25 Years of Performance Art 1995

VNS Matrix are four Australian artists who use and critique new technologies. The group formed in Adelaide, South Australia in 1991. Their first major project was the production of a 6m x 3m billboard for the Tin Sheds Watch this Space project curated by Jeff Gibson (June 1992). The image created for Watch this Space, ‘A Cyberfeminist Manifesto for the 21 st Century’ has been widely circulated, having been reproduced in Art & Text, Broadsheet & Framework. A cibachrome of the image was exhibited at Siggraph ’92 in Chicago and A4 photocopies have been pasted in public sites in Adelaide, Melbourne and Sydney.

Their current project is the on-going development of an interactive computer artwork All New Gen. The large scale installation All New Gen (lightboxes, soundworks, video, photography & computer interactive) was exhibited at the Experimental Art Foundation, Adelaide in November 1993. In late 1994 and early 1995 All New Gen will tour to Helsinki, London, Toronto, Sydney and Melbourne.

VNS Matrix have come to electronic art from the fields of photography, film, video, music, performance, writing, feminism and cultural theory. The impetus of the group is to explore a (feminist-based) critique of new technologies, investigating cultural & social implications, the motivating force behind its rapid development, interaction between
art and technology, the images of women produced through sophisticated computing imaging devices and the involvement and influence of women in the evolution of new technologies. VNS Matrix create hybrid electronic artworks which ironically integrate theory with popular culture. As cyberfeminists, VNS Matrix’ mission is to hijack technology and remap cyberspace.

25 Years of Performance Art in Australia, Exhibition Catalogue
25 Years of Performance Art in Australia, Exhibition Catalogue

Event Dates

Date & Time
Sat 4th Jun, 1994 – Sat 16th Jul, 1994
Venue
Ivan Dougherty Galley
Location
Sydney, NSW, Australia
Date & Time
Thu 4th Aug, 1994 – Sat 27th Aug, 1994
Venue
Institute of Modern Art
Location
Brisbane, QLD, Australia
Date & Time
Fri 17th Nov, 1995 – Mon 18th Dec, 1995
Venue
Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts
Location
Perth, WA, Australia
Date & Time
Mon 30th Jan, 1995 – Thu 2nd Feb, 1995
Venue
Experimental Art Foundation
Location
Adelaide, SA, Australia
Date & Time
Sat 11th Mar, 1995 – Thu 13th Apr, 1995
Venue
Australian Centre for Contemporary Art
Location
Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Exhibition
25 Years of Performance Art in Australia: performance art, performance & events
Dates
4/06/1994 – 18/12/1995
Location
Touring, Australia

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Projects Referenced