New Reviews on Furtherfield August 31st 2008. Review of FILE SAO PAULO 2008 Festival by Giles Askham.
Meditation for Avatars Work by Ute Hoerner and Mathias Antlfinger. Review by Les Loncharich WORLDWIDEWEGG by Jaygo Bloom Review by Ashley Wong Ovu and Aphrodite at Mobilefest Review by Paulo Hartmann. ¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬> Review of FILE SAO PAULO 2008 Festival by Giles Askham. FILE Sao Paulo, Electronic Language International Festival, which took place in Brazil this August is subtitled Two Thousand and Eight Million Pixels. A heading that references the vast resolutions made possible by the 4K digital projection systems that were used to show cinematic work at the festival this year, and forming one of the main themes of the show. Other categories set up in an impressively produced catalogue that accompanied the show included; installations, game art, media art and performance. Works under these categories were exhibited alongside games, and the projects of commercial exhibitors to produce an energetic, rag-tag collection; that was constantly bursting out of the curatorial confines that these groupings defined. Featuring: Memories - Anaisa Franco Full Body Games - Jonah Warren and Steven Sanborn Levelhead - Julian Oliver The Scalable City - Sheldon Brown L.A.S.E.R[/i] Tag - Graffiti Research Lab http://www.furtherfield.org/displayreview.php?review_id=315 ¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬> Review of Meditation for Avatars by Les Loncharich Work by Ute Hoerner and Mathias Antlfinger. The project Meditation for Avatars by Ute Hoerner and Mathias Antlfinger, enlists personal computers to make spiritual projections. Participants in this project donate processing time on personal computers; the computers process mantras and send them through the Internet. A mantra is a repeated chanted sound that is used to focus one's concentration during meditation. Personal computers are used because if there is one thing computers are good at, it's undeviating repetition. The goal of the project, which the creators describe as an "artistic experiment", is to raise the spiritual consciousness of those donating processor time... http://www.furtherfield.org/displayreview.php?review_id=313 ¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬> Review by Ashley Wong WORLDWIDEWEGG by Jaygo Bloom The World Wide Wegg is a quirky project that utilizes the frenetic activities of chickens to create a rather unusual breakfast experience. It is a simple gesture that enlivens interactions between a world of chickens and the stark white walls of a contemporary art space. Eggs, toast and disco are everything you need to get the day started. From the daily activities of egg-laying in the Gorgie City Farm in Edinburgh to a mechanical toaster at the Centre of Contemporary Arts in Glasglow, the World Wide Wegg relays the biological production of the rural to the commonplace production of toast in the urban. Through the vast communication portal known as the Internet, each egg layed in realtime at the farm triggers a toaster to produce a piece of toast for visitors at the gallery. An upbeat iTunes playlist controlled by the chickens is used to help jump start the day. http://www.furtherfield.org/displayreview.php?review_id=312 ¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬> Ovu and Aphrodite at Mobilefest Review by Paulo Hartmann. Featured: Norene Leddy Bauer Kathryn Mobilefest has always had this wide angle view for mobile and wireless technologies, but to our surprise examples, where the cellphone or a hand-held device is not obvious, caught the attention and the affection of the visitors. With a tran-sdisplinary approach we have been asking this question - How can mobile technology contribute to democracy, culture, art, ecology, peace, education, health and the third sector? Two projects have definitely answered these questions in most aspects, causing a frenesi in terms of visitor's acceptance and multi-interest: Ovu and The Aphrodite Project. http://www.furtherfield.org/displayreview.php?review_id=314 If you are interested in either having a net art or media art project, exhibition reviewed, or wish if you to become a reviewer - please contact marc.garrett at furtherfield.org _______________________________________________ NetBehaviour mailing list NetBehaviour@netbehaviour.org http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour