Chris Joseph

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A new piece by Jim and the poet Margareta Waterman. It’s intended to be played with and explored - so no further explanations from me!

See NRG unveiled at the IOCT, Tues 23 September 2008

About NRG

It’s 2010 and you have been appointed to lead the new World Energy Directorate, with the power to control international spending and research on energy sources and production. Your decisions will influence the life of billions of humans, countless species and the Earth as a whole. How will your choices change all our lives during the planet’s next forty years of industrial development?

Part environmental game, part multimedia artwork, NRG (short for En-er-gy) is self-sustaining, people-powered installation. No previous knowledge about energy issues is assumed or required, but NRG is intended to stimulate thought and discussion about energy consumption, its links to global warming and the need for the development of lifestyle alternatives.

NRG was created as part of the first Digital Writer in Residence position at the Institute of Creative Technologies (IOCT), De Montfort University, Leicester, UK. It is funded by a Grant for the Arts from Arts Council England.

Tuesday, September 23, 2008 at 11:30 AM (GMT)

Location:
Institute of Creative Technologies
De Montfort University
The Gateway
Leicester, Leicestershire LE1 9BH
United Kingdom

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Jeremy Bailey Interview on the Netbehaviour email list
Thursday 11th - 18th Sept 08.

Join Marc Garrett and other Netbehaviourists in a dynamic discussion with artist Jeremy Bailey by subscribing to the mailing list http://www.netbehaviour.org

As the opening of “The Jeremy Bailey Show” at the HTTP Gallery (http://www.http.uk.net) draws nearer, Jeremy Bailey will be joining the Netbehaviour email list to discuss his work with Marc Garrett & other subscribers to Netbehaviour.

The discussion will touch on Jeremy’s influences and ideas about networked performance art, video art, software art, collaborative art, GUI design with reference to his artworks:-

Terraform Dance Party: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vNO0l4ppgIY

VideoPaint 3.0: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HIideREWJxw

SOS: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dLcwu3cm7y0

We will also be discussing ‘WarMail’, Jeremy’s latest artwork which incorporates live, audience participation; commissioned specially for the exhibition and to be performed on the opening night.

“WarMail is a sort of email/war/expression hybrid interface. The premise goes something like this…
In the future with intergalactic war occupying such immense space (and birthrates at record lows) it will be impossible to both administrate and defend our interests across solar systems while also having time to get together socially, this software is the probable solution to this inevitable social/production/military readiness crisis. The program allows a group or individual to type out an email by firing missiles at abstract rotating pyramid clusters hovering above a blue planet (apparently habitable). Each hit also registers a musical note which you can use to compose and playback music(culture is a valuable part of any civilization). Herein the group’s collective voice and choreography control the movements and actions of the spacecraft. The group’s actions are also tracked and aided by a red avatar named “skullBot” visible at center.” Jeremy Bailey.

HTTP Gallery - http://http.uk.net
Netbehaviour - http://netbehaviour.org
Furtherfield - http://furtherfield.org
Jeremy Bailey - http://www.jeremybailey.net