FutureLab Residency
Ars Electronica is the world's most important festival for art, technology and society. With a nearly 40 year history it has transformed the city of Linz into an international cultural capital.
Since 2003 we have collaborated with Ars Electronica to produce and stage major media arts exhibitions. The Australian FutureLab Residency was established in 2008 by Annie Ivanova as a five-year partnership funded by the Australian Council for the Arts.
Since 2003 we have collaborated with Ars Electronica to produce and stage major media arts exhibitions. The Australian FutureLab Residency was established in 2008 by Annie Ivanova as a five-year partnership funded by the Australian Council for the Arts.
The 21st century is likely to be the most globally challenging that humanity has faced. Our dependence on oil has lead to massive growth, but this cannot continue...
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JON McCORMACK
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FIFTY SISTERS
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As FutureLab resident, Jon McCormack completed a major project: Fifty Sisters. It consists of 50 digitally mutated plants constructed from the logos of the seven large oil companies that controlled the oil industry until the energy crisis of the 1970s. The project references the world economy’s dependency on oil. It also comments on the massive environmental destruction caused by drilling and transporting it.
'Fifty Sisters' was exhibited at THE BIG PICTURE Ars Electronica 2012. The project was developed in collaboration with the FutureLab and support from Monash University. The Australian Artist-in-Residence program at the FutureLab was initiated and produced by Ivanova/Novamedia in partnership with the Australia Council for the Arts and Ars Electronica.
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RELATED PROJECTS
STRANGE ATTRACTORS, Zendai MOMA, Shanghai, China 2006
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UNNATURAL SELECTION, Ars Electronica, Linz Austria 2004
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