All New Gen:

VNS Matrix: Experimental Art Foundation Oct–Nov 19931

Cath Kenneally

VNS Matrix — Barratt, Francesca da Rimini, Julianne Pierce and Josephine Starrs, make a game — literally — out of moving in on the world of technology and the word of the Father. This lightness of touch is probably what needs to be acknowledged first, before diving into analytical depths. “Loosen up, dude” is Rule One of the game. ” I’m psyching for some hard down-time with a free radical”, runs a typical snatch of the audio accompaniment to the slides mounted in light-boxes which form part of the gallery installation. It may be true that video games are the new arena for the adolescent male’s imaging of the humiliation of the female (Super Mario, Sonic Hedgehog), but VNS Matrix, while contesting that territory, keep their attention fixed on the possibilities of the ludic.

Publication Details

Type
Journal Article
Title
All New Gen: VNS Matrix: Experimental Art Foundation Oct–Nov 19931
Author
Cath Kenneally
Publication
Photofile, pp. 43–44, forty-two, 1993
Publisher
Australian Centre for Photography, Sydney, NSW, Australia
ISSN
0811-0859

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