About Julia Fairbrother

Julia Fairbrother is an interdisciplinary artist whose work challenges the social, political and economic processes associated with the evolution of science and technology. Their work primarily uses a combination of performative sound, computational algorithms, circuit bending, abstract visuals and interactive sculptural art. They utilize these technologies in order to comment on the hyperactive culture that technology industries have cultivated and how they have become embedded into the psychology of our society. This accelerating development of electronic media is pushing us into a new era of globalization rooted in the medium’s systems of wealth and power, driving the tension between digital media’s engrossing pleasures and violence. This exploration has pushed Fairbrother into questioning how the origins of technology are interwoven with our daily interactions.