I have begun a project where I have created an online musical personae group. It is an experiment in the processes, potential for connection and expression of an ongoing online intervention. I am an audio engineer, a musician and a DJ. So I am exploring the potentials of 'Remix Culture' and Hacktivist ideologies to see what kind of responses I can get through my: Myspace, Twitter, Wrodpress, Delicious, Flickr, Bandcamp, Purevolume, Facebook and YouTube accounts.
Link:
http://wearethesmashbros.wordpress.com/
My primary artistic practice is currently focused on Digital, Online, Networking Culture. I am exploring the functions, abilities and aesthetics of these new media. I find, because most of my work is processed based, there is a great amount of learning and experience that comes along with delving into these new mediums. I am an audio engineer, a musician and a DJ. Therefore trying to engage with others through heavily mediated and conceptual based projects, occasionally done through collaboration, allows me to grow and be critical with others. I also have an interest in the potential to "hack" or manipulate the "online" world using many types of code and plug-ins. Maybe because of the DJ in me, I am very attracted to the re-appropriative and deconstructivist methods of "Remix Culture" which I hope to spread into mediums and practices other than music.
Gloria Sutton