Kate Rich

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Kate Rich is an Australian-born artist and trader.

Her practice includes sound art, video art, social practice, hospitality, and sport art. Notable works include Feral Trade, a project to "initiate new forms of trade along social networks", and her work as co-founder of the Bureau of Inverse Technology (BIT) as an artist-engineer with Natalie Jeremijenko. Her collaborative projects also include Cube Cola^[1], an open source cola laboratory, in collaboration with Bristol-based artist Kayle Brandon. Her work as part of the Bureau of Inverse Technology was included in the 1997 Whitney Biennial. She is the 2007 winner of the netarts.org grand prize from the Machida City Museum of Graphic Arts, Machida, Japan.

[edit] Articles

• Overview of Media Art - Society. A short article discussing various artistic initiatives utilizing consumer electronics for surveillance purposes. Media Art Net.
• Public Lecture. A statement from BIT co-founder Kate Rich, describing her three month research fellowship at the Instituut. Piet Zwart Instituut.
• Videos of BIT Plane and Suicide Box. Descriptions of BIT and videos of some of their work, including a flight on the BIT Plane. Video Date Bank.
• New York Times article. A Ken Johnson review from 1999 describing BIT and their Suicide Box and Despondency Index. New York Times.

[edit] External links

• Feral Trade
• BIT
• Cube Cola

[edit] References

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NAME	Rich, Kate
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Rich, Kate
SHORT DESCRIPTION	contemporary artist
DATE OF BIRTH
PLACE OF BIRTH	Australia
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH