Archive for May, 2005

Darren Tofts, Interzone: Media Arts in Australia

Monday, May 23rd, 2005

Book Review: Darren Tofts, Interzone: Media Arts in Australia (Craftsman House)

by John Potts

Darren Toft’s book Interzone comes at a crucial time for the media arts in Australia. The Australia Council – despite vigorous opposition – has moved to dissolve the New Media Arts Board, effectively consigning the funding for electronic or interactive works to the broader domain of Visual Arts. This bureaucratic decision is the fulcrum around which has swirled passionate debate on the identity, status and significance of media arts.

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