‘Technology’ is the fourth video in the series ‘Never Just A Tree’, as part of the residency ‘The Wood Wide Web’ in collaboration with the Kielderhead Wildwood Project, Kielder.
He explores network cultures, and how large companies have gained control over the free resources of the internet. This is then linked to open source communities and online networks that are fighting this status quo.
–PROJECT–
The project is coordinated by VARC and funded through the residency partners for the programme ENTWINED. Rural. Land. Lives. Art. The partner on Shane’s project is Northumberland Wildlife Trust: varc.org.uk/entwined/
Shane’s residency is co-funded by the Arts Council of Ireland Travel and Training Fund: artscouncil.ie/home/
–LINKS–
Artist website: shanefinan.org/
Project description page: varc.org.uk/entwined/shane-finan/
Project overview: Further information on this video: varc.org.uk/shane-finan-network-technology/
–CREDITS–
Direction, editing, video, audio, animation: shane finan
Animations generated using code written in Processing: processing.org
Fourth voice on “Never Just a Tree”: helen pailing, visual arts in rural communities
Music used under Licence from Free Music Archive and Archive.org:
Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0
Support Open Source software and art
The Agrarians: They Bring Forest Deities Their Modern Laws (freemusicarchive.org/music/The_Agrarians/ )
Human Resources: Discrete Forests; Fracking
(https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Human_Resources )
Archive footage thanks to:
Periscope Films (Spirit of America footage): https://ia803106.us.archive.org/11/items/50804ShellTheWildestRide/50804%20Shell%20The%20Wildest%20Ride.mov
Wikimedia (Lovelace & Lee images): https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=354077
