Hobart Exhibition:
Curators Tour
Experimenta Life Forms explores the changing understandings of life in unexpected, playful and challenging ways. Join exhibition curators Jonathan Parsons and Lubi Thomas for a unique guided tour of the exhibition, delving into the artists’ works and the exhibitions’ thought-provoking themes.
Featuring 26 contemporary Australian and International artists working across diverse artforms – including robotics, bio-art, screen-based works, installations, participatory and generative art – the exhibition makes significant contribution to current dialogues around defining life across science, technology, biology and First Nations Epistemology.
Experimenta is the future of art, presenting work that is poised on the intersect between art, science and technology. Since its inception in 1986, Experimenta has developed a worldwide reputation for fostering creativity that extends the aesthetic, conceptual and experiential potential of art forms. Experimenta presents art that can not be experienced elsewhere, imagining the future of art and exploring unchartered pathways towards it.
Experimenta Life Forms: International Triennial of Media Art, presenting at Plimsoll Gallery, University of Tasmania, 19 March – 9 May 2021
www.experimenta.org/lifeforms
About the Speakers
Lubi Thomas
Lubi Thomas - Experimenta Emergence Curator
Lubi Thomas
Lubi Thomas is an experienced digital and new media curator whose work has significantly contributed to the cultural landscape over the past 20 years through exhibitions, projects, festivals, and transdisciplinary programming.
She has developed cultural policy models for precincts, councils, and institutions, collaborating with global organisations like LEGO Education and Ars Electronica to establish spaces and opportunities for artists to develop and present work. With over forty exhibitions, many touring nationally and internationally, Lubi has extensive experience. Her focus lies at the intersection of Art, Technology, Science, and Society, enabling her to engage with contemporary practice addressing environmental and societal issues. Lubi’s adaptable approach has allowed her to successfully present projects in traditional galleries and unconventional spaces.
Her key tenet is that Art is a language of ideas, through which she aims to present contemporary Art that ignites emotional and intellectual responses within the broader community. Lubi works and consults locally, nationally, and internationally, including with Experimenta since 2013. Lubi is based in Quadamoka Country.