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Furtherfield.org was founded in London in 1996 and is the collaborative work of artists, programmers, writers, activists, musicians and thinkers who explore beyond traditional remits; dedicated to the creation, promotion, and criticism of adventurous digital/networked media art work for public viewing, experience and interaction. Developing imaginative strategies in a range of digital & terrestrial media contexts, Furtherfield develops global, contributory projects that facilitate art activity simultaneously on the Internet, the streets and public venues. Ruth Catlow is an artist. She initiated Furtherfield.org with Marc Garrett in 1996 and works with him and the Furtherfield community to devise platforms that facilitate artistic collaboration across networks and to initiate and manage projects online and for physical and social spaces including HTTP Gallery. She is mainly responsible for org development, planning, fundraising, curation, artistic and technical project management, maintaining team-fitness and discipline. Marc Garrett is an artist, writer and musician. He initiated Furtherfield with Ruth Catlow in 1996 and works with her to initiate and manage Furtherfield projects and to initiate and manage projects online and for physical and social spaces including HTTP Gallery. He is responsible for keeping up the team's spirits by playing extreme music/sounds, asking when its lunch time and who fancies a cup of tea? He is one of Furtherfield's principal researchers into net art and cultural context on the Internet and co-curates featured works. He is also responsible for development, fundraising, curatorship and marketing.

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http://www.furtherfield.org

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