MAAP has been operating since 1998. The organisation was established to bring focus to “unmapped” media art activity from Australia, Asia and the Pacific. Between 1998 and 2006, MAAP cultivated an international reputation for annual and biannual media art festivals. In all, MAAP produced 7 international media art festivals...
The Museum of Contemporary Art was established to fulfill the museum aspect of the visionary bequest of Australian expatriate artist John Power (1881-1943), who left his personal fortune to the University of Sydney to inform and educate Australians in the contemporary visual arts.
We have two client groups; visitors who go to museums, galleries and Aboriginal keeping places and those who operate one. So our website is built in two parts – a public site which is all about cultural tourism and a sector site for resources and support so that cultural institutions...
The National Organization of Media Arts Database (NOMAD) is to become a comprehensive and current body of literature on the evolving area of Media Art within tertiary education. NOMAD will provide a social network through Web 2.0 technology that will act as a platform for the creative...
PY Media started as Ernabella Video and Television (EVTV) in the early 1980s in the Ernabella community (Pukatja), north-western South Australia. EVTV was initiated as a way to curb the saturation of commercial TV services with the launch of AUSAT. EVTV became the place to go to document or record culture...
Queensland's premier visual arts institution, the Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art (QAGOMA), presents a dynamic program of Australian and international exhibitions that showcase works from a diverse range of historical and contemporary artists.
Since 1982, Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery has been committed to the advancement of the most serious and innovative forms of contemporary art. Through its exhibition program the gallery has supported work that is challenging and at the forefront of contemporary art practice. The gallery has always featured new work in a range...
The Sydney Filmmakers Co-operative was a co-operative of independent filmmakers, funded by the Australian Film Commission (AFC) in order to distribute and exhibit their films and the films of other independent filmmakers both Australian and overseas. These included short films, low budget features, and documentaries with a particular emphasis on...
The Sydney Intermedia Network (SIN) was formed out of the The Sydney Super Eight Film Group in 1990. Its goal was to continue to assist moving image makers to produce work using a variety of media and formats. SIN had modest production facilties and equipment for artists to borrow for reasonable rates....
Tape Projects (TAPR) is an affinity of artists with a curiosity for exploration, collaboration and learning. TAPR members work individually, in combination, or as a whole to facilitate contemporary and experimental practices both inside and outside the gallery. Working with artists and organisations both nationally and...
Tura New Music is a not for profit music organisation based in Perth, Western Australia. Tura is a producer as well as resource centre and advocate for New Music. Founded in 1987 Tura has a proud history of achievement in initiating cultural development in Western Australia...
Pitiyawu-julpalu Kardu-manu 1980s ngirli-jiki PAW-rluju manu tarn-ngangkujuku Kapulu ngurrju-mani Pitiyawuju ngalipakuju. PAW Media began making videos in the early 1980s.
The Wired Lab is an artist led organisation evolving interdisciplinary art practices in rural Australia. The Wired Lab creates opportunities for the research, production and presentation of projects that connect international and local artists with communities in new ways. The initiative's curated programs and projects involve...
Artspace opened the gallery doors of its first premises in Surry Hills in 1983. From that moment on Artspace has supported critical and experimental practices across media and cultures. Artspace moved to its present location at the Gunnery Building in Woolloomooloo in 1992. A few years later Artspace initiated a...
ANAT was incorporated in 1988, but started life in 1984 as an art and technology event titled ‘Interface’ which was developed by the Experimental Art Foundation for the Adelaide Festival . This led to a research‐based pilot project initiated by the Experimental Art Foundation and the South Australian Ministry of...
Contemporary Sound Arts was set up in 1991 to: create and promote a facility for critique, analysis, research and production in the area of sound, and to encourage and promote debate amongst practitioners, nationally and internationally
dLux MediaArts is one of Australia's key screen and media arts organisations, committed to supporting the development, engagement and experience of contemporary screen and digital media culture. dLux MediaArts' programs and activities include research into emerging technologies and media arts practices, partnership development between public and private sector, curation and...
Established in 2002, Lanfranchi’s was an artist-run space located in Chippendale. Over a period of four years it ran as a dedicated studio and performance space for a...
cyberTribe is an online gallery that promotes the work of Indigenous Artists internationally. The first exhibition was launched in August 2000 and cyberTribe continues with support from the Arts, Technology and Indigenous Communities that it seeks to represent.
Unit 2, 46 Balfour Street ChippendaleDirectors: Peter Blamey, Caleb Kelly and William Noble Pelt was a not-for-profit, artist-run gallery for emerging and establishedartists that ran from 2005 - 2008. Pelt provided a space for artists engaged in the broad area of sound and sound & visual practices.
Imperial Slacks artist collective was formed in Sydney to continue the running of the renamed Herringbone Gallery as Imperial Slacks (2000-2002). A significant number of artists working with video were part of this collective, including Angelica Mesiti, Shaun Gladwell, The Kingpins, Wade Marynowsky, Michael Schiavello, Alex Davies and Monika Tichacek....
Between the late 1970s and mid-1980s the mainstream art world began to take notice of works being produced by Aboriginal artists. Initially the focus centred upon the acrylic ‘dot paintings’ coming out of Western Desert communities in the Northern Territory such as Papunya, and the bark paintings of Arnhem Land.
-empyre- is a global community of new media artists, curators, theorists, producers, and others who participate in monthly thematic discussions via an e-mail listserv. -empyre- facilitates online discussion encouraging critical perspectives on contemporary cross-disciplinary issues, practices and events in networked media. The list is currently co-managed by...
The first two Super 8 film fesitvals in Sydney were initiated and organised by Kate Richards in 1980. The first festival was held at the Sydney Filmmakers Co-op, and was co-organised by Kate Collins. After the second festival, Mark Titmarsh, Ross Gibson, Lindy Lee, Deirdre Beck, and Janet Burchill established the...
Running from 2007 – 2012, Serial Space was an artist run space dedicated to providing a platform for artists undertaking ambitious and experimental projects. Serial Space supported sound art, experimental music, electronic art, performance art and many other non traditional practices and mediums. The Serial Space...
