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During August and September, Experimenta, in collaboration with Bendigo Art Gallery, will present an exhibition of installations from five digital media artists | ||
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| Bendigo Regional Art Gallery 23 August - 16 September 2001 | site updated: | ||
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| title: | Extra Terrestrial Life - Bendigo | |
description: | A humorous exploration of the possibility of extra terrestrial life in Bendigo. Viewers navigate through different locations within the town in their quest for information about 'extra terrestrial' life in Bendigo. | |
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| title: | Lot No.41 | |
description: | The metaphor of an auction ties together the themes of personal value, memories and the dominant or official version of events. By stepping or pushing a trigger, the visitor will experience an interplay of narratives about life in Bendigo. | |
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| title: | NL | |
description: | Dropping a stone into the mineshaft triggers changes which will place the visitor at the bottom of the shaft. Audio, video, still image and text are then used to investigate the current state of the holes which constitiute the historic Bendigo goldfields | |
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| brett mc lennan | ||
| title: | Untitled | |
description: | This work will document the contemporary life of Bendigo. Layers of video images captured by the 24 hr security systems that oversee the Bendigo CBD, additional ground-level video footage and text vignettes that provide a series of fictional narratives, are manipulated by the visitor through keyboard and mouse interaction. | |
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| sally pryor | ||
| title: | Gold Leaf | |
description: | Visitors will see a golden keyboard sitting on a plinth in front of a large screen. Each key pressed will trigger a different story. This work will explore golds diverse local and international metaphysics, significance and properties and its expression in various writing systems. | |
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