Darsha Hewitt’s art practice is situated across new media and sound, and grows out of material based research and experimentation with obsolete technology. She makes sound installations, electromechanical works, performances, video, drawing, and photography. Her studio practice takes a media-archeological approach to art making, where hidden systems within technology are de/re-mystified as a means to trace out structures of economy, power, and control embedded throughout Western culture. Her artwork is presented internationally, with recent exhibitions at the Hong Kong City Hall (CN), Halle14 – Centre for Contemporary Art (DE), MU Artspace (NL), The Museum of Arts and Design, New York City (US), HMKV Hartware MedienKunstVerein (DE), Gaitée Lyrique (FR), Modern Art Oxford (UK), transmediale (DE), CTM Festival Berlin (DE), and WRO Media Art Biennale (PL). She has been awarded numerous commissions, grants, and awards for her work, including an International Production Stipend from The Edith-Russ-Haus for Media Art and a fellowship at the Berlin Centre for Advanced Studies in Arts and Sciences at Berlin University of the Arts.
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Workshop on Media Archeology and Sound as part of Darsha Hewitt's EMAP residency
In collaboration with Radiona.org/Zagreb Makerspace, KONTEJNER is organizing a workshop led by Canadian artist Darsha Hewitt (CA/DE) as part of this year's EMAP residency. The workshop is intended for students of the “Art at the intersection with science and technology” course at the Academy of Fine Arts in Zagreb under the mentorship of Sunčica Ostoić, and is held at Radiona on April 19 and 26, 2021 with Darsha Hewitt participating via Zoom.
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