Friday the 25th Feb 2011 UTAS Art Forum guest, Craig Walsh
Craig Walsh (born 1966) is an experimental digital artist who works on site specific projects that subvert and disrupt the audiences experience and expectations of public spaces. The work is informed by the history, dimensions and expectations of the site. Although most of his recent work is in outdoor locations and projected from within buildings he has done some gallery specific work. In keeping with his subversive themes his gallery pieces bring the outside in or invite the audience to view outside the gallery space. Welsh also has a history of creating works for music festivals. This work began with his piece "Beasts of Burden" at the Livid Festival in Brisbane 1992. He is currently working for the Museum of Contempory Art in a traveling project called "Digital Odyssey" and will be exhibiting in and on Hobart during the "Ten Days" Art and Culture Festival.
CRAIG WALSH AT THE UTAS ART FORUM FRIDAY 25th FEB 2011
(Projection Image - "Incursion - Vines" Craig Walsh 2008)
If you're into very awesome digital projections on a grand scale then you just have to check out the "artworks" link to his work on the Digital Odyssey website.
"Craig Walsh is recognised internationally for his artwork that experiments with cutting edge digital technologies, site-specific projects and the exploration of alternative contexts for contemporary art. Currently in Hobart as part of Digital Odyssey for Ten Days on the Island festival, Walsh will discuss the evolution of the Hobart project in context to the role temporal public art can play in expanding/altering perceptions of environment."
(official wording from the description in the School of Art forum program 2011.)
CRAIG WALSH, EXPERIMENTAL DIGITAL ARTIST
Next weeks guest speaker will be James Newitt on social engagement through documentary.
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