The concept for Digital Ghosts emerged from conversations between artists and curators Sally Gray and Tony Scott, and Brian Wallace of Redgate Gallery in Beijing in October 2000.

Australian Brian Wallace established Redgate, the first internationally known and widely visited contemporary art space in post revolutionary China. He was interested in a show of contemporary Australian art while Tony and Sally were both interested in extending and deepening relationships with China and Chinese visual culture and artists.

Sally Gray had first visited China in 1978 as part of the 'First Australian Women's Study Tour of China' in 1978, an experience, which was the subject of her exhibition China '78: A Political Romance at Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre in 1999. Tony Scott had exhibited widely in Asia - Hong Kong, Tokyo, Singapore, Osaka, Guangzhou and Beijing - and had visited China 13 times in recent years as part of the research and development of his artistic practice.

Subsequently they invited Astrid Spielman, Karen Casey and Jill Orr to join them in an exhibition, Digital Ghosts, to be held at Redgate Gallery in October 2001, an exhibition, which was supported by the Australian Embassy in Beijing and the Australia China Council.

Tony and Sally chose artists they had worked with before and whose work was in some way connected to ideas of journeying, both geographically and metaphorically. They are interested in how the borders and boundaries between visual cultural practices are becoming blurred especially in relation to digital technologies and other globalising processes.

The exhibition attracted considerable interest in Beijing, drawing strong audience, wide media interest, and discussion with young Chinese and artists in particular. The exhibition was subsequently shown in Mass Gallery in Melbourne in November 2001 and now at the Tin Sheds Gallery at the University of Sydney.