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Marc Garrett is co-director and co-founder, with artist Ruth Catlow of the Internet arts collectives and communities – Furtherfield.org, Furthernoise.org, Netbehaviour.org, also co-founder and co-curator/director of the gallery space formerly known as 'HTTP Gallery' now called the Furtherfield Gallery in London (Finsbury Park), UK. Co-curating various contemporary Media Arts exhibitions, projects nationally and internationally. Co-editor of 'Artists Re:Thinking Games' with Ruth Catlow and Corrado Morgana 2010. Hosted Furtherfield's critically acclaimed weekly broadcast on UK's Resonance FM Radio, a series of hour long live interviews with people working at the edge of contemporary practices in art, technology & social change. Currently doing an Art history Phd at the University of London, Birkbeck College.
Net artist, media artist, curator, writer, street artist, activist, educationalist and musician. Emerging in the late 80′s from the streets exploring creativity via agit-art tactics. Using unofficial, experimental platforms such as the streets, pirate radio such as the locally popular ‘Savage Yet Tender’ alternative broadcasting 1980′s group, net broadcasts, BBS systems, performance, intervention, events, pamphlets, warehouses and gallery spaces. In the early nineties, was co-sysop (systems operator) with Heath Bunting on Cybercafe BBS with Irational.org.
Our mission is to co-create extraordinary art that connects with contemporary audiences providing innovative, engaging and inclusive digital and physical spaces for appreciating and participating in practices in art, technology and social change. As well as finding alternative ways around already dominating hegemonies, thus claiming for ourselves and our peer networks a culturally aware and critical dialogue beyond traditional hierarchical behaviours. Influenced by situationist theory, fluxus, free and open source culture, and processes of self-education and peer learning, in an art, activist and community context.
Net artist, media artist, curator, writer, street artist, activist, educationalist and musician. Emerging in the late 80′s from the streets exploring creativity via agit-art tactics. Using unofficial, experimental platforms such as the streets, pirate radio such as the locally popular ‘Savage Yet Tender’ alternative broadcasting 1980′s group, net broadcasts, BBS systems, performance, intervention, events, pamphlets, warehouses and gallery spaces. In the early nineties, was co-sysop (systems operator) with Heath Bunting on Cybercafe BBS with Irational.org.
Our mission is to co-create extraordinary art that connects with contemporary audiences providing innovative, engaging and inclusive digital and physical spaces for appreciating and participating in practices in art, technology and social change. As well as finding alternative ways around already dominating hegemonies, thus claiming for ourselves and our peer networks a culturally aware and critical dialogue beyond traditional hierarchical behaviours. Influenced by situationist theory, fluxus, free and open source culture, and processes of self-education and peer learning, in an art, activist and community context.
Re: HTTP presents Theatre of Restless Automata
Hi evereyone,
If you respond to any of these announcements to me personally onto the list please cc a copy to me, because for some reason a I am not receiving any mails at all from Rhizome at the moment. Cannot figure out why either...
thanks
marc
> HTTP presents Theatre of Restless Automata
> the largest solo exhibition to date
> by boredomresearch
>
> =======================================================
> Theatre of Restless Automata
> 1 September - 23 October 2005
>
> Private View: Thursday 1 September, 7-9 pm
>
> HTTP [House of Technologically Termed Praxis]
> Gallery address:
> Unit A2, Arena Design Centre,
> 71 Ashfield Rd,
> London N4 1NY
>
> Gallery open Friday - Sunday 12-5pm
> =======================================================
>
> Theatre of Restless Automata comprises three animated universes
> modelled from variations of the same computational formula. Each
> universe has a distinct aesthetic quality, which ranges from geometric
> abstraction to decorative figuration. Using computer algorithms based
> on scientific modelling techniques, the artists demonstrate how simple
> programming rules can create an infinite number of elaborate patterns.
> From these mosaics of pixels emerge small robotic figures (beings),
> which perform in a digital Otheatre of lifeO.
>
> In RandomSeed Systems, groups of coloured pixels develop a pattern
> according to algorithms inspired by the mathematical model of cell
> growth known as Cellular Automata. The model designed by the artists
> produces patterns that evolve over time along an invisible grid of
> regular cells in a fashion reminiscent of tapestry weaving. The result
> is independent from the aesthetic control of the artists: a real
> computational creation. Biome systems consist of a set of glass
> portholes hung on the wall through which viewers can peer and observe
> virtual universes of swarming automata. Evoking a natural world of
> insects and micro-organisms, the artificial creatures evolve in sealed
> environments called Biomes, which span an acre of terrain. Limited by
> the two-inch diameter of the portholes, viewers can only catch a
> glimpse of the toing and froing of the biomesO inhabitants.
> Ornamental Bug Garden 001 features a formally arranged space, which is
> being colonised by simple mechanisms and plants created from the same
> algorithm. These colonies of bug like creatures are catapulted around
> the ornamental garden and sometimes collide with bubble pumping lifts.
> A sound piece is incidentally composed from the noise of these
> collisions.
>
> boredomresearch are interested in building computational works,
> inspired by simple rules found in natural systems. They explore
> processes of computer modelling and the creative potential of genetic
> algorithms for the creation of nature-like phenomena. E
>
> =======================================================
> About boredomresearch
>
> Vicky Isley and Paul Smith have been collaborating as boredomresearch
> since 2000. boredomresearch have produced a number of interactive
> sound applications, online projects and computational soundscapes.
> Their work has been recently shown at Transmediale.05, Germany;
> FILE04, Brazil; NOW festival 2004, Nottingham, Electrohype festival in
> Sweden, Garage festival in Germany, Data:base Media Event in Dublin
> and within online exhibitions such as VIDA 7.0 Art & Artificial Life
> International Competition, soundtoys.net, mobilegaze.com and Dots &
> Line online exhibition.
>
> Ornamental Bug Garden 001 has been awarded honorary mention in
> Transmediale.05, International Media Arts Festival, Berlin and VIDA
> 7.0, International A-Life Electronic Arts Competition, Madrid.
>
> Theatre of Restless Automata has been produced in collaboration with
> Aspex Gallery and Peterborough Digital Arts.
> =======================================================
>
> HTTP [House of Technologically Termed Praxis] is one of LondonOs
> foremost galleries dedicated to showing net art, new media and sound
> art. HTTP is a Furtherfield initiative in the vibrant and culturally
> diverse Green Lanes area of North London. HTTP works with a wide
> range of artists and audiences to explore the potential of current
> network technology and to promote distributed creativity. HTTP is
> supported by Arts Council of England.
>
> Furtherfield is an online platform for the creation, promotion and
> criticism of net art, new media and sound art.
>
> =======================================================
> For more information about the exhibition and associated events,
> please visit http://www.http.uk.net/ and http://www.furtherfield.org/
>
> For press information and visuals, please contact StZphanie Delcroix
> e-mail: stephanie@furtherfield.org
If you respond to any of these announcements to me personally onto the list please cc a copy to me, because for some reason a I am not receiving any mails at all from Rhizome at the moment. Cannot figure out why either...
thanks
marc
> HTTP presents Theatre of Restless Automata
> the largest solo exhibition to date
> by boredomresearch
>
> =======================================================
> Theatre of Restless Automata
> 1 September - 23 October 2005
>
> Private View: Thursday 1 September, 7-9 pm
>
> HTTP [House of Technologically Termed Praxis]
> Gallery address:
> Unit A2, Arena Design Centre,
> 71 Ashfield Rd,
> London N4 1NY
>
> Gallery open Friday - Sunday 12-5pm
> =======================================================
>
> Theatre of Restless Automata comprises three animated universes
> modelled from variations of the same computational formula. Each
> universe has a distinct aesthetic quality, which ranges from geometric
> abstraction to decorative figuration. Using computer algorithms based
> on scientific modelling techniques, the artists demonstrate how simple
> programming rules can create an infinite number of elaborate patterns.
> From these mosaics of pixels emerge small robotic figures (beings),
> which perform in a digital Otheatre of lifeO.
>
> In RandomSeed Systems, groups of coloured pixels develop a pattern
> according to algorithms inspired by the mathematical model of cell
> growth known as Cellular Automata. The model designed by the artists
> produces patterns that evolve over time along an invisible grid of
> regular cells in a fashion reminiscent of tapestry weaving. The result
> is independent from the aesthetic control of the artists: a real
> computational creation. Biome systems consist of a set of glass
> portholes hung on the wall through which viewers can peer and observe
> virtual universes of swarming automata. Evoking a natural world of
> insects and micro-organisms, the artificial creatures evolve in sealed
> environments called Biomes, which span an acre of terrain. Limited by
> the two-inch diameter of the portholes, viewers can only catch a
> glimpse of the toing and froing of the biomesO inhabitants.
> Ornamental Bug Garden 001 features a formally arranged space, which is
> being colonised by simple mechanisms and plants created from the same
> algorithm. These colonies of bug like creatures are catapulted around
> the ornamental garden and sometimes collide with bubble pumping lifts.
> A sound piece is incidentally composed from the noise of these
> collisions.
>
> boredomresearch are interested in building computational works,
> inspired by simple rules found in natural systems. They explore
> processes of computer modelling and the creative potential of genetic
> algorithms for the creation of nature-like phenomena. E
>
> =======================================================
> About boredomresearch
>
> Vicky Isley and Paul Smith have been collaborating as boredomresearch
> since 2000. boredomresearch have produced a number of interactive
> sound applications, online projects and computational soundscapes.
> Their work has been recently shown at Transmediale.05, Germany;
> FILE04, Brazil; NOW festival 2004, Nottingham, Electrohype festival in
> Sweden, Garage festival in Germany, Data:base Media Event in Dublin
> and within online exhibitions such as VIDA 7.0 Art & Artificial Life
> International Competition, soundtoys.net, mobilegaze.com and Dots &
> Line online exhibition.
>
> Ornamental Bug Garden 001 has been awarded honorary mention in
> Transmediale.05, International Media Arts Festival, Berlin and VIDA
> 7.0, International A-Life Electronic Arts Competition, Madrid.
>
> Theatre of Restless Automata has been produced in collaboration with
> Aspex Gallery and Peterborough Digital Arts.
> =======================================================
>
> HTTP [House of Technologically Termed Praxis] is one of LondonOs
> foremost galleries dedicated to showing net art, new media and sound
> art. HTTP is a Furtherfield initiative in the vibrant and culturally
> diverse Green Lanes area of North London. HTTP works with a wide
> range of artists and audiences to explore the potential of current
> network technology and to promote distributed creativity. HTTP is
> supported by Arts Council of England.
>
> Furtherfield is an online platform for the creation, promotion and
> criticism of net art, new media and sound art.
>
> =======================================================
> For more information about the exhibition and associated events,
> please visit http://www.http.uk.net/ and http://www.furtherfield.org/
>
> For press information and visuals, please contact StZphanie Delcroix
> e-mail: stephanie@furtherfield.org
HTTP presents Theatre of Restless Automata
Dates:
Thu Sep 01, 2005 00:00 - Wed Aug 31, 2005
HTTP presents Theatre of Restless Automata
the largest solo exhibition to date
by boredomresearch
=======================================================
Theatre of Restless Automata
1 September - 23 October 2005
Private View: Thursday 1 September, 7-9 pm
HTTP [House of Technologically Termed Praxis]
Gallery address:
Unit A2, Arena Design Centre,
71 Ashfield Rd,
London N4 1NY
Gallery open Friday - Sunday 12-5pm
=======================================================
Theatre of Restless Automata comprises three animated universes modelled from variations of the same computational formula. Each universe has a distinct aesthetic quality, which ranges from geometric abstraction to decorative figuration. Using computer algorithms based on scientific modelling techniques, the artists demonstrate how simple programming rules can create an infinite number of elaborate patterns. From these mosaics of pixels emerge small robotic figures (beings), which perform in a digital Otheatre of lifeO.
In RandomSeed Systems, groups of coloured pixels develop a pattern according to algorithms inspired by the mathematical model of cell growth known as Cellular Automata. The model designed by the artists produces patterns that evolve over time along an invisible grid of regular cells in a fashion reminiscent of tapestry weaving. The result is independent from the aesthetic control of the artists: a real computational creation. Biome systems consist of a set of glass portholes hung on the wall through which viewers can peer and observe virtual universes of swarming automata. Evoking a natural world of insects and micro-organisms, the artificial creatures evolve in sealed environments called Biomes, which span an acre of terrain. Limited by the two-inch diameter of the portholes, viewers can only catch a glimpse of the toing and froing of the biomesO inhabitants. Ornamental Bug Garden 001 features a formally arranged space, which is being colonised by simple mechanisms and plants created from the same algorithm. These colonies of bug like creatures are catapulted around the ornamental garden and sometimes collide with bubble pumping lifts. A sound piece is incidentally composed from the noise of these collisions.
boredomresearch are interested in building computational works, inspired by simple rules found in natural systems. They explore processes of computer modelling and the creative potential of genetic algorithms for the creation of nature-like phenomena. E
=======================================================
About boredomresearch
Vicky Isley and Paul Smith have been collaborating as boredomresearch since 2000. boredomresearch have produced a number of interactive sound applications, online projects and computational soundscapes. Their work has been recently shown at Transmediale.05, Germany; FILE04, Brazil; NOW festival 2004, Nottingham, Electrohype festival in Sweden, Garage festival in Germany, Data:base Media Event in Dublin and within online exhibitions such as VIDA 7.0 Art & Artificial Life International Competition, soundtoys.net, mobilegaze.com and Dots & Line online exhibition.
Ornamental Bug Garden 001 has been awarded honorary mention in Transmediale.05, International Media Arts Festival, Berlin and VIDA 7.0, International A-Life Electronic Arts Competition, Madrid.
Theatre of Restless Automata has been produced in collaboration with Aspex Gallery and Peterborough Digital Arts.
=======================================================
HTTP [House of Technologically Termed Praxis] is one of LondonOs foremost galleries dedicated to showing net art, new media and sound art. HTTP is a Furtherfield initiative in the vibrant and culturally diverse Green Lanes area of North London. HTTP works with a wide range of artists and audiences to explore the potential of current network technology and to promote distributed creativity. HTTP is supported by Arts Council of England.
Furtherfield is an online platform for the creation, promotion and criticism of net art, new media and sound art.
=======================================================
For more information about the exhibition and associated events, please visit http://www.http.uk.net/ and http://www.furtherfield.org/
For press information and visuals, please contact StZphanie Delcroix
e-mail: stephanie@furtherfield.org
the largest solo exhibition to date
by boredomresearch
=======================================================
Theatre of Restless Automata
1 September - 23 October 2005
Private View: Thursday 1 September, 7-9 pm
HTTP [House of Technologically Termed Praxis]
Gallery address:
Unit A2, Arena Design Centre,
71 Ashfield Rd,
London N4 1NY
Gallery open Friday - Sunday 12-5pm
=======================================================
Theatre of Restless Automata comprises three animated universes modelled from variations of the same computational formula. Each universe has a distinct aesthetic quality, which ranges from geometric abstraction to decorative figuration. Using computer algorithms based on scientific modelling techniques, the artists demonstrate how simple programming rules can create an infinite number of elaborate patterns. From these mosaics of pixels emerge small robotic figures (beings), which perform in a digital Otheatre of lifeO.
In RandomSeed Systems, groups of coloured pixels develop a pattern according to algorithms inspired by the mathematical model of cell growth known as Cellular Automata. The model designed by the artists produces patterns that evolve over time along an invisible grid of regular cells in a fashion reminiscent of tapestry weaving. The result is independent from the aesthetic control of the artists: a real computational creation. Biome systems consist of a set of glass portholes hung on the wall through which viewers can peer and observe virtual universes of swarming automata. Evoking a natural world of insects and micro-organisms, the artificial creatures evolve in sealed environments called Biomes, which span an acre of terrain. Limited by the two-inch diameter of the portholes, viewers can only catch a glimpse of the toing and froing of the biomesO inhabitants. Ornamental Bug Garden 001 features a formally arranged space, which is being colonised by simple mechanisms and plants created from the same algorithm. These colonies of bug like creatures are catapulted around the ornamental garden and sometimes collide with bubble pumping lifts. A sound piece is incidentally composed from the noise of these collisions.
boredomresearch are interested in building computational works, inspired by simple rules found in natural systems. They explore processes of computer modelling and the creative potential of genetic algorithms for the creation of nature-like phenomena. E
=======================================================
About boredomresearch
Vicky Isley and Paul Smith have been collaborating as boredomresearch since 2000. boredomresearch have produced a number of interactive sound applications, online projects and computational soundscapes. Their work has been recently shown at Transmediale.05, Germany; FILE04, Brazil; NOW festival 2004, Nottingham, Electrohype festival in Sweden, Garage festival in Germany, Data:base Media Event in Dublin and within online exhibitions such as VIDA 7.0 Art & Artificial Life International Competition, soundtoys.net, mobilegaze.com and Dots & Line online exhibition.
Ornamental Bug Garden 001 has been awarded honorary mention in Transmediale.05, International Media Arts Festival, Berlin and VIDA 7.0, International A-Life Electronic Arts Competition, Madrid.
Theatre of Restless Automata has been produced in collaboration with Aspex Gallery and Peterborough Digital Arts.
=======================================================
HTTP [House of Technologically Termed Praxis] is one of LondonOs foremost galleries dedicated to showing net art, new media and sound art. HTTP is a Furtherfield initiative in the vibrant and culturally diverse Green Lanes area of North London. HTTP works with a wide range of artists and audiences to explore the potential of current network technology and to promote distributed creativity. HTTP is supported by Arts Council of England.
Furtherfield is an online platform for the creation, promotion and criticism of net art, new media and sound art.
=======================================================
For more information about the exhibition and associated events, please visit http://www.http.uk.net/ and http://www.furtherfield.org/
For press information and visuals, please contact StZphanie Delcroix
e-mail: stephanie@furtherfield.org
A Furthernoise.org Real-time Event
Dates:
Wed Aug 31, 2005 00:00 - Wed Aug 31, 2005
A Furthernoise.org Real-time Event
-----------------------------------------------
2 live, real-time performances online, at 'Visitors Studio' by Chris Vine & Mark Francombe.
Welcome to a collaborative event between 'The Point Community Development Corporation', based in New York and Furthernoise.org who are based in the UK. The first invited guest 'Chris Vine' will be mixing live from Londrina, Parana, Brazil. The second guest 'Mark Francombe' will be mixing live from his home in Oslo.
Those in New York can visit the centre in the Bronx, and those who are not in New York around that time can also visit the 'Visitors Studio', event live online, via the Internet.
Physical event:
Live Broadcast in the Theatre of The Point Community Development Corporation
Hunts Point, The Bronx, New York.
http://www.thepoint.org
Date & TImes:
Sunday 4th September. 4 - 6pm BST.
from 11 am to 1pm.
Time Zone Converter: http://worldtimeserver.com
Visitors Studio: http://www.furtherstudio.org/live
..............
The event will last for 2 hours with the individual performances lasting 45 minutes each. Chris and Mark will also be available online afterwards to chat about their work with others using the 'Visitors Studio' chat faciltiy. The studio will then be re-set, open again for everyone to mix collaboratively.
Log on to:
http://www.furtherstudio.org/live from 4pm BST.
Chris Vine - 4 to 4.45 pm
Mark Francombe - 4.45 to 5.30 pm
Open mixing for all to close event.
Residents of New York can watch the event broadcast live in Theatre of The Point Community Development Corporation Hunts Point, The Bronx, New York from 11 am to 1pm.
[[[Warning the event may contain strobe lighting effects]]]
Information about the 2 guest artists:
Chris Vine - Associated with the 'Downtempo' jazz scenes in New York and Washington DC during the 1980's working with composers such as multi-instrumentalist Elliott Sharp & drummer Bobby Previte and then guitarist with Ted Miltons UK cult punk jazz group Blurt during the 90's, Chris Vine is an innovative musician, composer and artist. He is also a founding member of the Canton Opera Company which collages baroque arias with abstract soundscapes and is currently touring Brazil performing a live score with dance theatre company Verve Companhia de Danca. He will be mixing live from his home in Londrina, Parana, Brazil.
Mark Francombe - is a composer, performer and artist with a well heeled reputation for experimental electronic and improvised music. A founding member and guitarist of the 1980's UK indie band Cranes he recorded and toured extensively throughout Europe before moving to Norway in 1997. He composes & performs with modified, heavily treated, baritone guitar and releases his music through small independent CDR labels including his own Synch Non Synch label. His recent album Ear, Nose & Throat is released through Oslo based Synesthetic Recordings and is featured in the current edition of Furthernoise where he also contributes as a reviewer. He will be mixing live from his home in Oslo.
enquiries: roger@furthernoise.org
http://www.furthernoise.org
info about 'Visitors Studio':
http://www.furtherfield.org/furtherstudio/vsmanual/index.html
-----------------------------------------------
2 live, real-time performances online, at 'Visitors Studio' by Chris Vine & Mark Francombe.
Welcome to a collaborative event between 'The Point Community Development Corporation', based in New York and Furthernoise.org who are based in the UK. The first invited guest 'Chris Vine' will be mixing live from Londrina, Parana, Brazil. The second guest 'Mark Francombe' will be mixing live from his home in Oslo.
Those in New York can visit the centre in the Bronx, and those who are not in New York around that time can also visit the 'Visitors Studio', event live online, via the Internet.
Physical event:
Live Broadcast in the Theatre of The Point Community Development Corporation
Hunts Point, The Bronx, New York.
http://www.thepoint.org
Date & TImes:
Sunday 4th September. 4 - 6pm BST.
from 11 am to 1pm.
Time Zone Converter: http://worldtimeserver.com
Visitors Studio: http://www.furtherstudio.org/live
..............
The event will last for 2 hours with the individual performances lasting 45 minutes each. Chris and Mark will also be available online afterwards to chat about their work with others using the 'Visitors Studio' chat faciltiy. The studio will then be re-set, open again for everyone to mix collaboratively.
Log on to:
http://www.furtherstudio.org/live from 4pm BST.
Chris Vine - 4 to 4.45 pm
Mark Francombe - 4.45 to 5.30 pm
Open mixing for all to close event.
Residents of New York can watch the event broadcast live in Theatre of The Point Community Development Corporation Hunts Point, The Bronx, New York from 11 am to 1pm.
[[[Warning the event may contain strobe lighting effects]]]
Information about the 2 guest artists:
Chris Vine - Associated with the 'Downtempo' jazz scenes in New York and Washington DC during the 1980's working with composers such as multi-instrumentalist Elliott Sharp & drummer Bobby Previte and then guitarist with Ted Miltons UK cult punk jazz group Blurt during the 90's, Chris Vine is an innovative musician, composer and artist. He is also a founding member of the Canton Opera Company which collages baroque arias with abstract soundscapes and is currently touring Brazil performing a live score with dance theatre company Verve Companhia de Danca. He will be mixing live from his home in Londrina, Parana, Brazil.
Mark Francombe - is a composer, performer and artist with a well heeled reputation for experimental electronic and improvised music. A founding member and guitarist of the 1980's UK indie band Cranes he recorded and toured extensively throughout Europe before moving to Norway in 1997. He composes & performs with modified, heavily treated, baritone guitar and releases his music through small independent CDR labels including his own Synch Non Synch label. His recent album Ear, Nose & Throat is released through Oslo based Synesthetic Recordings and is featured in the current edition of Furthernoise where he also contributes as a reviewer. He will be mixing live from his home in Oslo.
enquiries: roger@furthernoise.org
http://www.furthernoise.org
info about 'Visitors Studio':
http://www.furtherfield.org/furtherstudio/vsmanual/index.html
A Furthernoise.org Real-time Event
Dates:
Wed Aug 31, 2005 00:00 - Wed Aug 31, 2005
A Furthernoise.org Real-time Event
-----------------------------------------------
2 live, real-time performances online, at 'Visitors Studio' by Chris Vine & Mark Francombe.
Welcome to a collaborative event between 'The Point Community Development Corporation', based in New York and Furthernoise.org who are based in the UK. The first invited guest 'Chris Vine' will be mixing live from Londrina, Parana, Brazil. The second guest 'Mark Francombe' will be mixing live from his home in Oslo.
Those in New York can visit the centre in the Bronx, and those who are not in New York around that time can also visit the 'Visitors Studio', event live online, via the Internet.
Physical event:
Live Broadcast in the Theatre of The Point Community Development Corporation
Hunts Point, The Bronx, New York.
http://www.thepoint.org
Date & TImes:
Sunday 4th September. 4 - 6pm BST.
from 11 am to 1pm.
Time Zone Converter: http://worldtimeserver.com
Visitors Studio: http://www.furtherstudio.org/live
..............
The event will last for 2 hours with the individual performances lasting 45 minutes each. Chris and Mark will also be available online afterwards to chat about their work with others using the 'Visitors Studio' chat faciltiy. The studio will then be re-set, open again for everyone to mix collaboratively.
Log on to:
http://www.furtherstudio.org/live from 4pm BST.
Chris Vine - 4 to 4.45 pm
Mark Francombe - 4.45 to 5.30 pm
Open mixing for all to close event.
Residents of New York can watch the event broadcast live in Theatre of The Point Community Development Corporation Hunts Point, The Bronx, New York from 11 am to 1pm.
[[[Warning the event may contain strobe lighting effects]]]
Information about the 2 guest artists:
Chris Vine - Associated with the 'Downtempo' jazz scenes in New York and Washington DC during the 1980's working with composers such as multi-instrumentalist Elliott Sharp & drummer Bobby Previte and then guitarist with Ted Miltons UK cult punk jazz group Blurt during the 90's, Chris Vine is an innovative musician, composer and artist. He is also a founding member of the Canton Opera Company which collages baroque arias with abstract soundscapes and is currently touring Brazil performing a live score with dance theatre company Verve Companhia de Danca. He will be mixing live from his home in Londrina, Parana, Brazil.
Mark Francombe - is a composer, performer and artist with a well heeled reputation for experimental electronic and improvised music. A founding member and guitarist of the 1980's UK indie band Cranes he recorded and toured extensively throughout Europe before moving to Norway in 1997. He composes & performs with modified, heavily treated, baritone guitar and releases his music through small independent CDR labels including his own Synch Non Synch label. His recent album Ear, Nose & Throat is released through Oslo based Synesthetic Recordings and is featured in the current edition of Furthernoise where he also contributes as a reviewer. He will be mixing live from his home in Oslo.
enquiries: roger@furthernoise.org
http://www.furthernoise.org
info about 'Visitors Studio':
http://www.furtherfield.org/furtherstudio/vsmanual/index.html
-----------------------------------------------
2 live, real-time performances online, at 'Visitors Studio' by Chris Vine & Mark Francombe.
Welcome to a collaborative event between 'The Point Community Development Corporation', based in New York and Furthernoise.org who are based in the UK. The first invited guest 'Chris Vine' will be mixing live from Londrina, Parana, Brazil. The second guest 'Mark Francombe' will be mixing live from his home in Oslo.
Those in New York can visit the centre in the Bronx, and those who are not in New York around that time can also visit the 'Visitors Studio', event live online, via the Internet.
Physical event:
Live Broadcast in the Theatre of The Point Community Development Corporation
Hunts Point, The Bronx, New York.
http://www.thepoint.org
Date & TImes:
Sunday 4th September. 4 - 6pm BST.
from 11 am to 1pm.
Time Zone Converter: http://worldtimeserver.com
Visitors Studio: http://www.furtherstudio.org/live
..............
The event will last for 2 hours with the individual performances lasting 45 minutes each. Chris and Mark will also be available online afterwards to chat about their work with others using the 'Visitors Studio' chat faciltiy. The studio will then be re-set, open again for everyone to mix collaboratively.
Log on to:
http://www.furtherstudio.org/live from 4pm BST.
Chris Vine - 4 to 4.45 pm
Mark Francombe - 4.45 to 5.30 pm
Open mixing for all to close event.
Residents of New York can watch the event broadcast live in Theatre of The Point Community Development Corporation Hunts Point, The Bronx, New York from 11 am to 1pm.
[[[Warning the event may contain strobe lighting effects]]]
Information about the 2 guest artists:
Chris Vine - Associated with the 'Downtempo' jazz scenes in New York and Washington DC during the 1980's working with composers such as multi-instrumentalist Elliott Sharp & drummer Bobby Previte and then guitarist with Ted Miltons UK cult punk jazz group Blurt during the 90's, Chris Vine is an innovative musician, composer and artist. He is also a founding member of the Canton Opera Company which collages baroque arias with abstract soundscapes and is currently touring Brazil performing a live score with dance theatre company Verve Companhia de Danca. He will be mixing live from his home in Londrina, Parana, Brazil.
Mark Francombe - is a composer, performer and artist with a well heeled reputation for experimental electronic and improvised music. A founding member and guitarist of the 1980's UK indie band Cranes he recorded and toured extensively throughout Europe before moving to Norway in 1997. He composes & performs with modified, heavily treated, baritone guitar and releases his music through small independent CDR labels including his own Synch Non Synch label. His recent album Ear, Nose & Throat is released through Oslo based Synesthetic Recordings and is featured in the current edition of Furthernoise where he also contributes as a reviewer. He will be mixing live from his home in Oslo.
enquiries: roger@furthernoise.org
http://www.furthernoise.org
info about 'Visitors Studio':
http://www.furtherfield.org/furtherstudio/vsmanual/index.html
HTTP presents Theatre of Restless Automata
*HTTP presents Theatre of Restless Automata *
the largest solo exhibition to date
by boredomresearch
=======================================================
Theatre of Restless Automata
1 September - 23 October 2005
Private View: Thursday 1 September, 7-9 pm
HTTP [House of Technologically Termed Praxis]
Gallery address:
Unit A2, Arena Design Centre,
71 Ashfield Rd,
London N4 1NY
Gallery open Friday - Sunday 12-5pm
=======================================================
Theatre of Restless Automata comprises three animated universes modelled
from variations of the same computational formula. Each universe has a
distinct aesthetic quality, which ranges from geometric abstraction to
decorative figuration. Using computer algorithms based on scientific
modelling techniques, the artists demonstrate how simple programming
rules can create an infinite number of elaborate patterns. From these
mosaics of pixels emerge small robotic figures (beings), which perform
in a digital 'theatre of life'.
In RandomSeed Systems, groups of coloured pixels develop a pattern
according to algorithms inspired by the mathematical model of cell
growth known as Cellular Automata. The model designed by the artists
produces patterns that evolve over time along an invisible grid of
regular cells in a fashion reminiscent of tapestry weaving. The result
is independent from the aesthetic control of the artists: a real
computational creation. Biome systems consist of a set of glass
portholes hung on the wall through which viewers can peer and observe
virtual universes of swarming automata. Evoking a natural world of
insects and micro-organisms, the artificial creatures evolve in sealed
environments called Biomes, which span an acre of terrain. Limited by
the two-inch diameter of the portholes, viewers can only catch a glimpse
of the toing and froing of the biomes' inhabitants. Ornamental Bug
Garden 001 features a formally arranged space, which is being colonised
by simple mechanisms and plants created from the same algorithm. These
colonies of bug like creatures are catapulted around the ornamental
garden and sometimes collide with bubble pumping lifts. A sound piece
is incidentally composed from the noise of these collisions.
boredomresearch are interested in building computational works, inspired
by simple rules found in natural systems. They explore processes of
computer modelling and the creative potential of genetic algorithms for
the creation of nature-like phenomena.
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About boredomresearch
Vicky Isley and Paul Smith have been collaborating as boredomresearch
since 2000. boredomresearch have produced a number of interactive sound
applications, online projects and computational soundscapes. Their work
has been recently shown at Transmediale.05, Germany; FILE04, Brazil; NOW
festival 2004, Nottingham, Electrohype festival in Sweden, Garage
festival in Germany, Data:base Media Event in Dublin and within online
exhibitions such as VIDA 7.0 Art & Artificial Life International
Competition, soundtoys.net, mobilegaze.com and Dots & Line online
exhibition.
Ornamental Bug Garden 001 has been awarded honorary mention in
Transmediale.05, International Media Arts Festival, Berlin and VIDA 7.0,
International A-Life Electronic Arts Competition, Madrid.
Theatre of Restless Automata has been produced in collaboration with
Aspex Gallery and Peterborough Digital Arts.
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HTTP [House of Technologically Termed Praxis] is one of London's
foremost galleries dedicated to showing net art, new media and sound
art. HTTP is a Furtherfield initiative in the vibrant and culturally
diverse Green Lanes area of North London. HTTP works with a wide range
of artists and audiences to explore the potential of current network
technology and to promote distributed creativity. HTTP is supported by
Arts Council of England.
Furtherfield is an online platform for the creation, promotion and
criticism of net art, new media and sound art.
=======================================================
For more information about the exhibition and associated events, please
visit http://www.http.uk.net/ and http://www.furtherfield.org/
For press information and visuals, please contact Stephanie Delcroix
e-mail: stephanie@furtherfield.org
the largest solo exhibition to date
by boredomresearch
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Theatre of Restless Automata
1 September - 23 October 2005
Private View: Thursday 1 September, 7-9 pm
HTTP [House of Technologically Termed Praxis]
Gallery address:
Unit A2, Arena Design Centre,
71 Ashfield Rd,
London N4 1NY
Gallery open Friday - Sunday 12-5pm
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Theatre of Restless Automata comprises three animated universes modelled
from variations of the same computational formula. Each universe has a
distinct aesthetic quality, which ranges from geometric abstraction to
decorative figuration. Using computer algorithms based on scientific
modelling techniques, the artists demonstrate how simple programming
rules can create an infinite number of elaborate patterns. From these
mosaics of pixels emerge small robotic figures (beings), which perform
in a digital 'theatre of life'.
In RandomSeed Systems, groups of coloured pixels develop a pattern
according to algorithms inspired by the mathematical model of cell
growth known as Cellular Automata. The model designed by the artists
produces patterns that evolve over time along an invisible grid of
regular cells in a fashion reminiscent of tapestry weaving. The result
is independent from the aesthetic control of the artists: a real
computational creation. Biome systems consist of a set of glass
portholes hung on the wall through which viewers can peer and observe
virtual universes of swarming automata. Evoking a natural world of
insects and micro-organisms, the artificial creatures evolve in sealed
environments called Biomes, which span an acre of terrain. Limited by
the two-inch diameter of the portholes, viewers can only catch a glimpse
of the toing and froing of the biomes' inhabitants. Ornamental Bug
Garden 001 features a formally arranged space, which is being colonised
by simple mechanisms and plants created from the same algorithm. These
colonies of bug like creatures are catapulted around the ornamental
garden and sometimes collide with bubble pumping lifts. A sound piece
is incidentally composed from the noise of these collisions.
boredomresearch are interested in building computational works, inspired
by simple rules found in natural systems. They explore processes of
computer modelling and the creative potential of genetic algorithms for
the creation of nature-like phenomena.
=======================================================
About boredomresearch
Vicky Isley and Paul Smith have been collaborating as boredomresearch
since 2000. boredomresearch have produced a number of interactive sound
applications, online projects and computational soundscapes. Their work
has been recently shown at Transmediale.05, Germany; FILE04, Brazil; NOW
festival 2004, Nottingham, Electrohype festival in Sweden, Garage
festival in Germany, Data:base Media Event in Dublin and within online
exhibitions such as VIDA 7.0 Art & Artificial Life International
Competition, soundtoys.net, mobilegaze.com and Dots & Line online
exhibition.
Ornamental Bug Garden 001 has been awarded honorary mention in
Transmediale.05, International Media Arts Festival, Berlin and VIDA 7.0,
International A-Life Electronic Arts Competition, Madrid.
Theatre of Restless Automata has been produced in collaboration with
Aspex Gallery and Peterborough Digital Arts.
=======================================================
HTTP [House of Technologically Termed Praxis] is one of London's
foremost galleries dedicated to showing net art, new media and sound
art. HTTP is a Furtherfield initiative in the vibrant and culturally
diverse Green Lanes area of North London. HTTP works with a wide range
of artists and audiences to explore the potential of current network
technology and to promote distributed creativity. HTTP is supported by
Arts Council of England.
Furtherfield is an online platform for the creation, promotion and
criticism of net art, new media and sound art.
=======================================================
For more information about the exhibition and associated events, please
visit http://www.http.uk.net/ and http://www.furtherfield.org/
For press information and visuals, please contact Stephanie Delcroix
e-mail: stephanie@furtherfield.org