Krystal South

Artist, Writer, and Mommy in Melbourne, Australia.

The Digital Archive

An incomplete collection of past projects that live on the internet created by Krystal South.

Exhibition Kickstarter
2014

Exhibition Kickstarter

The first crowdfunded art exhibition in the world. Artists from around the globe created limited edition works as Kickstarter rewards, resulting in a unique show at Ditch Projects in Eugene, Oregon.

Identify Yourself
2013

Identify Yourself

A commissioned book and website exploring internet history and personal identity online. Created for Portland Institute of Contemporary Art's TBA Festival, now used in college courses.

The Medium is the iMessage
2012

The Medium is the iMessage

An artwork exploring Marshall McLuhan's famous phrase through the lens of mobile messaging, examining how the medium literally becomes the message in digital communication.

A Mirror Unto Itself
2011

A Mirror Unto Itself

A web-based work investigating self-reflection and digital identity. Part of the "Sharpening The Image" exhibition at STORE Gallery in Portland. Part of the Rhizome Artbase archive.

2011

QR/ART

Curated exhibition at Portland Art Museum using QR codes to display remixed artworks from the permanent collection. An online exhibition of 33 artists in a physical space.

2012

Dimensions Variable

A series of sculptures and warped images exploring the perspectives of perception. I somehow have no documentation of this project really.

2011

Observations on the Uncertain

An essay on the physics of observation and the Uncertainty Principle in relation to vision. Created as part of PICA TBA Festival in 2011. A printed publication featuring an optical illusion on the reverse side.

2011

Image Control for Bear Deluxe Magazine

Writing for Bear Deluxe Magazine about the identity artworks of contemporary internet artists Petra Cortright and Jeremy Bailey. My interest in self-portraiture is longstanding.

2010

Everyone Fucks Themselves

Free poster in an edition of 250 on bright yellow paper, part of an exhibition at Carhole Gallery curated by Sam Korman.

This archive represents selected works from 2010-2014, during the early years of social media, smartphone adoption, and digital art's emergence into gallery spaces. Each project captures a moment in the evolution of human-technology interaction.