Hack to the Future: Art workshop

Year 11 and 12 Visual Arts and Visual Design students attended a workshop presented by Michael Petchkovsky and Alex Wisser the during Week 5. The workshop allowed students to explore scrap electronic equipment as a media to create sound and vision with antiquated technology. Students used old video cameras, oscilloscopes, television screens and their imagination to create a range of artworks that were recorded digitally. Students also listened to Michael and Alex show and discuss early forms of art that used recycled electronics to create contemporary art installations of their own. The workshop included a short overview of the history of this type of sculptural installation.

Students made recordings of their works using video cameras, still digital cameras and their smart phones during the workshop. This gave them a new insight into the postmodern frame which is part of their Visual Art studies.