Article written by Nele Brökelmann about Gabey Tjon a Tham’s online residency at Witte Rook where she researched the nature of the online environment on the common.garden platform.  

“Starting from the sensory and physical experience of environments, artist Gabey Tjon a Tham investigates how the digital world influences our experience of the physical world. Until a few years ago, Gabey made kinetic sculptures. From the moment that Gabey developed sculptures that set water in motion, the physical elements could only be experienced through the mechanical eye of the camera in audiovisual installations. This marked the beginning of the shift of Gabey’s artistic practice to the digital domain.”

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