TIM BUCHANAN
TIM BUCHANAN
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Artist Bio
At the core of my practice sits an intense desire for exploration. I’m intensely interested in the interaction between human and landscape in both an actual and digitally layered sense. How does the experience of a single point of reference change when it considers itself as WITHIN larger systems, instead of at the apex of them?
I relate this to ideas of the ‘post human’ experience in which we have already accepted digital technologies as an extension of our bodies and minds, and from this viewpoint I investigate new ways of being human, while perhaps extending the constructs of humanity itself.
Technically, there is a focus on finding ways to dissolve the traditional boundaries between embodied human experience and disembodied experience through using media systems such as virtual reality and interactive installation based artworks.
Curriculum Vitae
Email: tim.buchanan@uon.edu.au
Education
2014 BFA (pending), Sculpture/Photomedia, University of Newcastle (expected September 2015)
2013 Bauhaus University, Weimar,Germany, German language courses
2009-2010 Diploma of Furniture Design (2 of 4 semesters completed), Southern Cross University, Coffs Harbour
2008-2009 Bachelor of Applied Computing (3 of 6 semesters completed), Southern Cross University, Coffs Harbour
2007 Diploma of I.T - Systems Analysis and Design
2004 HSC – Camden Haven High School
Awards/Grants/Fellowships/Scholarships
2014 2014 Uon Services Ltd. Annual Student Art Prize, BLOOM– 2nd place for work ‘Abbott Speaks’
2013 DAAD German study Scholarship for acceptance of exchange studies, Bauhaus University Weimar, Germany
Exhibitions
2015 Art Bender, group show, The Lockup, Newcastle NSW
2015 One Door Closes, group show, Watt Space Gallery, Newcastle NSW
2015 H E A D A C H E, group show, Diamant Artspace, Newcastle NSW
2014 (Create 2308) - Shorts, Interactive media, projection and performance installation, The University of Newcastle
2014 Electrolapse BYOB at Vivid Festival, group show, Sydney NSW
2014 We are the stories we tell ourselves, Four Point Gallery, Newcastle NSW
2014 Street Stories (Solo Exhibition), Watt Space student gallery, Newcastle NSW
2013 Summary Exhibition, Bauhaus University Weimar, Germany
2012 The Garage Sale Open Show, Watt Space student gallery, Newcastle NSW
2011 Bricks Beats & Pockets, Donkey Wheel House, Melbourne VIC
Print Media
Keep Newcastle Weird - Autumn 2013 ‘Light Centre’, page 11
Curatorial/Directorship Roles
2015 Technical Director and co-creative collaborator, No One Cares About Your Cat, in partnership with Tantrum Youth Arts and The Paper Cut Collective
(http://www.tantrum.org.au/projects/noonecaresaboutyourcat.html)
2015 Co-Director at Diamant Artspace, Contemporary gallery focusing on experimental practices (http://www.diamantartspace.com/), Newcastle NSW (ongoing)
2015 H E A D A C H E, group show, Diamant Artspace, Newcastle NSW
2015 Head Curator, Hunter Building Interactive Projection Space, The University of Newcastle (ongoing)
2015 Head Curator, Student Photomedia Video Space, The University of Newcastle (ongoing)
2014 Co-Curator ‘Multiple worlds in a preschool: Children’s place making in a globalising world project’ The Senta Taft-Hendry Museum, The University Gallery, Callaghan campus, University of Newcastle (https://www.newcastle.edu.au/events/faculty-of-education-and-arts/exhibition-multiple-worlds-in-a-preschool)
2014 (Create 2308) - Shorts, Interactive media, projection and performance installation at the University of Newcastle, NSW
2013 Endlich/Unendlich, Watt Space student gallery, Newcastle NSW
Seminars/Discussion Panels/Workshops
2014 Critical Animals 2014 - ‘The transference of self into digital realities: artistic slippage into realms of data’