Hi all,

I'm doing a series of articles/interviews for Furtherfield
(www.furtherfield.org) relating to 'Art & Hacktivism' and also a series
called 'Art & Freedom'. All loosely fitting under 'Art, Technology and
Social Change'.

I am especially interested in hearing from women working in these areas,
but of course open to all ;-)

It does not matter whether you have won a prize, or have been to
University, or have been selected for a biennale - it's the work & the
context that counts.

So---------------, if you are interested,

please send me a short bio & info about your work or projects with some
links etc... to my email above.

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This material will also be included as part of a PhD at Birkbeck
University, London, called 'An Imaginative Dissent: Art, Technology and
Social Change'.

The main questions are:

"To what extent can independent artists and artists’ groups retain their
critical practice and values in a globalized, cultural and economic crisis?

If we are submersed within frameworks and protocols, designed by a
neo-liberal elite for a generic consumer class, how can art practice
offer any 'authentic' depth, meaning or integrity, other than what is
prescribed top-down? And if there are individuals and groups out there
asking similar questions in their work; who are they, and where are they?

This thesis aims to investigate where these art communities are located
and what resources they provide for an imaginative and genuinely
cultural autonomy. Who are the individuals and groups forging alternate
routes? Can we learn from them and collaborate with them to bring about
new territories for exploration beyond the limiting reductionism of
de-regulated global corporatism? In what ways can art be critically
minded and progressive, in order to contribute, reclaim and
(potentially) build productive actions and routes that point towards
social and cultural strategies opposed to the dominant paradigm?"


Selected examples of past articles & interviews.

Revisiting the Curious World of Art & Hacktivism.
http://www.furtherfield.org/features/articles/revisiting-curious-world-art-hacktivism

We Demand The Impossible: An Interview with John Jordan and Gavin Grindon.
http://www.furtherfield.org/features/interviews/we-demand-impossible-interview-john-jordan-and-gavin-grindon

Free and Open For All: Interview with Jake Harries.
http://www.furtherfield.org/features/interviews/free-and-open-all-interview-jake-harries

An Interview with Dmytri Kleiner, author of The Telekommunist Manifesto.
http://www.furtherfield.org/features/interviews/interview-dmytri-kleiner-author-telekommunist-manifesto

The Status Project: Data-Mining Our Identities. Interview with Heath
Bunting.
http://www.furtherfield.org/interviews/status-project-data-mining-our-identities

Wishing all well.

marc