Albuquerque: Machine Wilderness | ISEA Thank you to everyone who made ISEA2012 an amazing success! "'Machine Wilderness'...conveyed a consciousness of consequence, a sense that new technologies can yield earth-changing results, that artistic vision can drive such technologies to such results, and that usefulness, and especially useful transformation, is a form of beauty." - Peter Frank, Huffington Post In September, 2012, the worlds of art, science and technology came together in Albuquerque, New Mexico for a six day, international conference, which kicked off a season-long exhibition and series of public programs around the region. ISEA2012 Albuquerque: Machine Wilderness was the 18th International Symposium on Electronic Art. The title “Machine Wilderness” referenced the New Mexico region as an area of rapid growth and technology within vast expanses of open land, and presented visions for how technology and the natural world can coexist to support life on Earth. ISEA2012 Merchandise now available online!
RICHARD VIJGEN [OBJECT ORIENTED INFORMATION DESIGN & RESEARCH] 15 Amazing Interactive Installations Feb 21 2010 By Romain Colin Here is something for a slow lousy Sunday: in this inspirational round-up we feature some outstanding interactive installations that explore the art of interaction between environment, users and machines. Installations / Applications N Building N Building is a commercial structure located near Tachikawa station amidst a shopping district. Night Lights YesYesNo teamed up with The Church, Inside Out Productions and Electric Canvas to turn the Auckland Ferry Building into an interactive playground. Light Writing Proposal This long exposure, and the making of footage, were shot over three nights in Raleigh, North Carolina as a proposal to Emily Kern. What you see is – not what you get Video production for a school assignment. Experience Mobile Mobile Built and hoisted a gigantic interactive chandelier/mobile that plays Christmas jingles in our reception. Zimoun Installation Zimoun: Sound Sculptures & Installations | Compilation Video More Interactive Content
Hayao Miyazaki to Invest Own Funds to Create Nature Park for Children in Okinawa a rendering of Hayao Miyazaki’s new nature park slated to open in 2017 | image courtesy Kume Creation The filmmaker Hayao Miyazaki is a big proponent of nature. Conservationism and a reverence for the natural world are recurring themes in his movies like Nausicaa, Totoro and Princess Mononoke. Now Miyazaki has announced plans to pass on his love for nature to children in the form of a tangible nature park. a rendering and write-up of the project appeared in the August edition of the town of Kume’s local newspaper Miyazaki is funding the park with 300 million yen (roughly $2.5 mm USD) of his own money. But with that said, the park sounds lovely. Miyazaki will donate the structure and park to the town of Kume and is sourcing all the talent and materials locally in order to ensure that it is sustained for many years to come. Pin It!
JANE PAIN Is Hip-Hop Making You Stupid? The Hip Hop Word Count Breaks It Down What can rap lyrics teach us about our culture? Tahir Hemphill, a lifelong hip-hop enthusiast, has spent the past four years compiling an “ethnographic database” of hip-hop lyrics to answer that question. Comprising more than 40,000 songs spanning from 1979 to present day, Hemphill’s exhaustive archive makes up the project Hip-Hop Word Count, a searchable rap resource that analyzes lyrics and assigns various metadata to them, such as time, geographic location, word count, syllable count, and readability. Next week, Hemphill’s project will be one of some 100+ works included in the MoMA’s much anticipated “Talk To Me” exhibition (curated by Paola Antonelli). We spoke with Hemphill over email to find out more about how Hip-Hop Word Count got started, how the project is developing and where he hopes to take it in the future: The Creators Project: Your day job is as a creative director and strategic planner at an advertising agency—how did you make the transition to artist?
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