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* Virtual Choir (ongoing) Eric Whitacre | * Virtual Choir (ongoing) Eric Whitacre http://virtualchoir.ericwhitacre.com/ | ||
:: beautiful juxtaposition of the everyday/isolated and the sublime/communal, as isolated voice uploads become a full choir | :: beautiful juxtaposition of the everyday/isolated and the sublime/communal, as isolated voice uploads become a full choir. Shame about over-literal, tacky visual presentation | ||
* Listening Post (2004), Ben Rubin and Mark Hansen http://earstudio.com/2010/09/29/listening-post/ | * Listening Post (2004), Ben Rubin and Mark Hansen http://earstudio.com/2010/09/29/listening-post/ | ||
:: Meditation on collective mind; integration of pre-designed elements with live data; creation of physical space from virtual material | :: Meditation on collective mind; integration of pre-designed elements with live data; creation of physical space from virtual material | ||
Revision as of 20:22, 30 January 2012
This is a record of works I've enjoyed in each month - not ones that have been newly made, but that I have encountered or re-encountered, and struck a chord at this particular time. It's an attempt to overcome my terrible memory for names; a crib sheet for tutorials, etc.
Jan 2012
- Bicycle Built for 2,000 (?), Aaron Koblin http://www.bicyclebuiltfortwothousand.com/
- Another nice example of the many vs the individual; nice how individuals work in isolation & are then combined into a whole
- 10,000 Copyrighted Images, Richard Wright
- Deceptively simple format; bases a critique of copyright in age of 'information overload' on human perceptive capability
- ExtInked, UHC Collective
- Beautiful use of volunteers in ritual-like format; demands long-term commitment; participants are 'witnesses not spectators' a la Etchells
- Newstweek (2011), Julian Oliver & Danja Vasiliev
- Very clean & sophisticated implementation of a simple idea intercepting wifi hotspots. Golden Nica award, Ars Elec. 2011
- The Sheep Market (), Aaron Koblin
- Similar aesthetic to InBFlat. Nice how it uses the system itself in an unorthodox way, to critique it
Dec 2011
- Virtual Choir (ongoing) Eric Whitacre http://virtualchoir.ericwhitacre.com/
- beautiful juxtaposition of the everyday/isolated and the sublime/communal, as isolated voice uploads become a full choir. Shame about over-literal, tacky visual presentation
- Listening Post (2004), Ben Rubin and Mark Hansen http://earstudio.com/2010/09/29/listening-post/
- Meditation on collective mind; integration of pre-designed elements with live data; creation of physical space from virtual material
- Coal Fired Computers (2010), YoHa http://yoha.co.uk/cfc
- Strong conceptual linking of hardware/body to 'virtuality'; not just conceptual but visually engaging
- Internet Topography (2006-11), Nicholas Maigret & Nicholas Montgermont (collaborating as 'Art of Failure' http://www.triangulationblog.com/2011/04/nicolas-maigret.html
- Beautiful abstract, minimalist exploration of the physical medium of 'the internet' and its glitches
- With You (various performances)
- Thoughtful integration of performance into social media; 'fake'/hijacked identity; nice solution to documentation in USB format
- Packet Garden (2006), Julian Oliver http://julianoliver.com/pg
- links physical geography to virtual travel; re-imagining geography in networked world