RECHARGE: the Experimenta 6th International Biennial of Media Art
5 March 2015 til 12 April 2015
Mildura, Australia

RECHARGE: the Experimenta 6th International Biennial of Media Art, focuses on artists whose work is consciously inspired by and entangled with the past and who use the most contemporary of tools. Recharge asks does knowledge change when it is presented in different cultural contexts and technological forms? By producing unconventional perspectives, can experimental artists illuminate existing knowledge and meaning for a new generation? Can artists lead us to entirely new modes of consciousness?

The exhibition presents works from more than 15 acclaimed Australian and international artists, featuring many new artworks. Media art is inherently multidisciplinary, born out of the processing power of computer technology that made possible, for the first time, a substantial interplay between various media and practices. For the Experimenta 6th International Biennial of Media Art, Artistic Director Jonathan Parsons has selected works that draw from photography, installation, electronic sculpture, interactive and immersive media, robotics, bio art, live art, sound art, 3D printing, animation, film and video.

“The artists in the Experimenta 6th International Biennial of Media Art are alert to both the intimate and the broader cultural contexts through which they move and live. By listening, watching, thinking and making, they recharge knowledge and meaning systems, reinvigorating these systems or radically transforming them. “ [Jonathan Parsons, Artistic Director]