Learning and Participation at Furtherfield.org

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" The value of learning lies in enquiring actively - with an expanding, abundant attitude- into the materials of one's own environment. " Hannah Higgins, Fluxus Experience, 2002.

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Furtherfield.org is a small artist-led organisation connected to a global community of practitioners who value learning, participation and exchange as central to their artistic process. Our Learning and Participation programme draws on the passion and expertise of our small team of artists, film-makers, musicians, computer programmers, writers and curators to work in diverse artistic, community and educational contexts. Our projects support collaboration and exchange, the development of individual voices and shared visions in the context of distinct but connected cultures in flux.

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Rachel Beth Egenhoefer - Artist in Residence (pilot) May 2008

We support media arts practice at all levels - from students in higher education to established artists - and are always looking for new ways to share, discuss and nurture emerging practices in the field. We are interested in what artists do and how they use digital technology to develop, create, distribute and discuss their ideas and artworks.

Our exhibition programme at HTTP Gallery (http://www.http.uk.net) offers different opportunities for visitors to participate and contribute. Most exhibitions are accompanied by talks and presentations by artists and curators and represent unique educational opportunities for HE students of digital media, media arts, games and related themes to meet with contemporary practitioners and to discuss their work and their concerns.

We are currently have a range of projects in development to increase creative and critical engagement with technology. We're planning a new residency programme that will provide artists with the opportunity to create work within an energetic community and to connect to Furtherfield.org's international networks online and to local artists, curators, theorists and gallerists.

We also run a successful intern programme in partnerships with Solar Associates. For more information about our internship programme please contact us via email at visibility@furtherfield.org