Jess Loseby
Since the beginning
Works in United States of America

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BIO
Jess Loseby is a digital artist from the UK whose main medium is the internet. Her work ranges from small and intimate online installationsto large scale digital projections and video. In a relatively brief time, her work has become known internationally such as the ‘cyber-kitchen’ (lead artist and co-curator) and ‘the Digital Pocket’ (lead artist and co-curator), which is currently listed in the Whitney Artport. In August 2003, she became the first virtual artist in residence at Furtherfield.org (FurtherStudio) one of the first virtual artists residencies of its kind. She has exhibited in digital festivals such as the Split Film Festival, Pixxelpoint 2003, FILE 2003 and the Stuttgart Filmwinter. In 2003 she created interactive digital sets for the production of ‘The Dadaists’ at The Met Theater in Hollywood. Also in 2003 she was also awarded a grant from the Daniel Langlois Foundation, with the resulting work 'views from the ground floor...' being currently exhibited internationally.

Thematically, her projects continue her fascination with borderlands and ‘beautiful seams’ between the ubiquitous worlds of computing and the ‘real’ (domestic). A staunch opponent of new media's absorption with VR, her on and offline installations create flows and streams in the relational space of art and technology. Loseby’s unashamedly low-tech approach to new media build 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 days off.

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DISCUSSION

british artists practice on the net


I'm writing an article this week for the Brit art mag a-n about british
art practice on the net. Although I kind of know mainly who and what
I'd like to focus on, I wondered rhizome brits would fancy posting
their urls on the list so I give a good balanced overview. I think
it would make interesting viewing for everyone anyway as MT has been
throwing phrases like 'European nodes' around...

cheers,
jess.

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DISCUSSION

Re: the upgrade


well I had a really nice time...
Mostly due to t.whid (who came over and introduced himself) and Doron
(who
has to be the most hospitable man on the planet) and an great eccentric
artist called Nina

The space is just fab and I was amazed to find out that it was going to
all go and be replaced by something new. Give me the huge warehouse
space anytime. I didn't know who anyone
was either and kind of longed for badges so I could recognise names
but it
didn't seem that kind of gathering. I got the feeling that a lot
of people were really very happy with the anonymity of it - there
was a lot of people reading papers, taking seats across the room
on their own or
chatting in pairs.

What it lacked, I guess was a host. When I met the furtherfield gang
what
made it so terrific was what great hosts marc and ruth are. By the
end of the evening I knew everyone there, at least by name and what
they did. Partly I guess is that furtherfield is also their home
but also
because one of their great strengths is bringing people together. There
were more people at eyebeam and it has an organisational feel (rather
than a community one) but there did seem to be a central core that
knew one another who perhaps could have been more of a catalyst in

getting people talking. Sometimes though its just good to strike up a
conversation by chance - clive had great fun debating the state of
digital composition waiting outside the gents restroom
(which I had annexed as the female disabled loo was bust...who says its
different in america!)

I didn't get the first email that was saying that people diidn't come up
and introduce themselves so I don't know who wasn't being recognized.
Mind you I think that with pink hair, two wheels
and an english accent I'm pretty easy to spot too but would have been
amazed to have had lots of people introduce themselves who didn't
know I was going to be there - few people
(particularly artists) have that kind of confidence. I don't think
that's the influence of the internet, just basic 'shit what do I
say?' angst.
j.

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>
> > didn't simply come up to me an introduce themselves - putting
a name to a
> > face, you included. What gives? You knew who I was. I often think
this
>
> I actually tried to. I was waiting for my turn to say hello, but I was
> pressed for time, and I couldn't wait any longer. So, unfortunately
I missed
> you.
>

DISCUSSION

Re: Rhizome @ DEAF03


bloody typical
finally get round to talking about european rhizome when I'm in new
york...
jess

At Friday, 28 February 2003, you wrote:

>Francis and I have net access here, so this would be a good time
to discuss
>a potential European Rhizome node on the list. Local offshoots or
nodes
>could take many forms and serve various purposes, from opening up
>participation in different languages to facilitating local outreach
and
>tapping into local resources.
>
>Our closing presentation on Saturday at 16:00 (4pm) Central European
Time
>will also be webcast and will have a parallel IRC chat. To view
the live
>stream, go to http://deaf.v2.nl/deaf/03/live/live.html. To participate
in
>the live chat, go to to the same URL,
>http://deaf.v2.nl/deaf/03/live/live.html, and select the #openterritories

>IRC channel.
>
>At 05:08 PM 2/26/2003 -0800, Michael Szpakowski wrote:
>><We are particularly
>> > interested in
>> > discussing the potential emergence of a Rhizome node
>> > or offshoot in Europe.>
>>Hmmm -I think I know what you mean Mark, but for those
>>of us in old Europe who've been enthusiastic
>>participants in both list and artbase for a good while
>>it might have been put perhaps a little more
>>diplomatically - it would be nice to have a discussion
>>about it on the list, or a set of proposals/thoughts
>>on the site, for those of us whom work or cash
>>precludes 'being in the Rotterdam hood'
>>best
>>Michael
>>
>>
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DISCUSSION

coming out of my cave


hi

i'm making one of my rare trips out of my cave this week and spending
thurs-sunday in new york. Any new york rhizomers got a
recommendations to what to take in while i'm there? I've been there for
a couple of days before but didn't get to see anything much outside of
coffee shop waiting for my man to get out off meetings. I've realised I
don't even know if rhizome has a space where you can call in and say
hello. It would be nice to put some faces to names if anyone's about...

[btw because said trip is on my credit card i'm also trying to blag my
way into a couple of galleries to sell my prints..any recommendation of
approachable galleries would be cool too]
cheers
jess.
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sorry if emails are bouncing...


woke up this mornin'
couldn't receive nothing at all...
demon just sayin'
it ain't their problem no more...
valueweb can't help me
though their pop3 won't run
6 hours from breakfast
but still nothing is done
and my email is bouncin'
back at everyone though
they keeping ringing me up
as if i didn't know....

...i've got thos' shit email configuration bluuuueeeesss.....
o
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