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The Language of Listening is a hybrid audio-reading experience produced to compliment the installation SonoLexic, presented as part of Experimenta Make Sense: International Triennial of Media Art. In a series of one-on-one interviews, Experimenta artist Gail Priest will collect responses from gallery visitors about both the concepts in her artwork and broader experiences of listening in a […]

Part of a larger investigation into pattern formation, Drawing on Complexity (The Experimenta Series) presents a series of experiments that will compare what patterns (social or aesthetic) will emerge when different groups of people make a drawing together within a similar set of parameters. Exhibiting as part of Experimenta Make Sense: International Triennial of Media Art, documentation […]

Can AI make you more creative? In a workshop supported by Experimenta Media Arts, researchers from SensiLab at Monash University explored how the latest advancements in AI could be used to inspire and enhance artistic skills with students visiting Latrobe Regional Gallery (VIC). As part of the workshop the students were challenged to designed an […]

In the past, artworks and artefacts were confined to museums and the pages of books. With many museums digitising their collection works are now readily available to view by anyone with an Internet connection and digital device. Art or Not, an A.I. powered app created by SensiLab (a research lab based at Monash University), takes advantage […]

The University of Melbourne’s Dr Daryl Holland has written an insight into the science behind Scale free Network’s A Hierarchy of Eddies, exploring the ways it sparks our imagination. “Now, a team of scientists, engineers and artists have come together to produce an art-science experiment, called A Hierarchy of Eddies, which aims to show audiences […]

Experimenta Artistic Director and Co-Curator Jonathan Parsons recently spoke to Art Guide magazine about Experimenta Make Sense. As Parsons explains, “Obrist coined this phrase ‘the extreme present’ to describe the phenomenon of the pace of change, largely driven by technology, in which people are struggling to keep up with the present, let alone think about […]

How do we make sense of an object that has been stripped of its context by being placed in a museum collection? Judy Watson’s video ‘the keepers’ documents and reflects on her experience of researching the extensive Indigenous Australian collections held in the British Museum. This vast collection of artifacts is housed far from the […]

‘Experimenta Make Sense’ is back on the road, presenting from 12 December 2020 – 14 February 2021 at Benalla Art Gallery. We spoke to their gallery director Eric Nash about the exhibition and what else to see in Benalla. Why did you decide to program Experimenta Make Sense at Benalla Art Gallery? On taking on the role at Benalla Art Gallery […]

The ATOM Study Guide is a PDF resource designed to complement a visit to the Experimenta Life Forms: International Triennial of Media Art exhibition.