Digital Zoo- Life from the World Wide Web

This April, London’s Furtherfield is bringing its groundbreaking national touring exhibition, Digital Zoo - Life from the world wild web, to Lewisham Shopping Centre. The exhibition brings highly acclaimed digital art out of the gallery and into everyday places making it accessible to all.

In partnership with producers The CultureCode Initiative and Land Securities, owners of Lewisham Shopping Centre, the highly acclaimed interactive exhibition explores the way the Internet and social media have changed our culture and behaviour.

From digitally created creatures that come to life and slowly grow by shining torch light onto them in Animacules (Genetic Moo), to making a physical replica of an online presence in Kay’s Blog (Liz Sterry), the exhibition explores the way our digital lives are now visible to all, as if in a public zoo.

Furtherfield, the UK’s leading organisation for arts, technology and social change, is known for opening doors and pushing boundaries, launching in 2004 London’s first dedicated gallery for international, networked, new media art. The tour is a first for digital art and the exhibition features works that have previously been exhibited at Furtherfield Gallery, based in North London.

Lewisham Shopping Centre will display three works featuring experimental software, installations, workshops, networked and mobile media created by internationally recognised artists who are inspired by the ways in which our lives are constantly being shaped by social networking and digital technologies.

The exhibition is accompanied by a series of creative workshops for children aged 6-11 years old inspired by Crow_Sourcing. These will take place in the Central Square on 05, 06, 12 and 13 April between 12-4pm. For more information please contact Alessandra Scapin, Furtherfield Producer, at [email protected]

“We’re really pleased to be bringing such exciting installations right into the heart of the community here in Lewisham,” comments Paul Redden, Centre Manager at Lewisham Shopping Centre. “It’s a chance for people to experience art as part of their everyday lives while they shop or stop for a coffee. We hope the exhibition will appeal to shoppers of all ages and that the children’s workshops will inspire youngsters to get involved in the project. It’s a great opportunity to bring people together and get them talking!”

Digital Zoo is curated and produced by Furtherfield in collaboration with Culture Code and Land Securities. Digital Zoo is supported by Arts Council England through the Strategic Touring programme.

Mall of the Wild by Transnational Temps is a new commission for Digital Zoo funded through Arts Council England’s Strategic Touring programme.