Honor Harger
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Honor Harger is a curator and artist from New Zealand
. She has a particular interest in artistic uses of new technologies.
In the mid 1990s while based in New Zealand, Honor edited the artistic publication, SPeC; co-founded sound art collective Relay, worked with radio station, Radio One and with the art gallery, Artspace. In mid 1997 she relocated to Australia to work with the Australian Network for Art and Technology
, before relocating to Europe in 1999.
, a group which explores how broadcasting technologies can create new artistic forms and how audio can be used to illuminate abstract ideas and processes. They have exhibited at museums, galleries and festivals, including: NTT ICC
, Tokyo; New Museum, New York; Gallery 9, Walker Art Center
, USA; Sónar
, Barcelona; FACT Centre in Liverpool; Ars Electronica
, Linz, Austria; Experimental Art Foundation, Australia; Maison Europeenne de la Photographie, Paris; and the Physics Room, New Zealand.
Dessau Foundation in Germany, the publishing house Arkzin in Croatia, and the Kiasma
contemporary art museum in Finland. From 2000 to 2003 she worked for Tate Modern
in London as the Webcasting Curator within Tate's Digital Programmes department and has also produced events and concerts for the Interpretation and Education department at Tate Modern
.
She has worked as a freelance curator on exhibitions and events, including art.net.uk/now for the British Council
in India
in 2002 and Dots and Lines for the BBC
and Sonic Arts Network
in 2005.
Harger was the guest curator for the Transmediale
festival in Berlin in 2010.
an international festival of electronic art, that features new media art, film, music, and games. The bi-annual festival takes place in the cities of Newcastle
/Gateshead
, Sunderland and Middlesbrough
in the North East of England.
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
. She has a particular interest in artistic uses of new technologies.
In the mid 1990s while based in New Zealand, Honor edited the artistic publication, SPeC; co-founded sound art collective Relay, worked with radio station, Radio One and with the art gallery, Artspace. In mid 1997 she relocated to Australia to work with the Australian Network for Art and Technology
Australian network for art and technology
Australian Network for Art and Technology * bridging art, science & technology* enriching culture & industry* generating new creativities...
, before relocating to Europe in 1999.
r a d i o q u a l i a
She is one of the co-founders in 1998 of r a d i o q u a l i aRadioqualia
r a d i o q u a l i a is an art collaboration by New Zealanders, Adam Hyde and Honor Harger, founded in 1998 in Australia. Since 1999 they have been based in several different countries including the Netherlands, the UK and Latvia....
, a group which explores how broadcasting technologies can create new artistic forms and how audio can be used to illuminate abstract ideas and processes. They have exhibited at museums, galleries and festivals, including: NTT ICC
NTT InterCommunication Center
NTT InterCommunication Center is a media art gallery in Tokyo Opera City Tower in Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan. It was established by NTT to commemorate the 100th anniversary of telephone service in Japan and opened in 1997...
, Tokyo; New Museum, New York; Gallery 9, Walker Art Center
Walker Art Center
The Walker Art Center is a contemporary art center in Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States. The Walker is considered one of the nation's "big five" museums for modern art along with the Museum of Modern Art, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, the Guggenheim Museum and the Hirshhorn...
, USA; Sónar
Sónar
Sónar is an annual three-day music festival held in Barcelona, Spain. It is described officially as a festival of Advanced Music and Multimedia Art. Music is by far the main aspect of the festival....
, Barcelona; FACT Centre in Liverpool; Ars Electronica
Ars Electronica
Ars Electronica is an organization based in Linz, Austria, founded in 1979 around a festival for art, technology and society that was part of the International Bruckner Festival. Herbert W. Franke is one of its founders. It became its own festival and a yearly event in 1986. Its director until 1995...
, Linz, Austria; Experimental Art Foundation, Australia; Maison Europeenne de la Photographie, Paris; and the Physics Room, New Zealand.
Curation
After relocating to Europe in 1999, Harger undertook projects with the BauhausBauhaus
', commonly known simply as Bauhaus, was a school in Germany that combined crafts and the fine arts, and was famous for the approach to design that it publicized and taught. It operated from 1919 to 1933. At that time the German term stood for "School of Building".The Bauhaus school was founded by...
Dessau Foundation in Germany, the publishing house Arkzin in Croatia, and the Kiasma
Kiasma
Kiasma is a contemporary art museum located on Mannerheimintie in Helsinki, Finland. Its name kiasma, Finnish for chiasma, alludes to the basic conceptual idea of its architect, Steven Holl. The museum exhibits the contemporary art collection of the Finnish National Gallery founded in 1990...
contemporary art museum in Finland. From 2000 to 2003 she worked for Tate Modern
Tate Modern
Tate Modern is a modern art gallery located in London, England. It is Britain's national gallery of international modern art and forms part of the Tate group . It is the most-visited modern art gallery in the world, with around 4.7 million visitors per year...
in London as the Webcasting Curator within Tate's Digital Programmes department and has also produced events and concerts for the Interpretation and Education department at Tate Modern
Tate Modern
Tate Modern is a modern art gallery located in London, England. It is Britain's national gallery of international modern art and forms part of the Tate group . It is the most-visited modern art gallery in the world, with around 4.7 million visitors per year...
.
She has worked as a freelance curator on exhibitions and events, including art.net.uk/now for the British Council
British Council
The British Council is a United Kingdom-based organisation specialising in international educational and cultural opportunities. It is registered as a charity both in England and Wales, and in Scotland...
in India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
in 2002 and Dots and Lines for the BBC
BBC
The British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters is at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff...
and Sonic Arts Network
Sonic Arts Network
Sonic Arts Network was a UK-based organisation, established in 1979, that aimed to enable both audiences and practitioners to engage with the art of sound through a programme of festivals, events, commissions and education projects...
in 2005.
Harger was the guest curator for the Transmediale
Transmediale
transmediale is an annual festival for media art and digital culture taking place for one week in February in Berlin, Germany. The festival engages in reflective, aesthetic and speculative positions in between art, technology and culture...
festival in Berlin in 2010.
AV Festival
From 2004 to 2008 Honor Harger was the artistic director of the AV FestivalAV Festival
The AV Festival is the UK’s largest international festival of electronic art, and features new media art, film, music, and games. As with festivals such as Ars Electronica, ISEA and DEAF, it is considered to be a new media art festival...
an international festival of electronic art, that features new media art, film, music, and games. The bi-annual festival takes place in the cities of Newcastle
Newcastle upon Tyne
Newcastle upon Tyne is a city and metropolitan borough of Tyne and Wear, in North East England. Historically a part of Northumberland, it is situated on the north bank of the River Tyne...
/Gateshead
Gateshead
Gateshead is a town in Tyne and Wear, England and is the main settlement in the Metropolitan Borough of Gateshead. Historically a part of County Durham, it lies on the southern bank of the River Tyne opposite Newcastle upon Tyne and together they form the urban core of Tyneside...
, Sunderland and Middlesbrough
Middlesbrough
Middlesbrough is a large town situated on the south bank of the River Tees in north east England, that sits within the ceremonial county of North Yorkshire...
in the North East of England.
Lighthouse
Honor Harger's current position is director of Lighthouse, a leading arts agency in South East England supporting, commissioning and showcasing new work by artists and filmmakers.See also
- AV FestivalAV FestivalThe AV Festival is the UK’s largest international festival of electronic art, and features new media art, film, music, and games. As with festivals such as Ars Electronica, ISEA and DEAF, it is considered to be a new media art festival...
- r a d i o q u a l i aRadioqualiar a d i o q u a l i a is an art collaboration by New Zealanders, Adam Hyde and Honor Harger, founded in 1998 in Australia. Since 1999 they have been based in several different countries including the Netherlands, the UK and Latvia....
- New media artNew media artNew media art is a genre that encompasses artworks created with new media technologies, including digital art, computer graphics, computer animation, virtual art, Internet art, interactive art, computer robotics, and art as biotechnology...
- New Media art festivalsNew Media art festivals-Hong Kong-=Austria:-Czech Republic:-Iceland:-Italy:=The Netherlands:...
- Electronic artElectronic artElectronic art is a form of art that makes use of electronic media or, more broadly, refers to technology and/or electronic media. It is related to information art, new media art, video art, digital art, interactive art, internet art, and electronic music...
External links
- http://www.radioqualia.net r a d i o q u a l i a
- http://www.radio-astronomy.net Radio Astronomy
- http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio3/cutandsplice/online_ex.shtml Dots and Lines
- http://www.avfest.co.uk AV Festival
- http://www.lighthouse.org.uk/ Lighthouse, Brighton