Jordan Wolfson

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• Jordan Wolfson

  Jordan Wolfson wants you to like him, and well, it’s not difficult. He’s an excellent conversationalist,
  deeply curious, fastidious, ambitious and thoughtful. He takes time to formulate his answers.
  He thinks deeply. One of the most fascinating and provocative artists of his generation, Wolfson
  is ultimately preoccupied with what it means to be human, as explored through works of striking
  complexity and technological brilliance. Ahead of the unveiling of his new work Body Sculpture
  (2023) VAULT spoke to Wolfson about consciousness, Buddhist mindfulness and the positives of
  AI. Body Sculpture will be shown alongside works selected by Wolfson from the National Gallery
  of Australia collection, offering audiences further insight into the artist’s innovative vision.

  par Alison Kubler
• Michael Candy

  VAULT talks to nomadic artist Michael
  Candy about how technological curation and
  algorithms might destabilise authenticity.

  par Steve Dow
• AI : Artificiel Imagination

  Identified as the new frontier of the 21st century,
  artificial intelligence has seeped into the everyday,
  including in the art world. VAULT discusses
  the phenomenon with digital art star Serwah
  Attafuah and curator Gillian Kayrooz.

  par Emma Collerton
• Patricia Piccinini

  VAULT looks at the work of Australian artist Patricia Piccinini,
  whose practice has long asked questions around practices of
  care in the context of technological advancement.

  par Brooke Roland
• Agnieszka Pilat

  Ahead of Agnieszka Pilat’s AI-trained robot dogs touching down for
  their Australian premiere as part of the NGV Triennial 2023, VAULT
  spoke to the multi-disciplinary Polish artist about her “romance with
  technology,” its role in contemporary art and why she believes the power
  of celebrity is transferring from human to machine.

  par Alexia Petsinis
• Tim Gruchy

  Exploring the creative use of technology and its cultural context is at the heart of
  Tim Gruchy’s practice, a developmental progression he has travelled for over forty
  years. AI is part of his extensive toolbox, and his experience suggests that art may
  lead conversations about its futures.

  par Louise Martin-Chew
• Jess Johnson

  Jess Johnson’s analogue drawing
  practice creates new worlds,
  expanded through her collaboration
  with Simon Ward in a way that
  allows the audience visiting
  privileges but little agency. In these
  places, our ‘fleshsuits’ are relegated
  to secondary status. On the cusp
  of their first AI simulation for
  the University of Oslo, Johnson
  describes the impetus of uncertainty
  to Louise Martin-Chew.

  par Louise Martin-Chew
• Jenny Holzer

  American artist Jenny Holzer’s practice explores the power of language as
  mediated by technology. VAULT looks at Holzer’s new exhibition, which
  engages with the current state of American politics – and employs AI to do so.

  par Harriet Flavel
• Gordon Cheung

  VAULT spoke to British-born Chinese artist Gordon Cheung about
  digital technologies, the sublime in art and the materiality of technology.

  par Alison Kubler
• Refik Anadol

  E punters applauded. The museum made a mint. The editors became infuriated.
  With one commission, AI artist Refik Anadol incited rage and rapture. Here’s how.

  par David Congram
• Michelle Grey

  The arrival of NFTs has meant a lot of things for the art world. Suddenly, a whole new generation
  of crypto-native artists embracing digital mediums are finding their counterparts in a new
  frontier of collectors and enthusiasts. Michelle Grey – co-founder of Arts-Matter and Culture
  Vault, a curated platform for Web3 art collecting – spoke to VAULT about her own extensive
  NFT collection, where it began and where it might be going.

  par Grace Sandles