About
L to R: Barnaby and Tristan
Fugitive Moments is collaboration between Barnaby Lewer and Tristan Derátz.
Barnaby has, at various times, been a union organizer, researcher, PhD candidate, and digital campaigner. After completing the MA of Culture, Criticism & Curation at Central Saint Martins, London in 2016 he has been involved in curatorial projects that interrogate the intersection of exhibition making, art, critical theory and history. He is also a published writer and currently works at Greenpeace Australia Pacific.
Tristan is an artist who explores the behaviour and emotional possibilities of digital technologies. A graduate of Sydney College of the Arts, he also studied under Josephine Pryde at the Universitat der Kunste, Berlin. He was recently artist-in-residence at technology research lab Metalworks by Maxus in New York and works as Digital Producer for MCA Australia.
Fugitive Moments approach history and place to produce critical and aesthetic projects. They believe that history should be ‘brushed against the grain’ to remake the practice of history. Similarly, they understand place as the meeting point of societal vectors, which can transform our sense of place from fixed to fluid.
They have exhibited together as Fugitive Moments in Australia and the UK.