> EXPERIMENTA PLAYGROUND AT SAMSTAG MUSEUM OF ART, ADELAIDE

The digital media playground that has thrilled thousands of people in Melbourne and Sydney is opening in Adelaide on Friday 29 August. Experimenta Playground is free and runs until 17 October. Featuring interactive artworks, video installations, short films and extreme art on screen by over 30 Australian and international artists, this is contemporary art like never before.

Opening hours: Tuesday to Friday 11am-5pm, Sunday 2-5pm
For tour bookings call: 08 8302 0870
www.unisa.edu.au/samstagmuseum/

Samstag Museum of Art
University of South Australia
Hawke Building, 55 North Terrace

> EXPERIMENTA MENTORSHIP
Kirsten Bradley is Experimenta's mentorship recipient. Kirsten is a NSW based media artist who creates interactive public projections exploring nature within the built environment and the mentorship focuses on public and site-related works. Kirsten is being mentored by Australian artist, Fiona Hall. You can follow Kirsten's work in progress by visiting her blog site;
http://thejunefox.blogspot.com/search/label/media%20art%20mentorship

This project has been assisted by the Australian Government's Young and Emerging Artists Initiative through the Australia Council, its arts funding and advisory body.

In May Experimenta invited Australian artists to submit proposals for commissioned artworks to be included in our next exhibition of exceptional Australian and international media artworks. The call out urged artists to "look closely at your surroundings, both local and global, and consider what would you fight for? What would you fight to prevent? What are you willing to put yourself on the line to protect or create? What is that world, neighbourhood, landscape, or object? And how does it look, sound, and feel?"

Applications for commissioned artworks for EXPERIMENTOPIA have now closed. Successful applicants will be notified by email and the projects will be announced after 29 August.

Experimenta Play ++ is an exhibition of recent Australian media artworks that respond to the gallery visitor through playful and innovative interfaces involving touch, movement, sound, shadow, and pressure.

Sculpture Square (Chapel Gallery), Singapore
25 July - 2 August 2008

Sculpture Square Ltd, 155 Middle Road, Singapore
Open daily 12pm - 8pm Admission is free

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Since 2003 Experimenta has commissioned 15 engaging and popular new interactive and video works by emerging and mid-career Australian media artists.

Our exhibitions have provided a launching pad for commissioned artists to showcase their work to broad audiences in Australia and internationally.

Click here to see commissioned artworks from 2003 - 2007 >>

Designed for regional gallery, museum and library professionals this series of forums address commonly asked questions about exhibiting and curating contemporary media arts.

Forthcoming forums:

Samstag Museum of Art, Adelaide, SA
Friday 29 August, 2-5pm
Bradley Forum, Hawke Bldg
University of South Australia, 55 North Terrace, Adelaide
Coincides with the launch of Experimenta Playground.

Pinnacles Gallery, Townsville, Qld
Saturday 30 August, 2-5pm
Riverway Arts Centre, 20 Village Boulevard
Thuringowa Central, Queensland
Coincides with the launch of Videowork, a new touring exhibition of video artwork by Shaun Gladwell.

FREE. Refreshments provided. RSVP is essential as places are limited.

Click here for topics covered, presenter bios & RSVP contact details >>

This project is an initiative of the Visual Arts Board of the Australia Council, the Australian Government's arts funding and advisory body and assisted by the Visual Arts and Craft Strategy, an initiative of the Australian, state and territory governments.

Click here for topics covered, presenter bios & RSVP contact details >>