‘Playing the Moon: Christy Dena on the Fate of New Media Art’ for Real Time Arts

Commissioned review/article on the panel ‘What happened to new media art?’ chaired by Darren Tofts at the 4th Australasian Conference on Interactive Entertainment. ON THE LAST DAY OF THE FOURTH AUSTRALASIAN CONFERENCE ON INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT AT RMIT IN MELBOURNE DARREN TOFTS CHAIRED A PANEL DISCUSSION THAT BROUGHT TOGETHER A SMALL GROUP OF PRACTITIONERS, CURATORS, EDUCATORS, … Read more‘Playing the Moon: Christy Dena on the Fate of New Media Art’ for Real Time Arts

‘Who’s Driving this Engine?’ for Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Commissioned review of Simon Norton’s interactive animation: “Testimony: A Story Machine” for Strange Attractors: An Animation Showcase, ABC New Media. “Imagine a monstrous mechanical device bulging, smoking and bleeding, churning out gold embossed books to naive curly haired children. Okay, now you know everything that Simon Norton’s interactive animation, Testimony, is not. Christy Dena bravely … Read more‘Who’s Driving this Engine?’ for Australian Broadcasting Corporation