BLEED (Biennial Live Event in the Everyday Digital) interrogates the relationship between the digital and the live.
Developing new contemporary art practices that are both enabled by and critical of the digital public sphere, BLEED’s unique model allows artists and audiences to experience cutting-edge art, culture and ideas. Across diverse mediums, time zones and borders, BLEED probes the extent to which digital technology can deepen our understanding of one another.
BLEED was conceived by Campbelltown Arts Centre (NSW, Australia) and Arts House (VIC, Australia). The first edition took place in 2020 as a solely online event responding to the question: ‘what does the online feel like?’
In 2022, BLEED welcomed Taiwanese partner organisations, Museum of Contemporary Art (MoCA),Taipei and Taipei Performing Arts Center (TPAC). The project’s scope expanded to include live performances, exhibitions and public programs. BLEED 2022 considered the potential and problems of borders, with a program consisting of 9 artist commissions, 9 digital works and 8 live art experiences.
In 2024, BLEED expands the conversation with a consortium of national partners including Arts House (VIC, Australia), Campbelltown Arts Centre (NSW. Australia) and PICA – Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts (WA, Australia). The program features artists across this continent and beyond.
From URL to IRL and back again, BLEED, the artworks and Echo public programs presented as part of it, greet audiences where they already reside: in their communities, hyper-connected and virtually networked.