Turbulence Commission: "THE ESSENCE OF A NATION: CHINESE VIRTUAL PERSONS ON THE NET" by XiaoQian
September 1, 2006
Turbulence Commission: "THE ESSENCE OF A NATION: CHINESE VIRTUAL PERSONS ON
THE NET" by XiaoQian
http://turbulence.org/Works/XiaoQian/
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My name is XiaoQian, I am an artist and I create virtual persons online. For
this website I created 6 chinese virtual persons: Mu Yuming a painter,
Shaxpir a hip-hop singer, Wang Shy a ghost in a traditional garden, He
Zhengjun a carpenter working with wood and text, Yi Zhe a guest in a wedding
and myself XiaoQian.
My e-mail is xiaoqian@virtualperson.net
"THE ESSENCE OF A NATION: CHINESE VIRTUAL PERSONS ON THE NET" is a 2005
commission of New Radio and Performing Arts, Inc., (aka Ether-Ore) for its
Turbulence web site. It was made possible with funding from the Andy Warhol
Foundation for the Visual Arts.
BIOGRAPHY
XiaoQian is a Chinese artist. Her art is to create virtual persons online.
She has also designed herself as a virtual person. Her real life identity
may never be disclosed.
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
New American Radio: http://somewhere.org
Networked_Performance Blog: http://turbulence.org/blog
Upgrade! Boston: http://turbulence.org/upgrade
Turbulence Commission: "THE ESSENCE OF A NATION: CHINESE VIRTUAL PERSONS ON
THE NET" by XiaoQian
http://turbulence.org/Works/XiaoQian/
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1.5.0+, or Safari 1.0+]
My name is XiaoQian, I am an artist and I create virtual persons online. For
this website I created 6 chinese virtual persons: Mu Yuming a painter,
Shaxpir a hip-hop singer, Wang Shy a ghost in a traditional garden, He
Zhengjun a carpenter working with wood and text, Yi Zhe a guest in a wedding
and myself XiaoQian.
My e-mail is xiaoqian@virtualperson.net
"THE ESSENCE OF A NATION: CHINESE VIRTUAL PERSONS ON THE NET" is a 2005
commission of New Radio and Performing Arts, Inc., (aka Ether-Ore) for its
Turbulence web site. It was made possible with funding from the Andy Warhol
Foundation for the Visual Arts.
BIOGRAPHY
XiaoQian is a Chinese artist. Her art is to create virtual persons online.
She has also designed herself as a virtual person. Her real life identity
may never be disclosed.
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
New American Radio: http://somewhere.org
Networked_Performance Blog: http://turbulence.org/blog
Upgrade! Boston: http://turbulence.org/upgrade
Turbulence Artists' Studio: "Out of the Window" by Roch Forowicz
August 14, 2006
Turbulence Artists' Studio: "Out of the Window" by Roch Forowicz
http://turbulence.org/studios/forowicz/index.html
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"Invigilate"
(http://turbulence.org/spotlight/forowicz/invigilate/index.html) confronted
the problem of the lack of privacy in society and questioned whether
relationships between people are bilateral. Forowicz watched residents of a
block of flats from the outside. He now observes from the inside,
videotaping from a window of his flat in Warsaw, Poland. "This is not about
crime and this is not about love, this is just about environment where I
live."
BIOGRAPHY
Roch Forowicz was born in 1978 in Warsaw where he continues to live and
work. He graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts' Department of Multimedia
with master's degree in 2005.
For more Turbulence Artists' Studios please visit
http://turbulence.org/studios/index.html
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
New American Radio: http://somewhere.org
Networked_Performance Blog: http://turbulence.org/blog
Upgrade! Boston: http://turbulence.org/upgrade
Turbulence Artists' Studio: "Out of the Window" by Roch Forowicz
http://turbulence.org/studios/forowicz/index.html
Needs speakers
"Invigilate"
(http://turbulence.org/spotlight/forowicz/invigilate/index.html) confronted
the problem of the lack of privacy in society and questioned whether
relationships between people are bilateral. Forowicz watched residents of a
block of flats from the outside. He now observes from the inside,
videotaping from a window of his flat in Warsaw, Poland. "This is not about
crime and this is not about love, this is just about environment where I
live."
BIOGRAPHY
Roch Forowicz was born in 1978 in Warsaw where he continues to live and
work. He graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts' Department of Multimedia
with master's degree in 2005.
For more Turbulence Artists' Studios please visit
http://turbulence.org/studios/index.html
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
New American Radio: http://somewhere.org
Networked_Performance Blog: http://turbulence.org/blog
Upgrade! Boston: http://turbulence.org/upgrade
Turbulence_Commission:_"Machine_Fragments"_by_Onome_ Ekeh
July 31, 2006
Turbulence Commission: "Machine Fragments" by Onome Ekeh
http://turbulence.org/Works/machinefragments/machine.html
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Perhaps the question, "Can Machines Think"? should be re-articulated as "Is
the Machine different from you or I"? Why is there a perceptive gap between
our tools and ourselves? Do they also not constitute consciousness and by
extension the body?
The cultural schisms that generate this differentiation between "man" and
"machine" are also responsible for spawning voids and displacements
Turbulence Commission: "Machine Fragments" by Onome Ekeh
http://turbulence.org/Works/machinefragments/machine.html
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Safari
Perhaps the question, "Can Machines Think"? should be re-articulated as "Is
the Machine different from you or I"? Why is there a perceptive gap between
our tools and ourselves? Do they also not constitute consciousness and by
extension the body?
The cultural schisms that generate this differentiation between "man" and
"machine" are also responsible for spawning voids and displacements
UPGRADE! BOSTON: New Media and the Poetics of Communication
UPGRADE! BOSTON: New Media and the Poetics of Communication
http://www.turbulence.org/upgrade/archives/08\_01SIGG.html
WHEN: August 1, 7:30-9:30 p.m.
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.
Adam Brown (Oklahoma, US), Martha Carrer Cruz Gabriel (Brazil) and Michael
Takeo Magruder (UK) -- all exhibiting at SIGGRAPH2006, Boston (July 30 to
August 3) -- will present their work and participate in an informal
discussion; Bonnie Mitchell, SIGGRAPH2006 Art Gallery: Intersections Chair
will moderate.
PARTICIPANT BIOGRAPHIES
< Adam Brown >
http://www.turbulence.org/upgrade/archives/08\_02AB.html
Adam Brown is a digital artist and inventor. His creative activity is
informed by an intermedia tradition that supports collaboration among
various disciplines resulting in a practice that blends digital media with
physical materials. Brown has exhibited nationally and internationally and
is the recent recipient of a Turbulence commission. He curates Upgrade!
Oklahoma which is hosted by Untitled ArtSpace and The University of
Oklahoma's School of Art. Brown is also a member of the New York Sculptors
Guild.
<< Martha Carrer Cruz Gabriel >>
http://www.turbulence.org/upgrade/archives/08\_02MCCG.html
Martha Carrer Cruz Gabriel is an engineer, postgraduate in Marketing, and
postgraduate in Graphics Design. Master's Degree in progress on Art &
Technology at University of Sao Paulo. Web/MM artist, professor at the
Business School and Digital Design Program of the Universidade Anhembi
Morumbi, director of technology at NMD - New Media Developers. Winner of 11
Internet Best Awards from 1998 to 2005. International awarded speaker.
Gabriel has had two Turbulence Spotlights.
<<< Michael Takeo Magruder >>>
http://www.turbulence.org/upgrade/archives/08\_02MTM.html
Michael Takeo Magruder is an American artist based in the UK who works
within the fields of new and interactive media. He received his formal
education at the University of Virginia, USA, graduating with distinction in
Biological Sciences. His artistic production has been exhibited worldwide
and encompasses an eclectic mix of forms, ranging from futuristic
stained-glass windows, digital light screens and modular light-sculptures to
architectural manipulations, ephemeral video projections and interactive
network installations. His current explorations and research embrace 3D
stereoscopic projection, immersive multi-sensory environments and
interactive non-linear narratives for network/gallery settings. His work in
these fields is presently supported by Turbulence.org, King's Visualisation
Lab: King's College London and Arts Council England. Magruder is the
recipient of two Turbulence commissions.
<<<< Bonnie Mitchell >>>>
http://www.turbulence.org/upgrade/archives/08\_02BM.html
Bonnie Mitchell is an Associate Professor in Digital Arts at Bowling Green
State University, Ohio, USA where she teaches time-based media with a focus
on artistic expression and technical problem solving. With degrees in Art
Education, Visual Design/Computer Art and Computer Science she focuses on
curriculum that is artistic, technical and cross-disciplinary in nature. She
typically teaches interactive media, experimental animation, particle
systems and dynamics, and collaborative multimedia production classes.
Mitchell
http://www.turbulence.org/upgrade/archives/08\_01SIGG.html
WHEN: August 1, 7:30-9:30 p.m.
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.
Adam Brown (Oklahoma, US), Martha Carrer Cruz Gabriel (Brazil) and Michael
Takeo Magruder (UK) -- all exhibiting at SIGGRAPH2006, Boston (July 30 to
August 3) -- will present their work and participate in an informal
discussion; Bonnie Mitchell, SIGGRAPH2006 Art Gallery: Intersections Chair
will moderate.
PARTICIPANT BIOGRAPHIES
< Adam Brown >
http://www.turbulence.org/upgrade/archives/08\_02AB.html
Adam Brown is a digital artist and inventor. His creative activity is
informed by an intermedia tradition that supports collaboration among
various disciplines resulting in a practice that blends digital media with
physical materials. Brown has exhibited nationally and internationally and
is the recent recipient of a Turbulence commission. He curates Upgrade!
Oklahoma which is hosted by Untitled ArtSpace and The University of
Oklahoma's School of Art. Brown is also a member of the New York Sculptors
Guild.
<< Martha Carrer Cruz Gabriel >>
http://www.turbulence.org/upgrade/archives/08\_02MCCG.html
Martha Carrer Cruz Gabriel is an engineer, postgraduate in Marketing, and
postgraduate in Graphics Design. Master's Degree in progress on Art &
Technology at University of Sao Paulo. Web/MM artist, professor at the
Business School and Digital Design Program of the Universidade Anhembi
Morumbi, director of technology at NMD - New Media Developers. Winner of 11
Internet Best Awards from 1998 to 2005. International awarded speaker.
Gabriel has had two Turbulence Spotlights.
<<< Michael Takeo Magruder >>>
http://www.turbulence.org/upgrade/archives/08\_02MTM.html
Michael Takeo Magruder is an American artist based in the UK who works
within the fields of new and interactive media. He received his formal
education at the University of Virginia, USA, graduating with distinction in
Biological Sciences. His artistic production has been exhibited worldwide
and encompasses an eclectic mix of forms, ranging from futuristic
stained-glass windows, digital light screens and modular light-sculptures to
architectural manipulations, ephemeral video projections and interactive
network installations. His current explorations and research embrace 3D
stereoscopic projection, immersive multi-sensory environments and
interactive non-linear narratives for network/gallery settings. His work in
these fields is presently supported by Turbulence.org, King's Visualisation
Lab: King's College London and Arts Council England. Magruder is the
recipient of two Turbulence commissions.
<<<< Bonnie Mitchell >>>>
http://www.turbulence.org/upgrade/archives/08\_02BM.html
Bonnie Mitchell is an Associate Professor in Digital Arts at Bowling Green
State University, Ohio, USA where she teaches time-based media with a focus
on artistic expression and technical problem solving. With degrees in Art
Education, Visual Design/Computer Art and Computer Science she focuses on
curriculum that is artistic, technical and cross-disciplinary in nature. She
typically teaches interactive media, experimental animation, particle
systems and dynamics, and collaborative multimedia production classes.
Mitchell
Turbulence Spotlight: "carrizoprime-net" by Christina McPhee
July 24, 2006
Turbulence Spotlight: "carrizoprime-net" by Christina McPhee
http://www.turbulence.org/spotlight/mcphee/turbulencecarrizo.html
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A montage of performance and observation on seismic memory. Shot on location
at the San Andreas Fault, Soda Lake, and Wallace Creek, in the Carrizo Plain
National Monument, California, 2002-2006.
BIOGRAPHY
Christina McPhee traces new media landscapes at the peripheries of human
landscapes, where the psychic terrain of trauma meets environmental
instability and generative chaos. "La Conchita mon" amour, a new video
installation with digital large format photography on the mudslide-torn
beach town of La Conchita, California, will open at Sara Tecchia Roma, New
York in October 2006. "Carrizoprime," a new HD video, premiered at
Cinemascope, SCOPE|Hamptons Art Fair, in July 2006. McPhee recently created
the theatrical video installation for Pamela Z's "Wunderkabinet," a
multimedia opera based on stories from the Museum of Jurassic Technology
(Los Angeles) in debut at the LAB, San Francisco (2005). Her digital prints
won a James A. Phelan Award from the San Francisco Foundation in 2003.
McPhee's writings on media theory and practice are published with Ctheory,
Neural, drunkenboat, and for the "empyre: soft-skinned space." She works
with Terry Hargrave and his architectural design studio at California
Polytechnic State University.
To view more Turbulence Spotlights please visit
http://turbulence.org/spotlight
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
New American Radio: http://somewhere.org
Networked_Performance Blog: http://turbulence.org/blog
Upgrade! Boston: http://turbulence.org/upgrade
Turbulence Spotlight: "carrizoprime-net" by Christina McPhee
http://www.turbulence.org/spotlight/mcphee/turbulencecarrizo.html
Needs Flash Player 8 + and Quicktime 7
A montage of performance and observation on seismic memory. Shot on location
at the San Andreas Fault, Soda Lake, and Wallace Creek, in the Carrizo Plain
National Monument, California, 2002-2006.
BIOGRAPHY
Christina McPhee traces new media landscapes at the peripheries of human
landscapes, where the psychic terrain of trauma meets environmental
instability and generative chaos. "La Conchita mon" amour, a new video
installation with digital large format photography on the mudslide-torn
beach town of La Conchita, California, will open at Sara Tecchia Roma, New
York in October 2006. "Carrizoprime," a new HD video, premiered at
Cinemascope, SCOPE|Hamptons Art Fair, in July 2006. McPhee recently created
the theatrical video installation for Pamela Z's "Wunderkabinet," a
multimedia opera based on stories from the Museum of Jurassic Technology
(Los Angeles) in debut at the LAB, San Francisco (2005). Her digital prints
won a James A. Phelan Award from the San Francisco Foundation in 2003.
McPhee's writings on media theory and practice are published with Ctheory,
Neural, drunkenboat, and for the "empyre: soft-skinned space." She works
with Terry Hargrave and his architectural design studio at California
Polytechnic State University.
To view more Turbulence Spotlights please visit
http://turbulence.org/spotlight
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
New American Radio: http://somewhere.org
Networked_Performance Blog: http://turbulence.org/blog
Upgrade! Boston: http://turbulence.org/upgrade
