Technology has transformed the way we communicate, process information and the way we move through the world. The exhibiting artists all examine these impacts and influences in varying ways. For example, the multidisciplinary artist, Christina Cushing, addresses one of the most contentious areas of technology, that of surveillance. She uses eye tracking, A.I., and photogrammetry in her work to explore contemporary ways of seeing. Similarly, Elliott Luke Highmore, a London based artist working with A.I., is interested in the interplay between technology and worship and the sublime qualities of A.I. ‘s potential boundless nature. However, he also looks at A.I.’s potential setbacks, such as A.I.’s frequent tendency to make assumptions about race and gender in its algorithms. 

This exhibition calls for a refocus on how technology and art can instead be used as a tool to create new, exciting and thought-provoking work, as well as provide new perspectives to traditional mediums. Instead of new media art causing disenchantment with art, it instead adds another layer of complexity to the creative sphere. Particularly now, in a climate where our current PM is announcing an A.I. safety summit amid concerns over the potential danger A.I. brings, the public’s hesitation to accept new media art as equal to that of traditional art mediums, is intensified. Curiosity is dampened and technology is treated with suspicion. This exhibition therefore asks its visitors to ask the question, who are we to define art’s parameters, surely they are limitless and if anything are there to be pushed and stretched and questioned? 

This exhibition comes at a crucial time to draw focus on the beauty and possibilities of technology and art. The show hopes to encourage new thought and share the different forms new media can take, and how artists are utilising these forms within their practices.