Open Source: Artists and the Digital Divide

Open Source: Artists and the Digital Divide

Nancy Odufona and Liz Wilson

22nd June 2023, 4-5pm

Main Image Credit. Daniel Allison

Two artists share their individual perspectives on digital exclusion, continuing this series of one-to-one livestreams as part of our VisualiSE programme.

Nancy Odufona and Liz Wilson (both from East Sussex) will discuss, take questions, and share some advice from their own experience.

In what ways have digital skills become increasingly essential for artists to promote and pursue their practice? How does digital exclusion affect audiences and students as programmes migrate online? How does this intersect with financial hardship or specific disabilities?

Open Source is a series of livestream events addressing key issues currently impacting the arts sector through an open discussion with artists and art workers.

How to Book

Open Source: Artists and the Digital Divide is free to attend and will take place online on Thursday 22nd June from 4pm – 5pm. Please book your free place on Eventbrite by clicking the link here

About the Artists

NANCY ODUFONA

https://nancyodufona.com

Nancy Odufona was born in East London in 1992. She lives in St Leonards On Sea, East Sussex, after moving to Hastings in 2006. In 2014, Nancy graduated with a BA in Fine Art from Goldsmiths University in London. In addition to her artistic practice, Nancy is also an art educator specialising in Fashion and Textiles within higher education. She has extensive experience delivering educational workshops and collaborating with local artists and institutions, including the De La Warr Pavilion. Through her multifaceted approach and thoughtful exploration of spatial relationships, Nancy Odufona invites viewers to engage with her work on both aesthetic and conceptual levels, encouraging them to reflect on the transformative potential of their surroundings.

LIZ WILSON

www.lizwilson.work

Liz Wilson’s practice explores the stretch of time between the industrial and post-industrial; In particular the beginning of automation and how this is altering our relationships with technology. Using site visits as a catalyst to research, write and produce works, she explores the human-machine relationship.

Since graduating with a masters in Fine Art from the Royal College of Art she has exhibited and screened works within the UK and internationally within various Art Institutions including Taoxichuan Museum of Art, China; OGA, Rome; Parc de la Villette, Paris; FACT, Liverpool; Hockney Gallery, London. Liz has undertaken a number of ambitious commissions and residencies working with the engineering and tech sectors. She is Associate Lecturer at UCA Epsom.