Steina and Woody Vasulka Presentation February 22, 2010
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Steina and Woody Vasulka Presentation
Shelley Lecture Theatre
Poole House
Bournemouth University
24th February, 1.15 – 2.45pm
All welcome. FREE
Please arrive early to ensure that you get a seat
Presenting only at two venues in UK in February 2010, Bournemouth University and SCAN (Models of Practice Series) are pleased to host major figures in the history of video art and electronic media, Steina and Woody Vasulka. They will show their work from the 1970s through to their recent interventions in the online platform Second Life. The two artists, who have worked together since the 1960s, have contributed enormously to the development of digital arts through a prolific body of work exploring the manipulation of electronic energy and the interrelation of sound and image.
In 1971, they co-founded The Kitchen, New York with Andreas Mannik and in the same year established the first annual video festival there. Concurrently they were leaders in the development of a video art programme at the Whitney Museum.
Their early collaborative efforts, produced from 1970 – 74, were primarily focussed on explorations that deconstructed the materiality of video and audio signals. In the mid 70s they collaborated with Geoffry Schier to build the first real-time, computer-controlled video processor. Since then, their work has expanded to include video installations with robotic sculptural elements and live interactive performance.
Since 1980, the Vasulkas have lived and worked in Santa Fe, New Mexico (USA), where Steina has continued her work in video, media performance, and video installation, and Woody has continued to produce work in video, three-dimensional computer graphics, and media constructions. In 1992, the Vasulkas organized Eigenwelt der Apparate-Welt: Pioneers of Electronic Art, an exhibition of early electronic tools for Ars Electronica, Linz, Austria, with a laserdisc interactive catalogue. The Vasulkas have been artist-in-residence at the National Center for Experiments in television (NCET), at KQED in San Francisco, and at WNET/Thirteen in New York.
The World’s Most Useless Machine….Very apt! January 13, 2010
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http://www.switched.com/2010/01/06/worlds-most-useless-machine-does-nothing-but-creep-you-out/?icid=main%7Chtmlws-main-n%7Cdl7%7Clink6%7Chttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.switched.com%2F2010%2F01%2F06%2Fworlds-most-useless-machine-does-nothing-but-creep-you-out%2F
Subcycle October 21, 2009
Posted by admin in : Interactivity, Sound , comments closed Subcycle Labs is the creative work of Christian Bannister a musician, designer and developer located in Portland, Oregon. His work is constructed using Max MSP, Processing, Logic and a range of other tools. Thank to Shin for finding this link.
http://www.vimeo.com/7000376
Interactive Swedish Piano Stairs October 15, 2009
Posted by admin in : Ideas, Installation, Interactivity , comments closedI love this idea which has just appeared on youtube. Funnily enough I read an interview with guitarist Les Paul who died recently about when he first started making guitars, he was interested in the sound properties of wood. He took the wooden treads off the stairs at home and planed them down to different thicknesses so that when he ran up the stairs they sounded like a marimba.
Alternative Sound Interface August 27, 2009
Posted by admin in : Interactivity , add a commentThis offers a few interesting alternatives for sound interfaces. Be interesting to see what you can come up with using this technology?
LED Sheep May 8, 2009
Posted by admin in : Interactivity , add a commentThis is one of my favourite things that I have seen recently. Sure it’s faked but it is just a brilliant idea.
Under Scan April 22, 2009
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This is a beautifully realised public art piece that uses some state of the art projection technology.
UNDER SCAN is a large-scale public art project commissioned by the East Midlands Development Agency in England. Thousands of “video-portraits” taken in Derby, Leicester, Lincoln, Northampton and Nottingham will be projected onto the ground of the main squares and pedestrian thoroughfares of these cities. At first, the portraits will not be visible because the space will be flooded by white light coming from the world’s most powerful projector. As people walk around the area, their shadow will be cast on the floor, revealing the video-portraits. The short video sequences begin with the subjects in a still position turned away from the camera. As they appear within pedestrians’ shadows, their bodies move and their heads turn to look straight at the pedestrian, potentially giving rise to an interesting range of interactions. When a shadow moves away from a portrait, the portrait likewise reacts by losing interest and looking away. With the assistance of a large team of developers, ArtReach production and Stage Right staging
Smart Textiles November 18, 2008
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The LilyPad Arduino toolkit by Leah Buechley enables novices to design, engineer, and build their own electronic textiles. The tool not only lets artists and craftspeople experience computational design but also gives children (and grannies) a chance to develop longer-term interest in computing and engineering.
Click to visit the site
http://web.media.mit.edu/~leah/LilyPad/
The new iPhone comes into it’s own. November 13, 2008
Posted by admin in : Interactivity , add a commente new iPhone has been causing a stir for a while now but here are a few new applications that show how our conceptions of interactivity and human computer interaction are going to be seriously challenged in the next few months.
Brian Eno & Peter Chilvers Bloom
This is a really beautiful simple interface for creating minimalist sequenced music.
iPhone – Google Earth application
This technology was first shown on Jeff Han’s Multitouch Screen a couple of years ago but now it is a reality.
iHologram – iPhone application
“The application works by assuming a constant viewing angle (35-45 degrees), typical for when the device is placed on a tabletop.
The 3d scene’s perspective is then warped using anamorphic perspective, making the object appear to jump off the screen.”
http://www.vimeo.com/1496857
iPhone Guitar 1
This is such a good idea.
iPhone Guitar 2
Another variation.
