Turbulence.org at Boston Cyberarts Festival + Cambridge Science Festival
New Radio and Performing Arts, Inc./Turbulence.org has commissioned two
works and co-organized two panel discussions for the Boston Cyberarts
Festival and Cambridge Science Festival:
1. TURBULENCE COMMISSION: "HANDHELD HISTORIES AS HYPER-MONUMENTS"
(http://turbulence.org/works/HyperMonument/) by Carmin Karasic, Rolf van
Gelder and Rob Coshow. Designed for HP iPAQ 6900 series smartphones,
"Handheld Histories as Hyper-Monuments" uses GPS and mobile technologies to
address historic bias in Boston's public monuments. The artwork gathers
non-official stories to socially construct hyper-monuments that exist as
digital doubles, augmenting specific historic monuments. Pick up a
smartphone at Judi Rotenberg Gallery, 130 Newbury Street, Boston; April
21-28, 2007, Tues-Sat 10am-6pm. Funded by the LEF Foundation. Read more:
http://www.turbulence.org/blog/archives/004127.html
2. TURBULENCE COMMISSION: "PULSE POOL"
(http://turbulence.org/Works/PulsePool/) by the Symbiotic Media Group. For
the first time, two cities will be connected via the human pulse. This
interactive art installation uses Internet and radio-frequency
identification (RFID) technologies to allow people in Boston and Oklahoma
City to experience one another's pulses. Co-presented with the Museum of
Science, Boston and the Fred Jones Art Museum, Oklahoma; April 23 - 30,
2007. Funded by mediaThe Foundation, the Museum of Science, Rhizome.org; and
the University of Oklahoma Symbiotic Media Center and School of Art. Read
more: http://www.turbulence.org/blog/archives/004055.html
3. "OURFLOATINGPOINTS 4: THE ART OF LIVING A SECOND LIFE." A panel
discussion with Wagner James Au (aka Hamlet Linden), John Lester (aka
Pathfinder Linden), and John (Craig) Freeman (aka JC Freemont); moderated by
Eric Gordon (aka Boston Borst). Co-presented with Emerson College and the
Museum of Science. April 25, 7 pm; Museum of Science, Cahners Theater,
Boston. Streamed live online and broadcast to Second Life. Funded by Emerson
College. More information:
http://www.turbulence.org/blog/archives/004120.html
4. UPGRADE! BOSTON: "TECHNOLOGICAL FRONTIERS AND THE LIMITS OF NATURE:
NETWORKED INTERVENTIONS." A panel discussion with Jane D. Marsching, Cary
Peppermint and Brooke Singer; moderated by Shane Brennan. May 3, 7 pm at Art
Interactive, 130 Bishop Allen Drive, Cambridge. Funded by the LEF
Foundation. More information:
http://www.turbulence.org/blog/archives/004140.html
Cambridge Science Festival: http://www.cambridgesciencefestival.org/
Boston Cyberarts Festival: http://bostoncyberarts.org/
Jo-Anne Green, Co-Director
New Radio and Performing Arts, Inc.: http://new-radio.org
New York: 917.548.7780 . Boston: 617.522.3856
Turbulence: http://turbulence.org
Networked_Performance Blog: http://turbulence.org/blog
Networked_Music_Review: http://turbulence.org/networked_music_review
Upgrade! Boston: http://turbulence.org/upgrade
New American Radio: http://somewhere.org
works and co-organized two panel discussions for the Boston Cyberarts
Festival and Cambridge Science Festival:
1. TURBULENCE COMMISSION: "HANDHELD HISTORIES AS HYPER-MONUMENTS"
(http://turbulence.org/works/HyperMonument/) by Carmin Karasic, Rolf van
Gelder and Rob Coshow. Designed for HP iPAQ 6900 series smartphones,
"Handheld Histories as Hyper-Monuments" uses GPS and mobile technologies to
address historic bias in Boston's public monuments. The artwork gathers
non-official stories to socially construct hyper-monuments that exist as
digital doubles, augmenting specific historic monuments. Pick up a
smartphone at Judi Rotenberg Gallery, 130 Newbury Street, Boston; April
21-28, 2007, Tues-Sat 10am-6pm. Funded by the LEF Foundation. Read more:
http://www.turbulence.org/blog/archives/004127.html
2. TURBULENCE COMMISSION: "PULSE POOL"
(http://turbulence.org/Works/PulsePool/) by the Symbiotic Media Group. For
the first time, two cities will be connected via the human pulse. This
interactive art installation uses Internet and radio-frequency
identification (RFID) technologies to allow people in Boston and Oklahoma
City to experience one another's pulses. Co-presented with the Museum of
Science, Boston and the Fred Jones Art Museum, Oklahoma; April 23 - 30,
2007. Funded by mediaThe Foundation, the Museum of Science, Rhizome.org; and
the University of Oklahoma Symbiotic Media Center and School of Art. Read
more: http://www.turbulence.org/blog/archives/004055.html
3. "OURFLOATINGPOINTS 4: THE ART OF LIVING A SECOND LIFE." A panel
discussion with Wagner James Au (aka Hamlet Linden), John Lester (aka
Pathfinder Linden), and John (Craig) Freeman (aka JC Freemont); moderated by
Eric Gordon (aka Boston Borst). Co-presented with Emerson College and the
Museum of Science. April 25, 7 pm; Museum of Science, Cahners Theater,
Boston. Streamed live online and broadcast to Second Life. Funded by Emerson
College. More information:
http://www.turbulence.org/blog/archives/004120.html
4. UPGRADE! BOSTON: "TECHNOLOGICAL FRONTIERS AND THE LIMITS OF NATURE:
NETWORKED INTERVENTIONS." A panel discussion with Jane D. Marsching, Cary
Peppermint and Brooke Singer; moderated by Shane Brennan. May 3, 7 pm at Art
Interactive, 130 Bishop Allen Drive, Cambridge. Funded by the LEF
Foundation. More information:
http://www.turbulence.org/blog/archives/004140.html
Cambridge Science Festival: http://www.cambridgesciencefestival.org/
Boston Cyberarts Festival: http://bostoncyberarts.org/
Jo-Anne Green, Co-Director
New Radio and Performing Arts, Inc.: http://new-radio.org
New York: 917.548.7780 . Boston: 617.522.3856
Turbulence: http://turbulence.org
Networked_Performance Blog: http://turbulence.org/blog
Networked_Music_Review: http://turbulence.org/networked_music_review
Upgrade! Boston: http://turbulence.org/upgrade
New American Radio: http://somewhere.org
UPGRADE! BOSTON: "Technological Frontiers and the Limits of Nature: Networked Interventions"
UPGRADE! BOSTON: "Technological Frontiers and the Limits of Nature:
Networked Interventions" -- a panel discussion with Jane D. Marsching, Cary
Peppermint and Brooke Singer; moderated by Shane Brennan.
http://www.turbulence.org/upgrade/
WHEN: May 3, 7 pm
WHERE: Art Interactive, 130 Bishop Allen Drive, at the corner of Prospect
Street, Cambridge. Free parking in the lot on the corner or take the T to
Central Square and walk 1 block.
Technology both extends humanity into the natural environment and brings the
"wilderness" indoors. "Arctic Listening Post" by Jane D. Marsching seeks to
create hybrid digitally based forms that interweave science, culture,
representation, history, and wonder through works that look at our human
impact on climate change in the Arctic. "A Series of Practical Performances
in the Wilderness - Summer 2005," by Cary Peppermint and Christine Nadir,
attempts to bring wilderness into the global digital network through vlogs
(video blogs) via Quicktime, DVD interactivity, and the database format with
which it was conceptualized. Brooke Singer will discuss working with and
documenting communities living in toxic sites across the US who are tackling
remediation themselves because either the government has not responded or
simply says, "all is well." About the speakers:
http://turbulence.org/upgrade/archives/05_03_07Cyberarts.html
Part of the Boston Cyberarts Festival (http://bostoncyberats.org). Funded by
the LEF Foundation.
Upgrade! Boston (http://www.turbulence.org/upgrade/about.html) is curated by
Jo-Anne Green for Turbulence.org (http://turbulence.org) in partnership with
Art Interactive (http://artinteractive.org). It is one of 25 nodes currently
active in Upgrade! International (http://theupgrade.net), an emerging
network of autonomous nodes united by art, technology, and a commitment to
bridging cultural divides. If you would like to present your work or get
involved, please email jo@turbulence.org.
Jo-Anne Green, Co-Director
New Radio and Performing Arts, Inc.: http://new-radio.org
New York: 917.548.7780 . Boston: 617.522.3856
Turbulence: http://turbulence.org
Networked_Performance Blog: http://turbulence.org/blog
Networked_Music_Review: http://turbulence.org/networked_music_review
Upgrade! Boston: http://turbulence.org/upgrade
New American Radio: http://somewhere.org
Networked Interventions" -- a panel discussion with Jane D. Marsching, Cary
Peppermint and Brooke Singer; moderated by Shane Brennan.
http://www.turbulence.org/upgrade/
WHEN: May 3, 7 pm
WHERE: Art Interactive, 130 Bishop Allen Drive, at the corner of Prospect
Street, Cambridge. Free parking in the lot on the corner or take the T to
Central Square and walk 1 block.
Technology both extends humanity into the natural environment and brings the
"wilderness" indoors. "Arctic Listening Post" by Jane D. Marsching seeks to
create hybrid digitally based forms that interweave science, culture,
representation, history, and wonder through works that look at our human
impact on climate change in the Arctic. "A Series of Practical Performances
in the Wilderness - Summer 2005," by Cary Peppermint and Christine Nadir,
attempts to bring wilderness into the global digital network through vlogs
(video blogs) via Quicktime, DVD interactivity, and the database format with
which it was conceptualized. Brooke Singer will discuss working with and
documenting communities living in toxic sites across the US who are tackling
remediation themselves because either the government has not responded or
simply says, "all is well." About the speakers:
http://turbulence.org/upgrade/archives/05_03_07Cyberarts.html
Part of the Boston Cyberarts Festival (http://bostoncyberats.org). Funded by
the LEF Foundation.
Upgrade! Boston (http://www.turbulence.org/upgrade/about.html) is curated by
Jo-Anne Green for Turbulence.org (http://turbulence.org) in partnership with
Art Interactive (http://artinteractive.org). It is one of 25 nodes currently
active in Upgrade! International (http://theupgrade.net), an emerging
network of autonomous nodes united by art, technology, and a commitment to
bridging cultural divides. If you would like to present your work or get
involved, please email jo@turbulence.org.
Jo-Anne Green, Co-Director
New Radio and Performing Arts, Inc.: http://new-radio.org
New York: 917.548.7780 . Boston: 617.522.3856
Turbulence: http://turbulence.org
Networked_Performance Blog: http://turbulence.org/blog
Networked_Music_Review: http://turbulence.org/networked_music_review
Upgrade! Boston: http://turbulence.org/upgrade
New American Radio: http://somewhere.org
Turbulence Commission: "Handheld Histories as Hyper-Monuments" by Carmin Karasic, Rolf van Gelder and Rob Coshow
Turbulence Commission: "Handheld Histories as Hyper-Monuments" by Carmin
Karasic, Rolf van Gelder and Rob Coshow, with special thanks to the HP
mscapers team, Brett Stalbaum, and Jo Rhodes
http://turbulence.org/works/HyperMonument/
Designed for HP iPAQ 6900 series smartphones, "Handheld Histories as
Hyper-Monuments" uses GPS and mobile technologies to address historic bias
in Boston's public monuments. The artwork gathers non-official stories to
socially construct hyper-monuments that exist as digital doubles, augmenting
specific historic monuments. For example, imagine you are near the Old South
Church in Boston, MA, USA. The smartphone sounds church bells to get your
attention. It then displays an easily identifiable image of the Old South
Church circa 2007, followed by images of the church that take you back in
time. Finally you see the location as it was in its natural, wild state. You
can send text, image and audio content to the website from the monument
location via any internet enabled device. Or use any internet browser to
view and add histories to the hyper-monuments.
HHHM requires HP mediascapes locative media software to create content rich
hotspots on GPS aware maps. Once the HHHM mediascape is installed on a
handheld device, a GPS fix is required to automatically display the
hyper-monument. WiFi internet connectivity is best for viewing and
contributing to the hyper-monument via the handheld's browser.
HHHM is part of the Boston Cyberarts Festival (http://bostoncyberarts.org/).
Pick up a smartphone at the Judi Rotenberg Gallery
(http://www.judirotenberg.com/), 130 Newbury Street, Boston from April
21-28, 2007, Tues-Sat 10am-6pm.
"Handheld Histories as Hyper-Monuments" is a 2007 commission of New Radio
and Performing Arts, Inc., (aka Ether-Ore) for its Turbulence web site. It
was made possible with funding from the LEF Foundation.
BIOGRAPHIES
One November morning in 1994, CARMIN KARASIC was listening to digital
artists on NPR when she realized she was a digital artist trapped in a
Fidelity Technical Project Manager's body. This simple realization changed
her life. A multimedia artist focused on Internet Art, she is also an
Assistant Director of Boston Cyberarts, and on the faculty of Lesley
University. Her work can be seen online in several e-zines, websites, and
galleries, such as CAGE. She has exhibited in the Boston area at the
DeCordova Museum, MIT List Center, the Attleboro Museum, Computer Museum,
New England School of Art and Design, The Art Institute of Boston, and The
Brodigan Gallery; in NY at the Studio Museum, Harlem; Brooks Gallery at
Cooper Union, and the New York Hall of Science; and Austria, Canada, Japan,
and Germany. Carmin has been awarded a Mudge Fellowship from the Groton
School and a duPont Fellowship from the Art Institute of Boston.
ROLF VAN GELDER is an artist and web developer. Self-taught, he has been
creating visual art since the early 80s and collaborating with Carmin
Karasic since the 1990s. They created "d{s}eduction dialogue" for the 2001
Boston Cyberarts Festival and "Virtual Quilt" (2002) for the DeCordova
Museum and Sculpture Park, Lincoln, MA, USA (with Clara Wainwright). In 1995
Rolf founded one of the first on-line art galleries, CAGE - Cyber Art
Gallery Eindhoven (http://www.cage.nl). His work has been exhibited in over
50 exhibitions in the U.S.A., Canada, Austria, Portugal, Italy, Sweden,
Germany, UK, Spain and the Netherlands.
ROB COSHOW is an artist/photographer who recently graduated Magna Cum Laude
from the Art Institute of Boston. Trained in classic wet-lab photography as
well as digital and new media, Rob has honed his experimental approach to
create works that bridge multiple disciplines. In 2006, he exhibited his
"Crab Cake" robots at Axiom Gallery, and collaborated with Jeff Warmouth,
Roland Smart and other Boston artists to create "Art Show Down" at Art
Interactive. He has received various honors for his photography and
illustrious reviews for his new media work.
Jo-Anne Green, Co-Director
New Radio and Performing Arts, Inc.: http://new-radio.org
New York: 917.548.7780 . Boston: 617.522.3856
Turbulence: http://turbulence.org
Networked_Performance Blog: http://turbulence.org/blog
Networked_Music_Review: http://turbulence.org/networked_music_review
Upgrade! Boston: http://turbulence.org/upgrade
New American Radio: http://somewhere.org
Karasic, Rolf van Gelder and Rob Coshow, with special thanks to the HP
mscapers team, Brett Stalbaum, and Jo Rhodes
http://turbulence.org/works/HyperMonument/
Designed for HP iPAQ 6900 series smartphones, "Handheld Histories as
Hyper-Monuments" uses GPS and mobile technologies to address historic bias
in Boston's public monuments. The artwork gathers non-official stories to
socially construct hyper-monuments that exist as digital doubles, augmenting
specific historic monuments. For example, imagine you are near the Old South
Church in Boston, MA, USA. The smartphone sounds church bells to get your
attention. It then displays an easily identifiable image of the Old South
Church circa 2007, followed by images of the church that take you back in
time. Finally you see the location as it was in its natural, wild state. You
can send text, image and audio content to the website from the monument
location via any internet enabled device. Or use any internet browser to
view and add histories to the hyper-monuments.
HHHM requires HP mediascapes locative media software to create content rich
hotspots on GPS aware maps. Once the HHHM mediascape is installed on a
handheld device, a GPS fix is required to automatically display the
hyper-monument. WiFi internet connectivity is best for viewing and
contributing to the hyper-monument via the handheld's browser.
HHHM is part of the Boston Cyberarts Festival (http://bostoncyberarts.org/).
Pick up a smartphone at the Judi Rotenberg Gallery
(http://www.judirotenberg.com/), 130 Newbury Street, Boston from April
21-28, 2007, Tues-Sat 10am-6pm.
"Handheld Histories as Hyper-Monuments" is a 2007 commission of New Radio
and Performing Arts, Inc., (aka Ether-Ore) for its Turbulence web site. It
was made possible with funding from the LEF Foundation.
BIOGRAPHIES
One November morning in 1994, CARMIN KARASIC was listening to digital
artists on NPR when she realized she was a digital artist trapped in a
Fidelity Technical Project Manager's body. This simple realization changed
her life. A multimedia artist focused on Internet Art, she is also an
Assistant Director of Boston Cyberarts, and on the faculty of Lesley
University. Her work can be seen online in several e-zines, websites, and
galleries, such as CAGE. She has exhibited in the Boston area at the
DeCordova Museum, MIT List Center, the Attleboro Museum, Computer Museum,
New England School of Art and Design, The Art Institute of Boston, and The
Brodigan Gallery; in NY at the Studio Museum, Harlem; Brooks Gallery at
Cooper Union, and the New York Hall of Science; and Austria, Canada, Japan,
and Germany. Carmin has been awarded a Mudge Fellowship from the Groton
School and a duPont Fellowship from the Art Institute of Boston.
ROLF VAN GELDER is an artist and web developer. Self-taught, he has been
creating visual art since the early 80s and collaborating with Carmin
Karasic since the 1990s. They created "d{s}eduction dialogue" for the 2001
Boston Cyberarts Festival and "Virtual Quilt" (2002) for the DeCordova
Museum and Sculpture Park, Lincoln, MA, USA (with Clara Wainwright). In 1995
Rolf founded one of the first on-line art galleries, CAGE - Cyber Art
Gallery Eindhoven (http://www.cage.nl). His work has been exhibited in over
50 exhibitions in the U.S.A., Canada, Austria, Portugal, Italy, Sweden,
Germany, UK, Spain and the Netherlands.
ROB COSHOW is an artist/photographer who recently graduated Magna Cum Laude
from the Art Institute of Boston. Trained in classic wet-lab photography as
well as digital and new media, Rob has honed his experimental approach to
create works that bridge multiple disciplines. In 2006, he exhibited his
"Crab Cake" robots at Axiom Gallery, and collaborated with Jeff Warmouth,
Roland Smart and other Boston artists to create "Art Show Down" at Art
Interactive. He has received various honors for his photography and
illustrious reviews for his new media work.
Jo-Anne Green, Co-Director
New Radio and Performing Arts, Inc.: http://new-radio.org
New York: 917.548.7780 . Boston: 617.522.3856
Turbulence: http://turbulence.org
Networked_Performance Blog: http://turbulence.org/blog
Networked_Music_Review: http://turbulence.org/networked_music_review
Upgrade! Boston: http://turbulence.org/upgrade
New American Radio: http://somewhere.org
OurFloatingPoints 4: The Art of Living a Second Life
Emerson College, New Radio and Performing Arts, Inc./Turbulence.org, and the
Museum of Science present:
OurFloatingPoints 4: The Art of Living a Second Life
http://institute.emerson.edu/floatingpoints/
DATE: April 25, 7 pm
*NEW VENUE*: Museum of Science, Cahners Theater
STREAMED LIVE: http://institute.emerson.edu/floatingpoints/2007/live.php
BROADCAST TO SECOND LIFE:
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Emerson%20Island/153/109/24
FREE AND OPEN TO ALL!
A panel discussion with Wagner James Au (aka Hamlet Linden), John Lester
(aka Pathfinder Linden), and John (Craig) Freeman (aka JC Freemont);
moderated by Eric Gordon (aka Boston Borst).
Called "the biggest digital art installation in the world" (Warren Ellis),
Second Life is a highly imaginative, online, 3-D rendered environment
populated with avatars (graphic representations of people). In Second Life
you can teleport, fly, live in a house, go to clubs, take classes, make and
view art, or just "hang out." You cannot drown and you do not age. Spanning
more than 42,000 acres in real-world scale--larger than metropolitan
Boston--Second Life is second home to over 2 million "residents," many of
whom collaboratively create its content. It is a place where real business
is conducted using virtual dollars that can also be traded in the real
world. Join us during the Boston Cyberarts Festival for a discussion about
the creative, social and economic implications of Second Life.
For more information about the series, please visit
http://institute.emerson.edu/floatingpoints/
Jo-Anne Green, Co-Director
New Radio and Performing Arts, Inc.: http://new-radio.org
New York: 917.548.7780 . Boston: 617.522.3856
Turbulence: http://turbulence.org
Networked_Performance Blog: http://turbulence.org/blog
Networked_Music_Review: http://turbulence.org/networked_music_review
Upgrade! Boston: http://turbulence.org/upgrade
New American Radio: http://somewhere.org
Museum of Science present:
OurFloatingPoints 4: The Art of Living a Second Life
http://institute.emerson.edu/floatingpoints/
DATE: April 25, 7 pm
*NEW VENUE*: Museum of Science, Cahners Theater
STREAMED LIVE: http://institute.emerson.edu/floatingpoints/2007/live.php
BROADCAST TO SECOND LIFE:
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Emerson%20Island/153/109/24
FREE AND OPEN TO ALL!
A panel discussion with Wagner James Au (aka Hamlet Linden), John Lester
(aka Pathfinder Linden), and John (Craig) Freeman (aka JC Freemont);
moderated by Eric Gordon (aka Boston Borst).
Called "the biggest digital art installation in the world" (Warren Ellis),
Second Life is a highly imaginative, online, 3-D rendered environment
populated with avatars (graphic representations of people). In Second Life
you can teleport, fly, live in a house, go to clubs, take classes, make and
view art, or just "hang out." You cannot drown and you do not age. Spanning
more than 42,000 acres in real-world scale--larger than metropolitan
Boston--Second Life is second home to over 2 million "residents," many of
whom collaboratively create its content. It is a place where real business
is conducted using virtual dollars that can also be traded in the real
world. Join us during the Boston Cyberarts Festival for a discussion about
the creative, social and economic implications of Second Life.
For more information about the series, please visit
http://institute.emerson.edu/floatingpoints/
Jo-Anne Green, Co-Director
New Radio and Performing Arts, Inc.: http://new-radio.org
New York: 917.548.7780 . Boston: 617.522.3856
Turbulence: http://turbulence.org
Networked_Performance Blog: http://turbulence.org/blog
Networked_Music_Review: http://turbulence.org/networked_music_review
Upgrade! Boston: http://turbulence.org/upgrade
New American Radio: http://somewhere.org
Turbulence Commission: "The Simultaneous Translator" by John Roach and Willy Whip
April 15, 2007
Turbulence Commission: "The Simultaneous Translator" by John Roach and Willy
Whip
http://turbulence.org/Works/simtrans/
Requires Windows OS
LIVE PERFORMANCE: Sunday April 15; 12:00 PM EST to 3:00 PM EST [Mac users
can listen via the player of their choice]
"The Simultaneous Translator" (SimTrans) is a Windows based audio interface
that enables anyone to load audio streams and manipulate them in real time
on the Internet. SimTrans makes the delays and fluctuations of the Internet
visible and audible. The Internet becomes your collaborator as you create
your mix, and the instability you usually try to avoid becomes a tool for
creation. Distance and delay are manifest within the interface numerically
and as a series of sliding heads; there is also a link to Google Earth where
you can watch the dynamic flight of data travel between yourself and the
audio source.
"SimTrans" is a 2007 commission of New Radio and Performing Arts, Inc., (aka
Ether-Ore) for its Turbulence web site. It was made possible with funding
from the Murray G. and Beatrice H. Sherman Charitable Trust.
THE PERFORMANCE: "The Simultaneous Translator" grew out of the artists' live
networked performance project "Simultaneous Translation," in which the
delays of the internet are used to dynamically effect the live performances
of geographically distant artists.
The upcoming performance will take place from 12:00 PM EST to 3:00 PM EST on
Sunday April 15. Log on via http://turbulence.org/Works/simtrans.
Participants: Greg Davis (USA), Kenneth Goldsmith (USA), John Hudak (USA),
Keyman (France), Lawrence Li (China), Mice69 (France), Miguel Ramos (Spain),
Joe Reinsel (USA), John Roach (USA) and Willy Whip (France).
BIOGRAPHIES
JOHN ROACH doesn't consider himself an installation artist, a sound artist,
or a sculptor, but prefers to think of himself as a nomad, touching down in
whatever place is most hospitable to his ideas. Recent projects have been an
installation at the 2B Gallery in Budapest, Hungary; a collaborative
performance with objects and video at the Saint Stephen Museum in
Szekesfehervar, Hungary; and a web video project called Sweet Music. He
continues to work with Willy Whip on their long-standing live networked
performance project Simultaneous Translation.
WILLY WHIP is a designer and teacher in hypermedia interactivity. Outside
his institutional work he likes to produce mashups that fertilize his own
secret garden. This personal research and development leads him on a quest
for hybrids: connect this information to that information; grow new
contents; release new senses. Recent activity includes projects with the
artists Anika Mignotte, Reynald Drouhin, and Du Zhenjun.
For more Turbulence Commissions, please visit http://turbulence.org
Jo-Anne Green, Co-Director
New Radio and Performing Arts, Inc.: http://new-radio.org
New York: 917.548.7780 . Boston: 617.522.3856
Turbulence: http://turbulence.org
Networked_Performance Blog: http://turbulence.org/blog
Networked_Music_Review: http://turbulence.org/networked_music_review
Upgrade! Boston: http://turbulence.org/upgrade
New American Radio: http://somewhere.org
Turbulence Commission: "The Simultaneous Translator" by John Roach and Willy
Whip
http://turbulence.org/Works/simtrans/
Requires Windows OS
LIVE PERFORMANCE: Sunday April 15; 12:00 PM EST to 3:00 PM EST [Mac users
can listen via the player of their choice]
"The Simultaneous Translator" (SimTrans) is a Windows based audio interface
that enables anyone to load audio streams and manipulate them in real time
on the Internet. SimTrans makes the delays and fluctuations of the Internet
visible and audible. The Internet becomes your collaborator as you create
your mix, and the instability you usually try to avoid becomes a tool for
creation. Distance and delay are manifest within the interface numerically
and as a series of sliding heads; there is also a link to Google Earth where
you can watch the dynamic flight of data travel between yourself and the
audio source.
"SimTrans" is a 2007 commission of New Radio and Performing Arts, Inc., (aka
Ether-Ore) for its Turbulence web site. It was made possible with funding
from the Murray G. and Beatrice H. Sherman Charitable Trust.
THE PERFORMANCE: "The Simultaneous Translator" grew out of the artists' live
networked performance project "Simultaneous Translation," in which the
delays of the internet are used to dynamically effect the live performances
of geographically distant artists.
The upcoming performance will take place from 12:00 PM EST to 3:00 PM EST on
Sunday April 15. Log on via http://turbulence.org/Works/simtrans.
Participants: Greg Davis (USA), Kenneth Goldsmith (USA), John Hudak (USA),
Keyman (France), Lawrence Li (China), Mice69 (France), Miguel Ramos (Spain),
Joe Reinsel (USA), John Roach (USA) and Willy Whip (France).
BIOGRAPHIES
JOHN ROACH doesn't consider himself an installation artist, a sound artist,
or a sculptor, but prefers to think of himself as a nomad, touching down in
whatever place is most hospitable to his ideas. Recent projects have been an
installation at the 2B Gallery in Budapest, Hungary; a collaborative
performance with objects and video at the Saint Stephen Museum in
Szekesfehervar, Hungary; and a web video project called Sweet Music. He
continues to work with Willy Whip on their long-standing live networked
performance project Simultaneous Translation.
WILLY WHIP is a designer and teacher in hypermedia interactivity. Outside
his institutional work he likes to produce mashups that fertilize his own
secret garden. This personal research and development leads him on a quest
for hybrids: connect this information to that information; grow new
contents; release new senses. Recent activity includes projects with the
artists Anika Mignotte, Reynald Drouhin, and Du Zhenjun.
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Jo-Anne Green, Co-Director
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