Artist commissions with Museum of Contemporary Commodities – deadline 7 March 2016

Artist commissions with MoCC MoCC is inviting proposals for the commissioning of two dynamic public encounters that explore urgent questions related to the nexus of data-trade-place-values. We are interested in receiving applications for remote interventions as well as Exeter based working processes, and are looking for artists who can demonstrate both a critical engagement with digitally networked processes, and experience … Read More

Museum of Contemporary Commodities – Data Derby Day – Furtherfield Commons, London, 13 June 2015, 10.30am – 4.30pm

http://furtherfield.org/programmes/event/mocc-data-derby-day-who-tracking-who-finsbury-park Date: Saturday 13 June, 10.30am – 4.30pm Venue: Furtherfield Commons Walkshop, making session and drop-in day Come for one or both sessions, or just drop in for a chat about MoCC over tea and cake. 11am-1pm – Data Walkshop with data activist Dr Alison Powell (LSE) Explore and discuss the data surveillance processes at play in Finsbury Park through … Read More

Young_Fraud Fest // Collaborative action at Furtherfield Gallery, London – 28 March 2015, 12-5pm

http://furtherfield.org/programmes/clear-spots/youngfraud-fest-collaborative-action #Young_Fraud is a ‘contra contest’ to influence politicians and protest drastic cuts to public art funding. As part of Furtherfield Clear Spots, the awarded artists and the promoters of the campaign will be presenting the project and showcasing the artworks. You are invited to create and discover the most stylish mediterranean Fraud Tapas and dance to the rhythms of … Read More

Open call – The Furtherfield Clear Spots – deadline 1 May 2015

http://furtherfield.org/blog/furtherfield/open-call-furtherfield-clear-spots The Furtherfield ‘Clear Spots’ programme of self-initiated and self-funded exhibitions and events support the presentation of new work and artistic invention, to discover new perspectives on the horizon of a wider networked society. Curators and artists that meet Furtherfield’s selection criteria can showcase work at Furtherfield Gallery in the heart of London’s Finsbury Park. Clear Spot projects can reach … Read More

Creating, Commissioning, Exhibiting and Collecting Art in the Digital Age – London, 22 January 2015, 5-6pm

http://www.londonartfair.co.uk/page.cfm/Action=Form/FormID=87/t=m Please note: entrance to the session requires a valid London Art Fair invitation or ticket. Since the establishment of the World Wide Web, questions have proliferated around the possibilities, value and collectability of its associated contemporary art forms. The web provides a single site for the creation (and sometimes co-creation), distribution, review and remix of an art form that … Read More

6PM YLT – a networked event at Furtherfield Commons – 22 November 2014, 5-7pm

6 PM YOUR LOCAL TIME (6PM YLT) – the UK beta test Saturday 22 November 2014, 5-7pm Venue: Furtherfield Commons Contact: Hashtag: #6pmuk About 6PM YLT 6PM YLT is a networked, distributed, one night contemporary art event, which takes place simultaneously in different locations, coordinated from one central venue, and documented online via a web application. Furtherfield is hosting … Read More

My Voice Means – Contemplatech Workshop – London, 14 June 2014, 3-6pm

My Voice Means – Contemplatech Workshop 1 at Furtherfield Commons At Furtherfield Commons on Saturday 14 June 2014, 3-6pm My Voice Means is a workshop that gives participants an opportunity to listen mindfully to the sound of their own voice, to discover the many layers of its meaning, and to discover how this process can be expanded by means of … Read More

Free event – PirateBox: cutlery & auto-net – London, 7 June 2014, 1.30-5pm

At Furtherfield Commons on 07 June 2014, 1.30 – 5pm Autonomous spaces, autonomous networks, boxes and forks – we invite all DIY lovers to come and join us for an afternoon of re-appropriation of networking technology to bypass the censorship and liberate our files. What does a free culture look like? What is technology that supports it? For many years artists (among … Read More