John Butler & Lina Theodorou

Jellyfication

This is an on-going collaborative project that includes a cgi film, installations and a book.

After complete climate collapse, jellyfish became the predominant species on earth. They vastly multiplied and mutated into a form of living quantum computer, absorbing the mass of human experiential data from undersea servers. They posed no threat to man until the discovery of their ‘Transdifferential’ power, the key to biological immortality. Pharmacosmetic giant KOSMOS quickly exploited this phenomenon, ushering in an era of ‘Jellyfication’, the greatest change in the short history of humanity. But soon, a new form of intelligence (JI) emerged, well beyond human comprehension. Powerful in its influence, and vast in it’s reach, it rapidly spread through all sectors of society.

Artist Bio

John Butler (UK)

John Butler is a 3D-artist who lives and works in Glasgow. He studied drawing, painting and electronic imaging at Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art, Dundee (UK). His work has been screened at many international festivals and exhibitions including “V-Topia” Tramway, Glasgow (1994), “ISEA 98” Manchester Science Museum (1998), “Lovebytes” Sheffield (2002),“Transmediale” Berlin (2006), “Niet Normaal” Amsterdam (2009), “Gaming in Waziristan” Beaconsfield London (2011), “Artificial Indifference” Glasgow University (2012), “Exchange Rates” Bushwick (2014), “Soft Machines” Impakt Festival Utrecht (2015), “EMAF” Osnabrück (2016). His work has also been broadcast on TV: “B-Creatures” Channel 4 (2000) and “Workgroup Alpha” E4 (2001).

Lina Theodorou (GR)

Lina Theodorou studied at the School of Graphic Arts and Creative Studies, Athens, the School of Fine Arts of Athens (Sculpture) and the School of Fine Arts, Sculpture and Multimedia, The Hague, Holland. Lina Theodorou primarily works through video and installations. She has participated in shows at Bozar, center for fine arts, Brussels, Museumsquartier, Vienna, National museum of contemporary art, Athens, EMAF, European media art festival, Osnabrueck, Deste Foundation, Athens, Neue Galerie am Landesmuseum Joanneum, Graz, Museum Fridericianum, Kassel, Macedonian Museum Of Contemporary Art, Thessaloniki, 8th international Istanbul Biennial, 6th ev+a Limerick Biennial, 53rd International Short Film Festival Oberhausen, 11th International Architecture Exhibition Venice Biennial, Impakt festival, Utrecht, State Museum Of Contemporary Art, Thessaloniki, Benaki Museum, Athens, Alexander S. Onassis Foundation Cultural Center, Museum of Rome in Travestere, Rome, Biennial of the moving image, Buenos Aires.

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Jellyfication
John Butler & Lina Theodorou
Video Installation
2019
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Jellyfication
John Butler & Lina Theodorou
Video Installation
2019
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Jellyfication
John Butler & Lina Theodorou
Video Installation
2019