Statement

In the cloud ... we challenge convention.
we are active participants.
we collaborate.
we express ourselves.
we innovate.
we connect.
we are META.

We awake in a world where everyone posts, updates, synchs, instant messages, programs, uploads, downloads, up-votes, down-votes, Googles, texts, trolls, Tweets, maps, links, blocks, browses, and stumbles. The 21st Century has established itself as the age of information; an age in which daily life now revolves around the sharing and conversing about of information. Technology has facilitated a complex worldwide connection between individuals that links us together in both the virtual and physical realms. Whether we realize it or not, we are part of an evolving collective in a constant state of flux. We are in the cloud.

In the cloud of New Media practices, we the artists, use our bottom-up processes to imagine new possibilities and formulate new sets of representation. We emphasize collaborative unions among grassroots efforts and trained professionals, aided by enhanced technology. New Media artwork dematerialises boundaries, sustaining a system of open, creative thought and interdisciplinary production. META invites you to connect.

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Jessica Gurd - metaMETA

Melissa Brizuela - re: new media, generation