Friday, August 27, 2004
Marcus Neustetter
Marcus Neustetter has been developing projects addressing the relationship between art and technology. These take the form of mobile, installation, and web artworks tackling the translation of data through different online and offline platforms. In this process he has been exploring the digital and analogue ways of representing virtual experiences. Marcus Neustetter has exhibited and been actively involved in developing opportunities and platforms for local digital art through projects in South Africa and Europe, these include ARS Electronica (Austria), Transmadiale.03 (Germany) and E-tester (Spain). Local projects have also focused on curated digital art exhibitions, community research and training programmes and lectures and seminars. As director (with Stephen Hobbs) of the trinity session and Sanman (Southern African New Media Art Network) and The Gallery PREMISES, Marcus Neustetter is actively involved in developing cultural industry strategies through a range of projects informed by cultural and ICT industry experience in South Africa and research conducted for the ILO on the Visual Arts and Crafts Industries in the SADC region. Currently he is developing the UNESCO Digi-Arts Africa network strategy.