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Gretta Louw
Controlling_Connectivity, screenshot from networked performance at Art Laboratory Berlin, Gretta Louw, 2011.
Born1981
Dundee, South Africa
NationalityAustralian
EducationBachelor of Arts (2001), and Honours in Psychology (2002), University of Western Australia.
Known fornew media art, net art, digital art

Gretta Louw (born 1981)[1] is a multi-disciplinary artist who has worked with artforms as varied as digital media and networked performance, installation and video art, and fibre art. She lives and works in Germany and Australia. Her artistic practice explores the potential of art as a means of investigating psychological phenomena, particularly in relation to new technologies and the internet. Her focus is on how new digital technologies are shaping contemporary experience.[2]

Biography

Gretta Louw was born in South Africa and grew up in Australia. She graduated in 2001 from the University of Western Australia with a Bachelor of Arts, and in 2002 completed her Honours degree in Psychology.[3]

Exhibitions

Prizes and awards

Other projects

Further reading

References

  1. ^ "Gretta Louw". Artland. Retrieved 3 September 2021.
  2. ^ Louw, Gretta, Works 2011–2014 / Arbeiten 2011–2014, Verlag Einraumhaus c/o, Mannheim (2014).
  3. ^ "Gretta Louw – Flux Factory". www.fluxfactory.org.
  4. ^ de Lutz, Christian, Engl_essay.pdf|“Too Artful to be a Virtual Soul.” Performance, Psychology and Social Media in Gretta Louw’s project Controlling_Connectivity[permanent dead link], November 2011. Retrieved 1 April 2017.
  5. ^ "Gretta Louw". grettalouw.com.
  6. ^ Palop, Benoit (19 March 2016). "More Than 50 GIF Artists Take On Selfie Culture". Creators. Retrieved 2 April 2017.
  7. ^ Howard, Lindsay (22 March 2016). "Selfie-Self Portraits: An Interview with the Curators of NARGIFSUS". NewHive. Retrieved 2 April 2017.
  8. ^ "Networking the Unseen". Furtherfield. June 2016. Retrieved 2 April 2017.
  9. ^ "Networking the Unseen @ Furtherfield Gallery reviewed". aqnb. 17 August 2016. Retrieved 2 April 2017.
  10. ^ Lorenzin, Filippo. "Mediating Beach. A comment on "Networking the Unseen" exhibition". Digicult. Retrieved 2 April 2017.
  11. ^ "Monsters of the Machine". Laboral Centro de Arte e Creación Industrial. November 2016. Retrieved 1 April 2017.
  12. ^ "Selfciety". whitebox. January 2017. Retrieved 2 April 2017.
  13. ^ Bilder der Überwachung: Reiz und Gefahr digitaler Selbstüberwachung. Rudolf Scheutle (Münchner Stadtmuseum) und Dr. Sabine Adler (ERES-Stiftung). 2017. ISBN 978-3-00-056058-3.
  14. ^ "Networking the Unseen at Furtherfield Gallery".
  15. ^ "Networking the Unseen at Villa Merkel".
  16. ^ "Avatar as Prosthesis -". Avatar as Prosthesis.
  17. ^ "Gretta Louw". grettalouw.com.
  18. ^ "GIF Portrait". Archived from the original on 17 March 2017. Retrieved 1 April 2017.
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