The new (ab)normal

I am delighted to announce that have some artwork in RMIT Gallery’s inaugural online exhibition  The new (ab)normal, exploring isolation in conjunction with neural networks and landscapes.
These AI artworks have been made working with image translation neural networks online through playform.io. These images are somewhat poignantly resonating with my feelings during isolation. It’s hard to focus and online diversions such as this have been helping, tangentially related to my work and yet new and unusual at the same time. The works are made by drawing and having the neural network generate a landscape from the sketch.

RMIT Gallery’s inaugural online exhibition  The new (ab)normal  provides a real-time snapshot of how artists are responding to their new working conditions and circumstances during the COVID-19 global health crisis.

Join us to see the exhibition unfold. The online exhibition will go live on the RMIT Gallery website on 18 June 2020.
Curated by Helen Rayment, RMIT Galleries Curator, and Dr Tammy Wong Hulbert, Lecturer of Arts Management (specialising in curating), the exhibition is presented in partnership with RMIT’s School of Art with creative responses from more than 40 School of Art staff, HDR students, and industry partners.

The project honours the value of the work of those who teach and study at RMIT at this time of deep disruption. They have been invited to contribute both written and visual artworks reflecting the impact of their locked down experience.

What does the life of an artist look like at this time; is work created at home, or is there still access to a studio?  Are there children to educate too? What does an ordinary day look like in this new territory?

These creative responses reflect the reality of this period, giving us an insight into the personal, emotional and transformative.
The new (ab)normal provides us with a timely insight into how art can unite us, and that although we may be physically distant, our social connections remain strong and are perhaps even strengthened under these challenging circumstances.

Artists including: Sogan Alamdarfard, Rushdi Anwar, Robert Baines, Sofi Basseghi, Kay Mei Ling Beadman, Alison Bennett, Pie Bolton, Susan Buchanan, S. Chandrasekaran, Christy Chow, Kris Coad, Jennifer Conroy-Smith, Simon Crosbie, Mig Dann, Rhett D’Costa, Phil Edwards, Yiannis Galanopoulos, Yue Gu, Andrew Gunnell, Guang Hui Huang, Pennie Jagiello, Priyanka Jain, Tassia Joannides, Varuni Kanagasundaram, Martin Kay, Lan Lan, Kit Man Leong, Ye Liu, Peng Liu, Daniel Marks, Christine McFetridge, Jerome De Perlinghi, Robyn Phelan, Milenko Prvacki, Marlaina Read, Steven Rendall, J. Rosenbaum, Benjamin Sheppard, Fleur Summers, Cordelia Tam, Lesley Turnbull, Lan Wang, Peter Westwood, Jude Worters, Theresa Yang