Gretta Louw

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Gretta Louw
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Controlling_Connectivity, screenshot from networked performance at Art Laboratory Berlin, Gretta Louw, 2011.
Born1981
Nationality Australian
EducationBachelor of Arts (2001), and Honours in Psychology (2002), University of Western Australia.
Known for new media art, net art, digital art

Gretta Louw (born 1981) [1] is a multi-disciplinary artist who has worked with artforms as varied as digital media and networked performance, installation and video art, and fibre art. She lives and works in Germany and Australia. Her artistic practice explores the potential of art as a means of investigating psychological phenomena, particularly in relation to new technologies and the internet. Her focus is on how new digital technologies are shaping contemporary experience. [2]

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Biography

Gretta Louw was born in South Africa and grew up in Australia. She graduated in 2001 from the University of Western Australia with a Bachelor of Arts, and in 2002 completed her Honours degree in Psychology. [3]

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Prizes and awards

Other projects

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