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Furtherfield.org is an artist-led online community, arts organisation and online magazine. It creates and supports global participatory projects with networks of artists, theorists and activists.{{cite web

| last = Loseby

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| title = Beyond the Big Boys

| publisher = metamute

| date = September 2004

| url = http://www.metamute.org/en/Beyond-the-Big-Boys

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}} and offers "a chance for the public to present its own views and enter or alter various art discourses".{{cite web

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| first = Josephine

| title = Constructing Media Spaces: The novelty of net(worked) art was and is all about access and engagement

| publisher = Medien Kunst Netz

| year = 2004

| url = http://www.medienkunstnetz.de/themes/public_sphere_s/media_spaces/scroll/

| access-date = 14 December 2008}} Their lab-office and gallery currently operates out of in Finsbury Park in London, UK.{{cite web |url=https://www.furtherfield.org/visit/|title=About Furtherfield – Plan Your Visit|website=Furtherfield|access-date=24 October 2018}}

Furtherfield describes itself as:

{{quote|"the collaborative work of artists, programmers, writers, activists, musicians and thinkers who explore beyond traditional remits; dedicated to the creation, promotion, and criticism of adventurous digital/networked media art work for public viewing, experience and interaction. Developing imaginative strategies in a range of digital and terrestrial media contexts, Furtherfield develops global, contributory projects that facilitate art activity simultaneously on the Internet, the streets and public venues."{{cite web

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History and background

Furtherfield was founded in Harringay, London, England, in 1996 by artist-theorists Ruth Catlow and Marc Garrett. Inspired by the cultural value of collaboration as opposed to the traditional myth of individual artistic genius,{{cite web|url=http://www.furtherfield.org/about.php|title=About Furtherfield – Behaviour Statement|access-date=28 November 2008|year=2008|publisher=Furtherfield|archive-date=25 December 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081225123147/http://www.furtherfield.org/about.php|url-status=dead}} Furtherfield has focused on the development of "artware" – software platforms for creating art – that engages its users in collaborative creative endeavours.

In 2004, Furtherfield opened HTTP, a physical gallery space for networked media art in North London, and since that time it has received funding from the Arts Council of England to support its activities. As well as its own projects, Furtherfield has contributed to other initiatives such as Node.London,{{cite web|url=http://nodel.org/ |title=nodel.org |publisher=nodel.org |access-date=21 May 2012}}{{cite web |url= http://www.metamute.org/en/Outside-in-Organising-NODE.London |title= Outside In: Organising NODE.London |access-date= 25 November 2008 |last= Wright |first= Lauren |date= November 2006 |archive-date= 20 April 2010 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100420204503/http://www.metamute.org/en/Outside-in-Organising-NODE.London |url-status= dead }} hosting exhibitions and events, and contributing to the resulting book, Media Mutandis: a NODE.London Reader;{{cite book | title=Media Mutandis: A NODE.London Reader | last1=Francis | first1=M.A. | last2=Vishmidt | first2=M. | isbn=9780955243509 | year=2006 | publisher=NODE.London }} and the travelling exhibition Game/Play{{cite web |url=http://blog.game-play.org.uk/ |title=blog.gameplay.org.uk |publisher=blog.game-play.org.uk |date=7 July 2006 |access-date=21 May 2012 |archive-date=18 July 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060718162731/http://blog.game-play.org.uk/ |url-status=dead }} (2006–07), co-curated with Q Arts, Derby. In 2007, Furtherfield was ranked in Dazed & Confused's Digital Top 50.[http://www.dazeddigital.com/projects/digital50/furtherfield/ ] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080703154155/http://www.dazeddigital.com/projects/digital50/furtherfield/ |date=3 July 2008 }}

Projects

Furtherfield's activities include artist presentations and exhibitions, residencies, reviews, theoretical texts, the Furtherfield blog, touring exhibitions, online exhibitions and events. All of these activities address the group's interest in collaborative, networked art, open source, media art ecologies and provocative media-art projects.

Specific projects that Furtherfield has developed include:

  • Artists Re-Thinking the Blockchain;{{Cite web|url=https://liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/products/100826|title=Artists Re:thinking the Blockchain – Liverpool University Press|website=Liverpool University Press|access-date=9 November 2018|archive-date=9 November 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181109153222/https://liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/products/100826|url-status=dead}}
  • Artists Re-thinking Games;{{cite web |url=http://www.furtherfield.org/publications.php |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120730190835/http://www.furtherfield.org/publications.php |url-status=dead |archive-date=30 July 2012 |title=Publications |publisher=furtherfield.org |date=13 August 2005 |access-date=21 May 2012 }}
  • Zero Dollar Laptop Workshops;{{cite web |url=http://www.furtherfield.org/zerodollarlaptop/ |title=Zero Dollar Laptop Workshops |publisher=Furtherfield.org |date=6 October 2011 |access-date=21 May 2012 |archive-date=29 May 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120529025638/http://www.furtherfield.org/zerodollarlaptop/ |url-status=dead }}
  • Media Art Ecologies;{{cite web |url=http://www.furtherfield.org/mediaartecologies.php/ |title=Media Art Ecologies |publisher=furtherfield.org |access-date=21 May 2012 |archive-date=26 January 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100126052140/http://www.furtherfield.org/mediaartecologies.php |url-status=dead }}
  • Visitors Studio;{{cite web |url=http://blog.visitorsstudio.org/ |title=blog.visitorsstudio.org |publisher=blog.visitorsstudio.org |access-date=21 May 2012 |archive-date=2 April 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120402082531/http://blog.visitorsstudio.org/ |url-status=dead }}
  • Rosalind{{cite web |url=http://www.furtherfield.org/rosalind/ |title=Rosalind |publisher=Furtherfield.org |access-date=21 May 2012 |archive-date=25 March 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120325182407/http://www.furtherfield.org/rosalind/ |url-status=dead }} – Upstart New Media Lexicon;{{cite web

| last = McPhail

| first = Lora

| title = Rosalind

| publisher = Net Art Review

| year = 2004

| url = http://www.netartreview.net/weeklyFeatures/2004_10_10_archive.html#109750885082052162

| access-date = 25 November 2008}}

  • House of Technologically Termed Practice;{{cite web|author=Olga |url=http://http.uk.net/ |title=http.uk.net |publisher=http.uk.net |access-date=21 May 2012}}{{cite web

|last=Smith

|first=Finn

|title=Art, Autonomy and Automata

|publisher=metamute

|date=November 2005

|url=http://www.metamute.org/en/art_autonomy_and_automata

|access-date=25 November 2008

|url-status=dead

|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110525030126/http://www.metamute.org/en/art_autonomy_and_automata

|archive-date=25 May 2011

}}

  • Furthernoise;{{cite web |url=http://www.furthernoise.org/ |title=furthernoise.org |publisher=furthernoise.org |date=31 December 1989 |access-date=21 May 2012 |archive-date=5 June 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080605061753/http://www.furthernoise.org/ |url-status=dead }}
  • 5+5=5 NetArtFilm;{{cite web |url=http://netartfilm.furtherfield.org/ |title=netartfilm.furtherfield.org |publisher=netartfilm.furtherfield.org |date=9 September 2006 |access-date=21 May 2012 |archive-date=2 April 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120402061335/http://netartfilm.furtherfield.org/ |url-status=dead }}
  • Netbehaviour – new media art mailing list;
  • Do-It-With-Others (DIWO).{{cite web

| last = Simi

| first = Giulia

| title = DIWO: CO-CREATION, CO-CURATION

| publisher = Digicult

| year = 2007

| url = http://www.digicult.it/digimag/article.asp?id=809

| access-date = 25 November 2008

| archive-date = 22 July 2011

| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110722052327/http://www.digicult.it/digimag/article.asp?id=809

| url-status = dead

}}

People

Approximately 600 people are regular contributors and collaborators in Furtherfield activities, with an estimated global readership of 26,000.{{cite web |url=http://www.furtherfield.org/about.php |title=About Furtherfield |access-date=28 November 2008 |year=2008 |publisher=Furtherfield |archive-date=25 December 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081225123147/http://www.furtherfield.org/about.php |url-status=dead }} The organisation is run by a core group of six "current grafters" comprising founders Catlow and Garrett (Co-Directors), Charlotte Frost (Executive Director), Neil Jenkins (Technical Director of Projects), Giles Pender (Technical, Network and Logistics’ guru), Michael Szpakowski (Outreach and Education), Olga Panades Massanet (Co-editor and Workshop Facilitator) and Lauren Wright (Co-producer and Coordinator). A "neighbourhood crew" and "now-sleeping Furtherfielders"{{cite web |url=http://www.furtherfield.org/about.php |title=About |publisher=furtherfield.org |date=20 September 2004 |access-date=21 May 2012 |archive-date=26 January 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100126011039/http://www.furtherfield.org/about.php |url-status=dead }} are also listed on the organisation's website.

Notable artists and curators that Furtherfield has worked with, in various capacities, include Shu Lea Cheang,{{Cite web|url=http://archive.furtherfield.org/programmes/exhibition/shu-lea-cheang-and-mark-amerika|title=Shu Lea Cheang and Mark Amerika {{!}} www.furtherfield.org|website=archive.furtherfield.org|access-date=9 November 2018|archive-date=9 November 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181109193732/http://archive.furtherfield.org/programmes/exhibition/shu-lea-cheang-and-mark-amerika|url-status=dead}} Thomson & Craighead,{{Cite web|url=https://www.carrollfletcher.com/news/13/?skip=12|title=Thomson & Craighead – 'Being Social' Furtherfield Gallery|website=Carroll / Fletcher|access-date=9 November 2018}} Ben Vickers,{{Cite news|url=https://www.furtherfield.org/events/artists-rethinking-blockchain/|title=Artists Re:Thinking the Blockchain|work=Furtherfield|access-date=9 November 2018|archive-date=9 November 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181109193715/https://www.furtherfield.org/events/artists-rethinking-blockchain/|url-status=dead}} They Are Here,{{Cite web|url=http://archive.furtherfield.org/programmes/event/play-test-they-are-here|title=PLAY + TEST with They Are Here {{!}} www.furtherfield.org|website=archive.furtherfield.org|access-date=9 November 2018|archive-date=9 November 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181109153230/http://archive.furtherfield.org/programmes/event/play-test-they-are-here|url-status=dead}} James Bridle,{{Cite news|url=https://www.furtherfield.org/events/transnationalisms/|title=Transnationalisms|work=Furtherfield|access-date=9 November 2018|archive-date=9 November 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181109193727/https://www.furtherfield.org/events/transnationalisms/|url-status=dead}} Katriona Beales,{{Cite news|url=https://www.furtherfield.org/events/are-we-all-addicts-now/|title=Are We All Addicts Now?|work=Furtherfield|access-date=9 November 2018|archive-date=9 November 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181109153202/https://www.furtherfield.org/events/are-we-all-addicts-now/|url-status=dead}} Holly Herndon,{{Cite news|url=https://www.furtherfield.org/blockchain-imaginaries/|title=Spring Editorial 2018 Blockchain Imaginaries – Furtherfield|date=22 January 2018|work=Furtherfield|access-date=9 November 2018}} Gretta Louw,{{Cite web|url=http://archive.furtherfield.org/programmes/exhibition/networking-the-unseen|title=Networking the Unseen {{!}} www.furtherfield.org|website=archive.furtherfield.org|access-date=9 November 2018|archive-date=9 November 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181109153210/http://archive.furtherfield.org/programmes/exhibition/networking-the-unseen|url-status=dead}} Helen Varley Jamieson,{{Cite news|url=https://www.furtherfield.org/cyberformance-in-the-third-space-a-conversation-with-helen-varley-jamieson/|title=Cyberformance in the Third Space: A Conversation with Helen Varley Jamieson – Furtherfield|date=24 March 2015|work=Furtherfield|access-date=9 November 2018}} Carla Gannis,{{Cite web|url=http://archive.furtherfield.org/programmes/exhibition/children-prometheus|title=Children of Prometheus {{!}} www.furtherfield.org|website=archive.furtherfield.org|access-date=9 November 2018|archive-date=9 November 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181109153150/http://archive.furtherfield.org/programmes/exhibition/children-prometheus|url-status=dead}} and Anna Dumitriu{{Cite web|url=http://archive.furtherfield.org/programmes/exhibition/children-prometheus|title=Children of Prometheus {{!}} www.furtherfield.org|website=archive.furtherfield.org|access-date=9 November 2018|archive-date=9 November 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181109153150/http://archive.furtherfield.org/programmes/exhibition/children-prometheus|url-status=dead}} amongst many others.

Further reading

  • {{cite web |url=http://artsandecology.rsablogs.org.uk/2009/07/08/artists-giving-up-flying-is-self-righteous-silliness/|title=Artists giving up flying is "self-righteous silliness"|date=13 October 2009|publisher=Artsandecology.rsablogs.org.uk}}
  • {{cite web |url=http://www.interviewingthecrisis.org/?p=27|title=Interviewing the Crisis – Marc Garret, Furtherfield & Netbehaviour|access-date=13 January 2009|publisher=Interviewingthecrisis.org|date=8 January 2009|language=it, en }}
  • {{cite web |url= http://vagueterrain.net/journal11 |title= Curediting: Translational Online Work |access-date=25 November 2008 |year=2008 |publisher=Vagueterrain.net }}
  • {{cite web |url= http://www.digicult.it/digimag/article.asp?id=1121 |title= Coding cultures – part 1 |access-date= 25 November 2008 |last= Mancuso |first= Marco |year= 2008 |publisher= Digicult.it |archive-date= 22 July 2011 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110722052342/http://www.digicult.it/digimag/article.asp?id=1121 |url-status= dead }}
  • {{cite magazine |last= Sterling |first= Bruce |year=2008 |title= You, Too, Can Be an Erudite Net.Art Critic |magazine= Wired |volume= 15|url= http://blog.wired.com/sterling/2008/07/you-too-can-be.html |access-date=25 November 2008 |publisher=Blog.wird.com}}
  • {{cite web |url= http://newmediafix.net/daily/?p=1528 |title= INTERVIEW: Charlie Gere, Christiane Paul, Jemima Rellie |access-date=25 November 2008 |last= Cornell |first= Lauren |year=2007 |publisher=Newmediafix.net}}
  • {{cite book |last= Sloan |first= Helen |title= SwanQuake: The User Manual. The Interface Revisited |url= https://archive.org/details/swanquakeuserman0000unse |year= 2007 |publisher= Liquid Press |isbn= 978-1-84102-172-0 |url-access= registration }}
  • {{cite journal |last=Loseby |first=Jess |date=May 2003 |title=Sampling net art |journal=A-n Magazine for Artists |pages=36–37 |url=http://www.a-n.co.uk/publications/a-n_magazine/issue/125 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130706195930/http://www.a-n.co.uk/publications/a-n_magazine/issue/125 |url-status=dead |archive-date=6 July 2013 }}
  • {{cite web |url= http://www.digicult.it/digimag/article.asp?id=1183 |title= Net visions |access-date= 25 November 2008 |last= Mancuso |first= Marco |publisher= digicult.it |archive-date= 3 March 2009 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20090303170931/http://www.digicult.it/digimag/article.asp?id=1183 |url-status= dead }}
  • {{cite book |editor-first=Charlotte | editor-last=Frost |title= Production Lines | first=Louise | last=Wirz | year=2008 | publisher=a–n The Artists Information Company |location= England |isbn= 978-0-907730-85-9 |pages=3,4.5,6 & 7 }}
  • {{cite web |url= http://www.netartreview.net/logs/2004_03_21_backlog.html#108034106196636406 |title= Is there such a thing as an online retrospective? |access-date=25 November 2008 |last=Navas | first=Eduardo |year= 2004|publisher= Netartreview.net }}
  • {{cite web |url= http://www.geocities.com/afterrhizome |title=After Rhizome |access-date=25 November 2008 |last= Kovacevic |first= Vladimir |date= February 2004 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091024222754/http://geocities.com/afterrhizome|archive-date=24 October 2009}}

References

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External links

  • [http://www.furtherfield.org/ Furtherfield.org website]
  • [http://blog.visitorsstudio.org/ Visitors Studio] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120402082531/http://blog.visitorsstudio.org/ |date=2 April 2012 }}
  • [http://http.uk.net/ HTTP] (House of Technologically Termed Practice)
  • [http://www.furthernoise.org/ Furthernoise] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080605061753/http://www.furthernoise.org/ |date=5 June 2008 }}

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