A great piece by Marnix de Nijs. How to reconstruct 3D city landscapes from photo collections provided by users of social media websites like Flickr. As a spectator you are able to phsyically navigate through the urban environments projected on a large screen by moving your body. What do these reconstructions tell us about reality?
Found this project thanks to Simon. I'm interested in the different methods artists use to transform tangible reality into digital forms and data. And the way we preceive these forms. This project made me think of 'the Tower' in which we are also researching methods to digitize the participant.
Digital Flesh is a project developed by The Science Project, YesYesNo & Paranoid USwith Partlyhuman, Apologue & Peter Klein. In this project they create a digital, mythical organism by combining 3D scans of participating humans. The scans are made by portals on different locations in several countries around the world.
Yesterday I changed my profile picture by making myself incognito with a mosaic effect. Today, after googling pictures related to my name, I found my old picture connected to my blogspot url. But I can't find this picture in my profile.
Open Mind is a collaboration with Professor of Dynamical Systems Henk Broer from the RUG, and Guy Weizman Artistic Director and Choreographer of Club Guy and Roni. The project is initiated by Pavlov E-Lab. For five days we discussed various topics intersecting chaotic mathematical models such as Hénon-Heiles, the resonance of Mercury, algorithmic choreographies, sonar reflections, media art, etc. The aim was to develop collaborative concepts to be researched and realized in future projects. Friday the 19th we presented our results and initial concepts in an empty store at the Nieuwe Ebbingesraat in Groningen. The presentation was a collection of participative experiments, a short lecture by Henk Broer, and a calculated video choreography based on the Hénon-Heiles system. It was an extraordinary, strange, chaotic, and playful happening. Thanks to Pavlov E-Lab. Henk giving a lecture. Kids playing the Solar Collision Game inspired by a model developed by Laskar. Throwing plates on the frequency of the 5:2,3:2,2:1,and 1:1 resonance models. Hénon-Heiles translated to the body of a dancer.
Pecha Gnucha is a presentation, in which participants can give a presentation about their projects. But all within the rule of 20 slides, and 20 seconds for each slide. The total time is 6 min. 40 sec. The focus of the projects has to be on the open source character.
Last minute I, and some fellow students of IME, applied for a presentation of some works-in-progress.
For the second time to the Transmediale Berlin. Left for Berlin at Thursday night, accompanied with fellow student Marcel. A killing but inspiring weekend Transmediale, Italo Disco, and Club Transmediale. Arrived in back in Groningen Sunday night.
Saw some interesting works.
A Parallel Image, by Gebhard Sengmüller
Unknown Unknowns. An Introduction to Mysteries
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The show addresses a series of themes including: gravity as “the greatest
designer”, extraterrestrial architecture, deep space mysteries, future body
modif...
