specture research project musings + electronic music, hip hop, sound art, textiles, art, digital project listings
projects
enter AliaK [filter] site or search for Australian electronic music, hip hop, sound art & arts project listings content. articles are still available via web search too.
socials
::: twitter
::: instagram
::: @AliaK@genart.social mastodon
::: bluesky
::: linkedin ::: companies worked for: Synamedia, Cisco, NDS, FOXTEL, Optus Television, Seven Network (Channel 7 Brisbane), with APAC based customers such as: Sky New Zealand, Tata Sky (India), FOXTEL, Dogan (Turkey), True Vision (Thailand), Astro (Malaysia), Network Ten, Cricket Australia, STAN, Mediaworks (NZ), Fox Sports Australia + more
AliaK projects (current)
website migrations in progress
::: invisibleart.space ::: popup art gallery + project space ::: Balmain / White Bay (Sydney/AUS) // Winter 2025 ::: digital ::: immaterial ::: immersive ::: conceptual ::: contemporary ::: experimental art ::: https://www.instagram.com/invisibleart.space
::: [filter] Australian electronic music, hip hop, sound art & arts project listings & AliaK blog (main site) ::: slowly migrating to AliaK [filter] site/url
exhibitions and awards / finalist
May 2014. "A Spoonful of Threads" in the "Spoon!" exhibition at The Slowclub (now called The Snug), Melbourne, curated by Kate Kingsmill ::: info here
September 2016. "After Moore 'Square Form'" in 2016 Annual Studio Exhibition students' group show at Tom Bass Sculpture Studio School (September 26 - October 2) ::: https://www.tbsss.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/86-kodonnell.jpg (image)
November 2016. Entered two drawings entered into the Jocelyn Maughan Prize as part of 2016 Julian Ashton Art School End of Year Student Exhibition ::: https://julianashtonartschool.com.au
May 2022. "Shimmer" art work included in Flora | Fauna #2 exhibition at Tz1and.com virtual world, curated by Melody Owen (Pearl Hyacinth) and Michelle Brown (theBadLament) ::: info here and here
November 2024. "plastisphere creatures" in "Manipulated" group show at Articulate Project Space (November 2-24), curated by Anke Stäcker ::: https://www.articulateprojectspace.org/groupshow/manipulated_odonnell
December 2024. "plastisphere creatures" finalist in "Creative AI" category, Australian XR Festival. Awards & public showing held at State Library NSW, December 14 2024. https://www.instagram.com/p/DDoOaswOtfY
February 2025. "specture ::: bilby shimmer" in "PROCESS.ED" group show at Articulate Project Space (February 1-23), curated by Beata Geyer ::: https://www.articulateprojectspace.org/groupshow/processed25_odonnell
March 2025. "body as sac" in "Boobs are Dancing" group show at Articulate Project Space (March 1-23), curated by Elizabeth Rankin and Kirsten Drewes ::: https://www.articulateprojectspace.org/groupshow/boobs_odonnell
April 2025. "shimmer ::: eucalyptus" in "Earth" group show at Articulate Project Space (April 5-27), curated by Beata Geyer ::: https://www.articulateprojectspace.org/groupshow/earth2025_odonnell
April 2025. "String Figure Palimpsest" (2021) and "Blokerakt" (2025) included as guest artist/video works in Laurence Kimmel's show of paintings, "Threshold Spaces" at Branch3D, (April 5-26) ::: https://branch3d.com.au/exhibitions/laurence-kimmel--threshold-spaces
May 2025. "spectureSpeciesSpaces" in "Agitate/d" group show at Articulate Project Space, (May 3-25), curated by Lizzy Marshall ::: https://www.articulateprojectspace.org/project/25-05-D
May 2025. "the entanglement of extinction and ecology - wallabye & bilbye" in The Mantel Show group show & fundraiser at Branch3D, (May 1-31), curated by Sarah Nolan ::: https://branch3d.com.au/exhibitions/the-mantel-show
articles on / about my projects or notable mentions
in date order
Swales, Kris. 2000. "LUCID STREAMING - Two Turntables and A Cable Modem." Firehorse. https://web.archive.org/web/20000925084500/http://www.firehorse.com.au/f.... ( Archive PDF copy ) ( Archive PDF copy2 )
Blaze. 2011. "Mental Combat Hip Hop with Blaze." 3D World - Sydney. 1044: 26. https://issuu.com/spa_magazines/docs/3dn_1044. ( Archive PDF copy )
The Tickle. 2021. "The Tickle - Issue #25." The Tickle. https://teia.art/objkt/600375.
AliaK. 2022. "specture ::: topology and context." Fx(hash). https://www.fxhash.xyz/article/specture-:::-topology-and-context.
The Tickle. 2023. "The Tickle - Issue #88." The Tickle. https://objkt.com/asset/KT1KhepNMQ38DQ84QzT2ijVtsP1cMrvAyzJj/13.
Farinha, Filipe. 2025. "ARKIVO: An Information System for the Preservation of Networked Crypto Art [Zenodo]." Zenodo. PhD Thesis at University of Saint Joseph - Macau, Institute for Data Engineering and Science. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15284347. (search for my name, AliaK or 'data as landscape')
selections of my writing
2002. ""Silver Stars" Shine Brightly for Vision Four 5." AliaK.com. http://www.aliak.com/content/silver-stars-shine-brightly-vision-four-5.
2011. "Turntables of Doom." Dancecult Journal. https://dj.dancecult.net/index.php/dancecult/article/view/322/316. DOI: https://dj.dancecult.net/index.php/dancecult/article/view/322/316.
2011. "Hunter SBX - The Words." AliaK.com. http://www.aliakarchive.com/7584. Archived from OzHipHop.com.
2022. "entanglement." AliaK.com. http://www.aliakarchive.com/7637.
2022. "specture ::: topology and context." Fx(hash). https://www.fxhash.xyz/article/specture-:::-topology-and-context.
more via http://www.aliak.com/category/interview
driftings in drawings ::: blockchain based NFT digital art
::: butiq - digital art portfolio ::: specture ::: sentimental chairs ::: api drawings ::: blokerakt ::: 3D art objects ::: string figures ::: words ::: video art ::: one line one breath ::: events
::: h=n / HEN / hic et nunc - digital art
::: teia digital art
::: Tz1and - virtual world - 3d art objects
::: fx(hash) - generative code-based drawings
::: typed.art - text, articles & a blockchain MOO
::: 8scribo - haiku
::: versum - digital art
holding room // older projects
::: coaxials ::: digital provenance backed by the blockchain in this increasingly AI content laden world
::: suitable for generic usage, starting with an artist profile platform with decentralised certificate of authenticity (COA) and provenance of their physical and digital work + more (WIP)
::: ark[hive] magazine ::: an ark[hive] of Australian electronic music, hip hop and sound art from 1987-2004
::: kindreds press ::: ebooks and chapbooks
::: medium articles
::: tech art lab + AliaK projects ::: tech + art + creative services
::: ark[hive] ::: an ark[hive] | archive of articles by AliaK / blog / 3log, hosted/archived on the tezos blockchain / IPFS ::: alt sites: AliaK ark[hive]
::: briz:b:e:a:t:s internet radio show held on pulseradio.net from 2000-2004 (being transferred from aliak.com & aliakfilter.com where it's currently located to http://www.brizbeats.com)
see also:
Swales, Kris. 2000. "LUCID STREAMING - Two Turntables and A Cable Modem." Firehorse. https://web.archive.org/web/20000925084500/http://www.firehorse.com.au/f.... ( Archive PDF copy ) ( Archive PDF copy2 )
::: AliaK records ::: digital download of some talented Australian music artists (+ dreams of 7" vinyl releases which are still on todo list)
::: Brisbane dance parties archive ::: an archive of Brisbane dance music, electronic music, hip hop and sound art from 1987-2001 (research stages) ::: main site under maintenance - check earlier versions at archive.org
::: the Stealth collection ::: an archive listing the Stealth Magazine Australian hip hop CD collection
::: #turntabletag ::: documenting the current state of play in Australian turntablism via turntablists' videos
::: love you Brisbane remix project ::: CD launched at Straight Out of Brisbane (SOOB) Festival 2002 - see http://www.aliakrecords.com/love-you-brisbane-remix-project ::: http://www.loveyoubrisbaneremixproject.com
community projects
::: funds for da masta ::: documenting the fundraising auction for da masta
::: the stealth board 10th anniversary cd project
see also:
Blaze. 2011. "Mental Combat Hip Hop with Blaze." 3D World - Sydney. 1044: 26. https://issuu.com/spa_magazines/docs/3dn_1044. ( Archive PDF copy )
::: stop killing whales ::: news on whales
::: swap for Hunts ::: documenting the #swapForHunts project that Mass MC organized
::: Wikipedia editing ::: mostly Australian music articles, some Australian women artist/musician articles
textiles
::: textiles, fibre, fabric manipulation, art, printing, painting, drawing, art books, projects, communities and artists :::
::: textiles arts calendar + textiles reading list ::: textile arts listings for projects, workshops and exhibitions
::: explorations in textiles ::: AliaK's textile explorations (& uni course blog) (2020 update: migrated to AliaK.com blog)
::: dropping the feed dogs ::: a place for hand & machine embroidery, knitting, weaving, textiles art (2020 update: migrated to AliaK.com blog)
::: haptic human ::: exploring the human touch in handmade objects (2020 update: migrated to AliaK.com blog)
::: atoms of sound ::: sound recordings made by AliaK over the years – sound walks, conferences / talks, some interviews (often low/noisy audio quality though)
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