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Burning the Interface<International Artists' CD-ROM> at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney

1996
Curation

"Finally, 1996 witnessed a major event: a national institution, Sydney's Museum of Contemporary Art, organised .... the first international exhibition of digital works of art on CD-ROM...." Bertrand Gauguet; Rennes Ecole Beau Artes Review.

Burning the Interface exhibition at the Museum Contemporary Art, Sydney, curated by Mike Leggett and Linda Michael for the Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, March - July 1996. Catalogue sections and notes for talks at Art Gallery of WA and PICA - downloads attached. Sponsored by Apple Computer Australia, touring Australia, with the assistance of the Australian Film Commission, to Njapartje CMC, Adelaide 12th September - 5th October 1996; Experimenta, CCP Gallery, Melbourne 7th - 23rd November 1996; Perth International Festival, (Perth Institute of Contemporary Art), Perth 12th February - 9th March 1997; Brisbane City Hall Art Gallery and Museum 27th March - 3rd May 1997. The MCA Press Summary PDF gives an idea of the huge amount of interest generated; some of those documents can be found here or requested: Journal article for Media Information Australia see Texts; for seven selected reviews in better resolution than in the Reviews folder PDF on this page, see more under Texts-Citations and Comment.