Jess Loseby | Inglaterra

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doc_u is the latest artwork in a series of digital commissions for the Babylon Gallery, UK. doc_u is an interactive artwork on the Internet made up of visual self-documentation using mobile phones. The artwork underlines the beauty of the ordinary, the domestic and the lo-tech; drawing on popular culture and familiarity with concepts of self-documentation, video diaries and docu-soaps.

Jess Loseby and the Babylon Gallery have been holding workshops with schools and community groups local to the gallery using mobile camera phones
The participants were asked to randomly document themselves and their environment.They were encouraged not to delete or alter any images, as part of the aesthetic of the installation was to highlight the beautiful ‘accidents’ and to dismiss attempts to make ‘art’. The images (doc_u’s) were turned into interactive videos by the artist and placed into a virtual landscape. . The work has recently been opened for international participation.

Jess Loseby is a digital artist from the UK whose main medium is the Internet. Her work ranges from small and intimate online installations to large-scale digital projections and video. She has exhibited in digital festivals and exhibitions internationally: such as Siggraph, Split Film Festival, Pixxelpoint and FILE. Her work crosses a variety of media and platforms: from intimate interactive installations in national touring exhibitions such as Spectrum 2003 to creating digital sets for the production of ‘The Dadaists’ at The Met Theatre in Hollywood. She is currently the commissioned Digital artist for Babylon Gallery, Ely.
Thematically, her projects continue her fascination with borderlands and ‘beautiful seams’ between the ubiquitous worlds of computing and the ‘real’ (domestic). Loseby’s unashamedly low-tech approach to new media builds comparisons of the network and digitally (in its frustrations, attention to triviality and repetition) as absurdly compatible to the female domestic routine.
Jess Loseby has 3 children, 2 wheels, 1 husband and 0 time
The Babylon Gallery is ADeC\'s art gallery based in Ely, UK. We run a stimulating programme of local, national and touring exhibitions, with a regular programme of gallery talks. Local and regional professional artists are invited to exhibit and the gallery also accommodates regional and national touring exhibitions on a regular basis.