JODI: (jodi.org) Workshop

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JODI: (jodi.org) Workshop

07 Jul 2025
02:00pm - 04:00pm
FREE
Melbourne City
RMIT Media Portal, 414-418 Swanston Street, Melbourne

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Join a workshop of disruption by net.arts pioneers JODI (jodi.org).

Network Anarchy and Unstable Diffusions: Workshop 2

Convened by Joel Stern (RMIT), Thao Phan (ANU) and Christopher O'Neill (Deakin) as part of the Network Anarchy and Unstable Diffusions program, this workshop offers participants a unique opportunity to engage with the groundbreaking artistic practices of JODI.

JODI (jodi.org) pioneered net.art in 1995. They were among the first artists to investigate and subvert the conventions of the Internet, computer programs, and video and computer games. Their work radically disrupts the very language of these systems, including visual aesthetics, interface elements, commands, errors, and code.

JODI stages extreme digital interventions that destabilise the relationship between computer technology and its users by subverting expectations about the functionalities and conventions of the systems we rely on every day. Their practice spans a variety of media and techniques, including installations, software, websites, performances, and exhibitions.

JODI's work is featured in most art historical volumes on digital and media art. It has been exhibited internationally at venues such as Documenta X, the Stedelijk Museum (Amsterdam), ZKM, ICC, CCA, the Guggenheim, IMAL, Centre Pompidou, Eyebeam, FACT, MoMI, Harvard Art Museums, Rhizome, and MoMA.

Presented by RMIT Culture and National Communication Museum. Supported by ADM+S as part of the project 'Evaluating Automated Cultural Curating and Ranking Systems with Synthetic Data'' in association with the School of Media and Communication RMIT, and the AusSTS 2025 Conference 'Signals and Noises', which runs from July 9-11.

*The RMIT Media Portal is located at 414-418 Swanston Street, Melbourne, VIC 3000, within Building 14. It can be accessed from the Swanston Street entrance of Building 14. The entrance is on the left of the main Building 12 entrance off Swanston Street.

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