Data Moshing/Glitch Art with Katie Whyte

Superprojects is pleased to be invited by the arts and architecture collective Annex to create a series of workshops taking place as part of the exhibition of their audio-visual and sculptural installation ‘Entanglement’. First shown at the Venice Architecture Biennale in 2021, ‘Entanglement’ will be on display for the first time in Ireland as part of the Galway International Arts Festival, from 11th - 24th July 2022.

Responding to the themes in the artwork, Superprojects has created a programme of workshops for people aged 12 - 18 and their parents called ‘Stuff You can Kick’. Led by four artists and one arts collective – Paul O’Neill, Jessica Foley, Katie Whyte and Lucida Collective, this series of four workshops will look at digital data as material, or ‘stuff’, and how it physically impacts ourselves and our environment. This is the second workshop of the series.

Workshop 2:

Katie Whyte - Data Moshing/Glitch Art

Saturday 16th July at 3pm

Discover Data Moshing and Glitch Art with Artist Katie Whyte.

Katie Whyte is an artist who uses data insertion to create glitches in digital photography and video (Glitch Art or Data Moshing). Gathering images and texts created in the previous workshop (Cloud Illusions with Jessica Foley), Katie will guide a group of participants through the process of how to glitch images and footage. Participants should bring their own laptops if possible.

Age group: 12 – 18 and parents

Location: Fairgreen Gallery

Katie Whyte is a digital media artist working with video and installation. Her work explores Damnatio Memoriae - the condemnation of memory, and her interests lie in representation and re-presentation, reinterpreting existing narratives using new media glitching processes. This presents itself in an exploration and exploitation of social and cultural texts, images, and objects through the medium of glitch. She is a member of Lucida Collective and in 2020 she was awarded the Kildare Emerging Visual Artist Exhibition Bursary Award with Riverbank Arts Centre. www.katiewhytefineart.com

ANNEX is a collaboration of artists, architects, and urban researchers born and/or based in Ireland who came together to curate the Irish Pavilion at the Venice Architecture Biennale in 2021. ANNEX explores the material and cultural implications of large technical systems for the built environment with reference to architecture, art, computer science, and gaming platforms. Members include Sven Anderson, Alan Butler, David Carpener, Donal Lally, Clare Lyster and Fiona McDermott. www.entanglement.annex.ie

Galway International Arts Festival takes place each July in Galway, Ireland and covers a range of art forms. The festival programme includes Irish and international work of the highest quality, featuring theatre, music, visual arts, opera, street spectacle, dance, discussion and comedy. In addition to the celebrated annual festival, GIAF presents a major discussion platform on creativity and innovation, First Thought Talks. www.giaf.ie