Category Archives: technology

Jessica Meuninck-Ganger and Nathaniel Stern

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At Sea (2009, 2.8MB, 20 secs, silent)


Floating Worlds (2009, 4.6MB, 20 secs, silent)


Meninas (2009, 3MB, 20 secs, silent)


Floating Worlds (2009, 6.3MB, 19 secs, silent)

Documentation of work of surpassing loveliness & smarts both, from Jessica Meuninck-Ganger
& Nathaniel Stern*** as they meld digital photo frames, printing and drawing into a hybrid form
which probably has no right to work but so does.
Says Nathaniel:
“These works premiered at the Armoury Gallery in Milwaukee, on a show called Night Work.
Some will be at Elaine Erickson gallery in June, at the Museum of Wisconsin Art in July, and 10-15 from the series will be on a large show at Gallery AOP in Johannesburg in Jan/Feb 2010.

***”The Nathaniel Stern?” I hear you gasp, “He of the infamous Wikipedia Art affair?”
None but, gentle viewer, none but…

Thomson & Craighead – Template Cinema – RealTime

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Short Film about Nothing (Realtime. 3:40 min.)

Template Cinema– is a networked installation by –
Thomson & Craighead.
It generates lo-fi movies made from existing data
appropriated in realtime from the world wide web.
Watch a sample movie.

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Short Film about Flying (2002, 6 MB. 3 min.)

Soft Cinema – Interview with Lev Manovich

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lev_interview_1 (2003, 2MB, 2:12 min.)

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lev_interview_2 (2003, 2MB, 2:08 min.)

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lev_interview_3 (2003, 2.5MB, 2:14 min.)

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lev_interview_4 (2003, 2.7MB, 1:45 min.)

A 4 part interview on Soft Cinema with Lev Manovich –
the Mecca of new media arts.
DEAF 03, Rotterdam.

Also: “On Database Driven Movies”.

Homographies by Rafael Lozano-Hemmer

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Homographies (2006, 33MB, 8 min.)

HOMOGRAPHIES is an interactive installation featuring 144 robotic fluorescent
light fixtures controlled by 7 computerized surveillance systems. As people
walk under the piece, the light tubes rotate to create labyrinthine patterns of
light that are

Gabriel Shalom – Beardbox

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Beardbox (2009, 24.8MB, 2:44 min)

We’ve featured work by Gabriel Shalom here before.
Deft, witty and involving it was then & so it is here too.
Shalom is also public spirited and has just started up this
interesting looking blog for ‘Both theoretical & practical dialogue
about the future of the cinema’.
This combination of some serious thinking with high level technical chops
promises more of interest in the future -we’ll be watching.
For the moment, more here.

Under Scan by Rafael Lozano-Hemmer

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Under Scan (2005, 31MB, 9:51 min.)

“Under Scan” is a public art installation based on self-representation.
Thousands of “video-portraits” taken in Derby, Leicester, Lincoln, Northampton
and Nottingham are projected onto the ground; at first, the portraits are not
visible because the space is flooded by white light coming from a high-powered
projector. As people walk around the area, their shadows are cast on the ground,
revealing the video-portraits in short sequences.
By Rafael Lozano-Hemmer.

Bram Crevits and Pall Thayer on Obama

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Pall Thayer – Inaugurationanimation (2009, 300MB, 49:56)

As far as I know, none of us at DVblog have become
infected with Obamania. Doesn’t mean we don’t
appreciate the fine art of the remix or dig hope.

First, from Bram Crevits of Cinamatics,
Obama’s Berlin speech, composed entirely of video shot
on cell phones. Remember when the gaze was
given to us by the TV news? Now we give it back.

Second, from Pall Thayer, a silent
animation piece of the entire inauguration.
Free to download and remix as you like. We like.

Both of these pieces surprise and amaze me by the
amount of work they must have taken to compile.
Painstaking, no? Unless these gentlemen know
something I do not, these are labor-intensive pieces
in their own respective ways. Lovely and timely.

Jonathan Schipper – Opposition

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Opposition (2005, 4.5MB, 1 min.)

Interactive kinetic sculpture from Jonathan Schipper performed at Pierogi gallery in 2005.
“Two participants are taken from the audience and buckled into the saddles on either
end of the machine. The participants are then lifted into the air. Both participants are provided
hand controllers that allow them to control the movement of the saddles, which are on
pneumatically powered gimbals, and the central rotation of the machine. Some movements
are shared and some affect only one or the other of the two participants. The function of each
input button on the controllers is changed by a computer on a regular basis so that the
participants can not gain full control of the machine. A rock and roll band is playing electric
instruments near by. The amplification for the band is turned on by the machine while the
machine is in the air. The band members (Outside Man) wear helmets that isolate the band,
who can not hear anything other than their own sounds. After a few minutes the participants
are brought back to the ground and released from the machine. The band is turned off and
the machine is ready for the next cycle.”

KontraKontrolle – by Roel Wouters and Luna Maurer

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KontraKontrolle (2003, 8MB, 3:13 min.)

Performance during the Visual Power Show, Paradiso Amsterdam, October 2003
by Poly-Xelor (collaboration between Roel Wouters and Luna Maurer).
“KontraKontrolle is a performance concept where we literally stepped into the
computer-screen. By placing ourselves as icons (via bluescreen technique) on
top of the presenters screen we could interact live with the presenter’s actions.”

Sally – by Roel Wouters and Luna Maurer

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Sally (2005, 5MB, 2:23 min.)

Sally is a project by Poly-Xelor (collaboration between Roel Wouters
and Luna Maurer). Sally is a movie for the project ‘Grote kunst voor kleine mensen‘
and has been be presentend at cinekid 2005, @ the Stedelijk museum.
The movie shows marbles in a room. The gravitation of the room is variable
therefore the marbles will dance over the floor, walls and ceiling.