Squid Soup Infestation at Phoenix Square
Tue 15th May, 2012
There is a great - albeit creepy - installation on at Phoenix Square at the moment. Infestation by Squid Soup is in the Cube and features a host of projected spiders and bugs that you can interact with! As you walk around you invariably end up squashing a few, but luckily plenty of new ones appear to replace them! It's great fun to play with and it on until the 10th June. See a few pictures here, but to experience it properly get down to Phoenix Square.
Letters and Bridges Performance @ Interact
Sun 13th May, 2012
The "Letters and Bridges" telematic performance took place at the Interact Gallery yesterday. Vocalists in Leicester and Mexico City performed a number of pieces together over a distance of 5,400 miles via a high-quality internet audio link.
There was one hick-up when the connection dropped, but on the whole the link worked very well and the audience was treated to an interesting, experimental, and very personal performance.
It was the result of a number of workshops and rehearsals led by X..
The News @ Two Queens
Sat 12th May, 2012
I popped in to see the latest exhibition at Two Queens in Leicester today. The show is based on their recent live online event 'The News'.
When you arrive you are greeted by a large pink 'shamanic' figure. I saw this being made when I tuned in to the live broadcast and he looks even more impressive in the flesh/plaster. There are then assorted props and detritus (or rather 'archival materials') from the event, plus video and projections.
Make of it what you will. I rather enjoyed it. I part..
Computer Arts Society Talks and Website
Fri 4th May, 2012
I gave a talk at the Computer Arts Society in London earlier in the week. It was a good opportunity to present some of the work I have created during my PhD research and the small, but appreciative, audience seemed to like it.
For those who don't know, the Computer Arts Society was established in 1968 and can list many illustrious past and present artists and theorists amongst it's members.
Talks are normally held in London, but I have been keen on running events under the CAS banner in Lei..
Network Migrations Technical Success
Sat 28th April, 2012
I'm pleased to say that we got the UK/Mexico audio link working today at The Interact Gallery using the SoundJack software. This gives us a high quality audio connection that can be used for the Networked Migrations project. The first actual performance will take place next Saturday (5th May). I'll try to post recordings here after the show.
Simon Faithfull Talk / Muted Fnord Performance
Tue 24th April, 2012
Last night was a good one. At 6pm Simon Faithfull gave a talk at Phoenix Square about his "An Expanding Atlas of Subjectivity" exhibition. He talked about the motivations behind his work and discussed the Limbo app he now uses that was developed by Cuttlefish.
At 9pm things moved to The Interact Gallery where an exhibition of Simon's recent drawings will be running for the next s..
Forthcoming Events
Fri 13th April, 2012
I've put together a series of events for April/May 2012 with the support of Phoenix Square, The Interact Gallery and the Computer Arts Society. If they go well I'll look to do something similar in October/November 2012.
23rd April 2012
An Expanding Atlas of Subjectivity
Simon Faithfull
Phoenix Square, 6pm FREE
www.simonfaithfull.org
http://www.facebook.com/events/1193185..
Visuals for Muted Fnord
Mon 9th April, 2012
I did some new visuals for the band Muted Fnord on Thursday night. It's not something I do so much of these days, but they asked and I like their sound so thought I'd say yes. It also gave me an opportunity to experiment with some new visual ideas that I plan to incorporate in to some future interactive artworks.
i went back to a visual style that I used to use when I did live visuals for Zion Train ten or so years ago - that is, mixing line..
Derby Quad Exhibition Explorer
Thu 5th April, 2012
If you're heading to the QUAD in Derby any time soon make sure you download the new Quad Exhibition Explorer app for iPhone and iPad. It was developed by my Cuttlefish colleague Jude Venn and provides background to exhibitions in the QUAD's galleries.
At the moment it features the Hijacked III exhibition (on until the 6th May 2012). Using QR codes around the exhibition you can trigger audio, video, see text and ..
Simon Faithfull Exhibition in Leicester
Sun 1st April, 2012
Throughout April 2012, in a joint exhibition with Phoenix Square, the Interact Gallery in Leicester will be showing work by internationally renowned artist Simon Faithfull. Using an iPhone app created in collaboration with Cuttlefish, Simon creates highly de..