betta late than neva

spent last week at the re:place conference, held at das haus der kulturen der welt

the second conference on media, art, history and science

propaganda

one of the best political works i've seen in a while was at the DESTE foundation in Athens. A female security guard, standing in a corner of one of the gallery rooms. As you enter the room she starts singing "this is propaganda..." (a simple melody and a phrase that she repeats as she begins to walk around the space a little).

its only when you leave the room you notice that other gallery minders are dressed fairly casually. the tune and the words - stuck in my head...

mobile patters

Mobile Patters - developed at the 2007 ANAT ReSkin Laboratory, Canberra School of Art, Canberra

Materials: anodised aluminium, audio earbud, conductive paint, Arduino micro-controller, custom built RF detector, custom constructed jacket, 9V battery

Mobile Patters explores the imperceptible world of radio frequencies, mobile phones and “semi-private” worlds created by individuals in metropolitan spaces. When a mobile phone is answered in a crowded city environment, or an individual wears a portable audio player, a separation appears between the receiver/wearer and other crowd members, creating the illusion of a semi-private moment. With the appearance of a cage, this wearable represents the illusionary screen between this individual and society.

Detecting the presence of mobile phone activity, this signal is converted into randomised percussive clicks. As the intensity of mobile phone activity increases, so does the responding sound. This wearable provides a means of sonifying the environment we currently inhabit, and yet are often unaware of its presence.

As the wearer moves closer in proximity to radio frequencies, the audio responds by creating an increasing number of randomised clicks.



Other photos from the reskin lab can be found at: http://www.flickr.com/photos/reskin

under observation

"under observation" - a reworked multimedia interactive addressing video surveillance and society

this was presented as part of the paper "percieving the outsider" at the unaustralia conference last december.

gingerly

a horde of Time_Place_Spacers met up this weekend to workshop a performative artwork and make an intervention into Sydney society...

us terrar(t)ists each have a reponse response to the experience that can be found at the ginger book

day of wisp

yesterday i attended the final day of the Workshop on Interactive Systems in Performing Arts (WISP), as part of the HCSNet Summer Fest. At this point in time, it's right up my alley as I'm doing more and more performances using interactive systems or alternative HCIs.

Good to see/hear what's happening at select international locations and throughout Australia - in a range of different scenarios, by people with a range of different artistic backgrounds...