Chris Joseph

The Senster and SAM (Sound Activated Mobile)

Alex Zivanovic will talk about the work of the late Edward Ihnatowicz, a pioneer of interactive kinetic art. In particular, he will concentrate on SAM, a sculpture exhibited at the Cybernetic Serendipity exhibition in 1968, and the Senster, exhibited in the Evoluon in Eindhoven from 1970 to 1974. Both sculptures moved recogniseably in response to the sound and motion of the people around them, giving the impression of being alive.

The talk will explain how this was achieved and what we can learn from these ground-breaking works. In particular, Alex will talk about how natural, elegant motion can be achieved.

Cost: £7 / £5 concessions

Kinetica Museum SP2 Pavillion Old Spitalfields Market London E1 6AA
info@kinetica-museum.org Tel: 020 7392 9674

PAUL B. DAVIS [BEIGE]
30th MAY - 23rd JUNE 2007
PV WED 30th MAY 6PM

SEVENTEEN
17 Kingsland Rd, London, E2 8AA
www.seventeengallery.com

Paul B. Davis utilises outdated/obsolete computer technologies, including most notably Nintendo games systems, in order to perform specialist interventions into the territory of the digital art medium. While the materials utilised are ready-made, the use principle is entirely hand crafted; Davis altering the existing code while adding nothing new. This idea, the implemented projection of an alternative potential onto a ready-made object, exactly and succinctly captures the structured abridgement – between computers and art, between theory and praxis, ongoing in Davis’ practice.

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chyphertext_performance @ e-poetry 2007

EVENT: Chyphertext Performance
TAGS: networked writing performance
AUTHOR: Bjørn Magnhildøen/noemata
TIME: May 23, around 22h - 23h (CEST)
OFFLINE: Le Cube, Paris - http://www.lesiteducube.com/
ONLINE: http://noemata.anart.no/cp/

This is an networked writing performance that consists of a hybrid of human/machinated real-time writing and reading. The writing is performed by
1) plain computer keyboard writing,
2) server-based machinated, algorithmic writing,
3) interactions from from readers online,
4) text feeds from the processes surrounding the writing (like system monitoring, net connection monitoring, ftp logging, website hit statistics logs, etc),
5) data transformation - the writing is transcribed into streaming music as midi-event, and the images are transcribed as text/code and then into music.

All this semi real-time, the lag can be some seconds from input to output. The format of the writing is plaintext, ciphertext/code, and hypertext. For convenience the performance is streamed over the web in a regular browser. The piece is made especially for the e-Poetry 2007 festival.

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RATIONAL REC presents THE OULIPO NIGHT
Tuesday 5 June 2007
Organised by Andrew Infanti and Matthew Shlomowitz
Bethnal Green Working Men’sClub 44 Pollard Row, London E2 (5 mins from Bethnal Green tube)
£5 on the door, doors open at 8pm, first performance 8.30pm
http://www.rationalrec.org.uk
Rational Rec is a monthly inter-art social occasion based at Bethnal Green Working Men’s Club, incorporating sound, music, text, performance, film and dessert into a damn good night out. Come along and be artistically, intellectually and alcoholically stimulated.
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The Festival of Youth Arts 2007 is offering a FREE one day VJ Workshop for young people, aged 16-25.

Frolic AV will be running an intimate VJ workshop at Camden Jongleurs on Monday 28th May, 10AM - 11PM. This one day workshop will familiarise participants with the basics of DVD mixing and Live Visual Effects processing. Participants are encouraged to bring their own DVD material. At the end of the workshop there will be a live performance of experimental/acoustic music and spoken word in which participants will have the opportunity to perform live visuals and exercise their new skills during the evening event.

This is FREE, but places are VERY limited. Please contact mailto:matthew@festivalofyoutharts.org.uk for registration or more information.

For more information about the Festival of Youth Arts 2007 Visual Arts Programme visit http://www.myspace.com/fyavisualarts