Josephine Starrs (born 1955) is an Australian artist who creates socially engaged art focusing on human relationships to new technologies, nature and climate change.[1] Her video and new media work has been exhibited in Australia and at international art exhibitions.[2] She was a Senior Lecturer in Media Arts at Sydney College of the Arts, University of Sydney until 2016.[3]
Starrs grew up in Adelaide, South Australia and was educated at the South Australian School of Arts. She has worked in a variety of mediums including photography, animation, video, and new media.[1] She is a founding member of the cyberfeminist group VNS Matrix.[4]
Collaboration with Leon Cmielewskiedit
Starrs has collaborated with artist Leon Cmielewski since 1994 when they were living together in New York.[1] Their collaborative work focuses on incorporating interactivity and play while engaging with contemporary social issues. Their works have appeared in forms such as kiosks, games, card games, dances, films, and mapping installations.[5]
Selected worksedit
The works below are in collaboration with Leon Cmielewski unless otherwise noted.
User Unfriendly Interface (1996), first shown at Performance Space, Sydney.[5]
Fuzzy Love Dating Database (1997), first exhibited at the Künstlerhaus Bethanien in Berlin.[6]
Trace (2002), commissioned and exhibited by State Records Centre, Sydney.[5]
Floating Territories (2004), which took place in the form of swipe cards as boarding passes for a ferry that traveled between Helsinki, Finland, Stockholm, Sweden, and Tallinn, Estonia. Travellers were assigned tribal allegiances that each had different goals in the game based on locations on the ferry.[5]
Seeker (2006), which was a map-based game that allowed viewers to track their family migration history and view statistics about natural resources, migration flows, human population, and economics in a visual format.[7]Seeker won an Award of Distinction at the Ars Electronica festival in Linz, Austria in 2007.
sms_origins (2009), displayed at Federation Square in Melbourne, Australia. sms_origins was an adaptation of Seeker for mobile phones.[1]
Downstream (2009), exhibited by Novamedia at the "Impact by Degrees" exhibition in Washington, D.C.[8] This work included a large print work called And The River Was Dust, based on text from the poem South of my Days by Australian poet Judith Wright.[1]
Incompatible Elements (2010), exhibited at Performance Space Carriageworks, Sydney.[9]
Dancing with Drones (2015), in collaboration with dancer Alison Plevey in the form of a film of a dance competition between a human dancer and a remotely operated drone.[10]
and the earth sighed (2016), featured in Performing Climates, Arts House, Melbourne[11] video documentation.[12]
Referencesedit
^ abcde"Words in Art: Australian artist Josephine Starrs maps rivers with poetry". Art Radar. 14 March 2011. Retrieved 4 March 2017.
^"Josephine Starrs | Scanlines". scanlines.net. Retrieved 4 March 2017.
^Ivanova, Antoanetta; Bačić, Anita; Cmielewski, Leon; Starrs, Josephine; Cooper, Justine; Jeremijenko, Natalie; McCormack, Jon; Starr, Pip; Velonaki, Mari (1 November 2009). Impact by degrees [electronic resource] : Australian perspectives on art and climate change / curator, Antonetta Ivanova ; website designer, Anita Bacic ; a collaboration between the Embassy of Australia, Washington DC, and Novamedia. PANDORA electronic collection. Melbourne, Vic: Novamedia Pty Ltd. ISBN9780975199831.
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The topic of this article may not meet Wikipedia s general notability guideline Please help to demonstrate the notability of the topic by citing reliable secondary sources that are independent of the topic and provide significant coverage of it beyond a mere trivial mention If notability cannot be shown the article is likely to be merged redirected or deleted Find sources Josephine Starrs news newspapers books scholar JSTOR February 2024 Learn how and when to remove this message Josephine Starrs born 1955 is an Australian artist who creates socially engaged art focusing on human relationships to new technologies nature and climate change 1 Her video and new media work has been exhibited in Australia and at international art exhibitions 2 She was a Senior Lecturer in Media Arts at Sydney College of the Arts University of Sydney until 2016 3 Contents 1 Background and education 2 Collaboration with Leon Cmielewski 3 Selected works 4 References 5 External linksBackground and education editStarrs grew up in Adelaide South Australia and was educated at the South Australian School of Arts She has worked in a variety of mediums including photography animation video and new media 1 She is a founding member of the cyberfeminist group VNS Matrix 4 Collaboration with Leon Cmielewski editStarrs has collaborated with artist Leon Cmielewski since 1994 when they were living together in New York 1 Their collaborative work focuses on incorporating interactivity and play while engaging with contemporary social issues Their works have appeared in forms such as kiosks games card games dances films and mapping installations 5 Selected works editThe works below are in collaboration with Leon Cmielewski unless otherwise noted User Unfriendly Interface 1996 first shown at Performance Space Sydney 5 Fuzzy Love Dating Database 1997 first exhibited at the Kunstlerhaus Bethanien in Berlin 6 Dream Kitchen 2000 5 Trace 2002 commissioned and exhibited by State Records Centre Sydney 5 Floating Territories 2004 which took place in the form of swipe cards as boarding passes for a ferry that traveled between Helsinki Finland Stockholm Sweden and Tallinn Estonia Travellers were assigned tribal allegiances that each had different goals in the game based on locations on the ferry 5 Seeker 2006 which was a map based game that allowed viewers to track their family migration history and view statistics about natural resources migration flows human population and economics in a visual format 7 Seeker won an Award of Distinction at the Ars Electronica festival in Linz Austria in 2007 sms origins 2009 displayed at Federation Square in Melbourne Australia sms origins was an adaptation of Seeker for mobile phones 1 Downstream 2009 exhibited by Novamedia at the Impact by Degrees exhibition in Washington D C 8 This work included a large print work called And The River Was Dust based on text from the poem South of my Days by Australian poet Judith Wright 1 Incompatible Elements 2010 exhibited at Performance Space Carriageworks Sydney 9 Dancing with Drones 2015 in collaboration with dancer Alison Plevey in the form of a film of a dance competition between a human dancer and a remotely operated drone 10 and the earth sighed 2016 featured in Performing Climates Arts House Melbourne 11 video documentation 12 References edit a b c d e Words in Art Australian artist Josephine Starrs maps rivers with poetry Art Radar 14 March 2011 Retrieved 4 March 2017 Josephine Starrs Scanlines scanlines net Retrieved 4 March 2017 Wilson Lynn 2015 Promoting Climate Change Awareness through Environmental Education IGI Global ISBN 978 1466687653 starrs and cmielewski josephine starrs Retrieved 28 March 2021 a b c d e Starrs Josephine Cmielewski Leon 2007 Please Touch the Art Private Information Public Settings Scan 4 3 Sollfrank Cornelia May 1998 Never Lonely Again Diagnostic Tools for the New Millennium BE Magazin Kunstlerhaus Bethanien Berlin Finegan A Starrs J Cmielewski L 1 April 2008 Visualizing Data Seeker s Affective Interaction IEEE MultiMedia 15 2 16 19 doi 10 1109 MMUL 2008 42 ISSN 1070 986X S2CID 206478012 Ivanova Antoanetta Bacic Anita Cmielewski Leon Starrs Josephine Cooper Justine Jeremijenko Natalie McCormack Jon Starr Pip Velonaki Mari 1 November 2009 Impact by degrees electronic resource Australian perspectives on art and climate change curator Antonetta Ivanova website designer Anita Bacic a collaboration between the Embassy of Australia Washington DC and Novamedia PANDORA electronic collection Melbourne Vic Novamedia Pty Ltd ISBN 9780975199831 Randerson Janine 2011 critical flows climates amp peoples RealTime Arts No 104 p 39 Finegan Ann 2016 Hunting Ground Dancing with Drones Runway Australian Experimental Art 28 And the Earth Sighed And the earth sighed Starrs amp cmielewski External links edithttp josephinestarrs com Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Josephine Starrs amp oldid 1201696001, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
