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Craighead, Alison and Thomson, Jon. 2017. IRIS Home Browse IRIS Publication Detail Glut: Images, Information and Excess. In: "Glut: Images, Information and Excess", Holden Gallery, Manchester, United Kingdom, 16/01/2017 -03/03/2017. [Show/Exhibition]

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Item Type:

Show/Exhibition
Creators: Craighead, Alison and Thomson, Jon
Abstract or Description:

Our relationship to the image and the way in which information is captured has changed substantially in recent years. The number of images we encounter on a daily basis has continued to rise ever more steeply, there are now over one and a half billion images uploaded every day. We also appear frequently on surveillance images, with the UK reported to have in excess of 6 million CCTV cameras. In the midst of this unprecedented growth, Glut focuses on the work of a range of artists who are all making creative use of this new situation. The work takes in themes of (in)visibility, surveillance, data gathering and appropriation. Some of the works start with the idea of piecing together material taken from diverse sources in order to produce something new. Other works are more concerned with the world of watching and the exertion of control. All of the work looks at the different ways in which we exist in the midst of a world teeming with images.

Official URL: http://www.holdengallery.mmu.ac.uk/2017/glut/
Additional Information:

Other artists in this group exhibition were: Viktoria Binschtok, James Bridle, Esther Hovers, James Richards

Keywords: Glut, Holden Gallery, Holden, Thomson, Craighead, art, digital art, BEACON, Six Years of Monday
Departments, Centres and Research Units: Art
Date range: 16/01/2017 -03/03/2017
Related URL: http://www.thomson-craighead.net/mondays.html
Event Location: Holden Gallery, Manchester, United Kingdom
Item ID: 21531
Date Deposited: 29 Sep 2017 15:47
Last Modified: 29 Sep 2017 15:47

URI:

https://research.gold.ac.uk/id/eprint/21531

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