M. Smitheram, Macro/Micro_Whakapapa, 2019. Video still. Courtesy: the artist. Experimenta Life Forms. Courtesy: the artist and The New England Regional Art Museum (NERAM), Armidale, NSW.

Experimenta Life Forms: International Triennial of Media Art features 26 contemporary Australian and International artists working across diverse artforms – including robotics, bio-art, screen-based works, installations, participatory and generative art.

The exhibition explores the changing notions of life in response to new scientific research and technological change. While the focus is on biological life, there are also artworks that look to a future with sentient machines and the possibilities afforded by biotechnology research. In unexpected, playful and challenging ways the exhibition connects us to the complexity and messiness of the life that envelops us.

Exhibited artists include: Daniel Boyd, Michael Candy, Brad Darkson, Donna Davis, Justine Emard, Anton Hasell, Floris Kaayk, Thomas Marcusson, Uyen Nguyen, Max Piantoni, Matthew Riley, Helen Pynor, Dominic Redfern, Theresa Schubert, Rebecca Selleck, Agat Sharma, Miranda Smitheram, PluginHUMAN, The Tissue Culture & Art Project, mOwson&M0wson, Laura Woodward, Kite and Devin Ronneberg.

Opening Event: Saturday 1 April, 3 – 4pm.