'Boundary Turbulence' - Michelle Hyland (Gallery B)

Michelle Hyland’s imagery for her third solo exhibition Boundary Turbulence is concerned with our use of cyber conflict in an age of borderless nations. The rapid evolution and eager uptake of new gadgets overtakes our ability to consider future possible outcomes. As we invite more technology into our lives, our vulnerabilities expand exponentially. Exploring imagery taken from recent incidents of military responses to cyber-attacks, Hyland presents subject matter representing the use of cyber conflict to affect infrastructure in another country. The recipient of a Department of Local Government, Sport and Cultural Industries (DLGSCI) grant earlier this year assisted with the costs of an extended artist residency at Takt, Berlin where she developed her research that resulted in these new artworks.

'If cyber security is so critical to our future, why don't I know anything about it? Exploring the greater urban landscapes of our global community I started researching events of interest, locations of historical attacks and images made public, though hard to find. Web images of this nature were pretty cliched because what does a cyber- attack look like? There's so much invisible stuff that it is hard to find ways to suggest the activities surrounding current cyber events'.

Image: Watcher, watched (detail) 2019, oil on canvas 112 x 134cm