanishing Point
2005

Experimenta Vanishing Point was an exhibition of interactive media artworks and screening programs that showcased the work of Australian and international digital media artists, filmmakers, scientists, video artists, animators, and sound artists. Based on the theme of illusions, the artworks transformed the banal into the extraordinary and challenged us to see reality from different perspectives and featured miniature worlds, journeys through space and time, and photographs that came to life.

Curated by Liz Hughes and Emma McRae the programs were spread across multiple venues; Blackbox, the Arts Centre, Margaret Lawrence Galleries, National Gallery of Victoria International, Gertrude Contemporary Art Spaces, Frankston Arts Centre and ACMI.

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Experimenta House of Tomorrow
2003

Curated by Artistic Director, Liz Hughes, Shiralee Saul and Helen Stuckey, Experimenta House of Tomorrow was an exciting new media art exhibition that brought together digital media artists, filmmakers, video artists, architects, designers and scientists. Exhibited at Black Box at the Arts Centre, and ACMI cinemas it featured over 30 new artworks that explored futuristic fantasies of the home.

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Prototype
2002

Prototype featured new media installations and digital projects that explored the possibilities of invention. Curated by Liz Hughes the exhibition was part of the Interact 2002 Asia Pacific Multimedia Festival. The interactive exhibition took place at Black Box at the Arts Centre, The Palace, gammaSPACE and Greater Union Cinema.

Featuring new work from Australian and international artists, Prototype reimagined the way we live, think, and interact with our world.

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Waste
2001

The interactive exhibition and screening programs was curated by Artistic Director, Lisa Logan and took place at Black Box at The Arts Centre, Linden Gallery, Bendigo Art Gallery, and various sites around St Kilda.

The theme explored issues such as environmental, corporate and human waste, technical obsolescence, the recycling of culture and cultural residue.

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Orbital
2000

The Orbital program was curated by Artistic Director, Keely Macarow, and was designed as an interdisciplinary media arts exhibition for the Australian arts and cultural program "Heads UP" for Australia Week in London.

Orbital was held simultaneously in Melbourne (Fitzroy) and London (Lux Gallery Centre for Contemporary Photography) and featured five new media art works by Australian artists Nicola Loder, Megan Jones, Nigel Helyer, Margie Medlin,Brook Andrew and Raymond Peer.