Jackie Karuti  

abstract sculpture in blue and pale pink

Public Protection, Private Collection

Felicity Hammond

Still Lifes and Oscillators 1, Ben Garrod, 2012. Paint

Still Lifes and Oscillators 1

Ben Garrod

multicoloured cartoon collage with 3D rendered large golden hand

Unauthorised Copy

Antonio Roberts

Photo of The Promises Machione a wooden display with embedded screen

The Promises Machine

Rachel Jacobs

Black and white abstract image

Shadows of the State

Lewis Bush

Three Hundred and Sixty Seconds, Dan Hett, 2016. Algorithmically generated live coding production stills (from an ongoing series)

Three Hundred and Sixty Seconds

Dan Hett

photo of sensor hanging in a darl room with two screens

Measure for Measure for Measure

David Gauthier

Flipped Clock, Thomson & Craighead, 2008

Flipped Clock

Thomson & Craighead

Listening to Shetland Wool

Felicity Ford

kinetic artwork of a circular wooden base and brass arches with a small brass seasaw with a weight

Allusive Protocols (prototypes)

Julie Freeman

Six Years of Mondays, Thomson & Craighead, 2014

Six Years of Mondays

Thomson & Craighead

image of a screen with four chairs each with a ventriloquists half-masks hanging above each

Recruitment Goes Wrong

Thomson & Craighead

The spectrum of re-knitting treatments, Amy Twigger Holroyd, 2012. Digital print on paper

The spectrum of re-knitting treatments

Amy Twigger Holroyd

image of pylon-like communications tower inverted white out of red

http://s33.820180e151.184813.com.au

Evan Roth

Metrography, Benedikt Groß & Bertrand Clerc, 2012. Print on aluminium

Metrography

Benedikt Groß and Bertrand Clerc

Listening to Shetland Wool, Felicity Ford, 2013. Interactive online aporee sound map

Sonic Pattern and the Textility of Code

Felicity Ford

Married Man, Natasha Caruana, 2008

Married Man

Natasha Caruana

The Doffing Misstress Takes a Stroll, David Littler, 2016. Participatory installation. Piano player, paper scores, materials for contribution

The Doffing Mistress Takes a Stroll

David Littler

Installation photo of red frame, number display and construction

53°32’.01N, 003°21’.29W, from the Sea

David Gauthier

image of black and white animation on a screen of women and a wire fence

There Are Worlds Out There They Never Told You About

Jackie Karuti

Voyager (Micromégas), Thomson & Craighead, 2013

Voyager (Micromégas)

Thomson & Craighead

Image of ghostly woman on black background (CIPHER artwork)

CIPHER

Katriona Beales

Illluminated acrylic sculpture of a red-lit person holding a book

The Reader

Stanza

Gallery installation of multiple photos

The Longest and Darkest of Recollections

Liz Orton

Punchcard Economy, Sam Meech, 2013. ODI: 3.5 x 0.5m knitted banner, FutureEverything: 5 x 3m knitted banner & knitting machines

Punchcard Economy

Sam Meech

Image of computer generated object in natural woodland

Shifting

Katriona Beales

Five 3D printed pale yellow shell-like objects

Lifestreams

Proboscis

Circular blue, black and white inverted image of tree

Inverted Night Sky

Jeronimo Voss

Pillars of Hercules, James Brooks, 2014

Pillars of Hercules

James Brooks

Corruption, Thomson & Craighead, 2014

Corruption

Thomson & Craighead

Canal Observatory

AusBlau

image of screen and aerials in gallery

Open Space Observatory

Kei Kreutler and Libre Space Foundation

person in white wearing a sci-fi helmet with lots of protrusions

Quasar-2A

Field

{poem}.py

{poem}.py

Pip Thornton

KNITSONIK Stranded Colourwork Sourcebook, Felicity Ford, 2014. Crowd-funded publication

KNITSONIK Stranded Colourwork Sourcebook

Felicity Ford

Image of an illuminated digital fountain dark blue on black background

Fountain

Katriona Beales

Screen capture of multi-coloured digitally generated flowers

Flowers

Daniel Brown

Dystopian digital city landscape

Cover designs for William Gibson’s Neuromancer trilogy

Daniel Brown

Gallery photo of someone in a VR helmet viewing artwork

Substance – A whole history of hollows and reliefs

Phil Coy

Re-knitting 'tester' Jumper, Amy Twigger Holroyd, 2013. Hacked knitted garment

Re-knitting ‘tester’ jumper

Amy Twigger Holroyd

Body 01000010011011110110010001111001, Stanza, 2012. Perspex, Arduino, electronic components, internet connection

Body 01000010011011110110010001111001

Stanza

Photo of multi story wooden tower

A Machine for Living

James Coupe

Mini Rugs and their Friends

Mini Rugs and their Friends

Riitta Oittinen

Twenty Thousand Seconds, Dan Hett, 2016. Algorithmically generated live coding image film (from an ongoing series)

Twenty Thousand Seconds

Dan Hett

Re-knitting step by step guide, Amy Twigger Holroyd, 2012. Digital prints on paper

Re-knitting step by step guide

Amy Twigger Holroyd

Rates for the Job, Sam Meech, 2016. Order form and performative contractual exchange action 

Rates for the Job

Sam Meech

Forkbomb, Alex McLean, 2001. Perl script computer code with paper output

Forkbomb

Alex McLean

Weather Gauge, Thomson & Craighead, 2009

Weather Gauge

Thomson & Craighead

balck and white photo of sign in countryside landscape

50.080697, -5.694138

Evan Roth

20Hz, Semiconductor, 2011. HD + HD 3D single channel video. 05.00 minutes

20Hz

Semiconductor

black and white image of booklet called Daemons of the Shadow World

Daemons of the Shadow World

Giles Lane

Transmission series

Transmission One and Transmission Two

Dan Hett

Close up of lightbulbs from The Future artwork

The Future

Alicia Eggert and Safwat Saleem

Fairytale for Sale, Natasha Caruana, 2011

Fairytale for Sale

Natasha Caruana

Watching the Watchers, James Bridle, 2013. Multiple mounted colour prints

Watching the Watchers

James Bridle

The Clandestine Purse, Natasha Caruana, 2008

The Clandestine Purse

Natasha Caruana

Data as Culture - Art that uses data as a material

There Are Worlds Out There They Never Told You About consists of two films exploring what it might mean to migrate or run away to worlds that exist in our imagination. The first is an animation of an uncertain hand-drawn landscape. It is populated by communications technologies, crows and mythical beings engaged in a choreographed series of transmission, reception, control, call and response. Another film shows a collection of handmade paper boats navigating turbulent shallow waters under which a map of the world sits. The boats are assisted – or disrupted – by a god-like, disembodied female hand.

Running through both works is an allusion to the legend of an underwater civilization, descended from slaves thrown overboard during the passage from Africa to the Americas. Its non-linear exploration hints at themes of migration, displacement, and the idea of home – both what that means and how it might be something that can only be recreated in the imagination. The project presents humanity as part of an interrelated system within imaginary, technical and actual realities, whilst suggesting that logical readings may be less effective than those that allow for speculation.

Furthermore, these works act as a reminder that we choose to ignore the power of imagination at our peril, underlining the fact that everything man-made was once imagined.

Courtesy of the artist and Circle Art Agency.