ctopia blog

I will present some aspects of my art- and science project “fleabag” on the 10th IEEE international Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality, ISMAR 2011, in Basel, Switzerland, 26.10 – 29.10.2011, in the Arts, Media and Humanities program.

Abstract of the presentation:

“Water in Augmented Space”

Water is both space and media at one and the same time. However, using only our human senses, we can hardly read the information that it carries. Augmenting this reality with the use of computer vision integrated into a biomonitoring system, we are able to read the water quality, at least as data values, in real time.

In the art and science project fleabag, the data values relating to water quality of a river will be analysed using this AR technology, and then transformed artistically to expand the human perceptual range through a sensually comprehensible, visual and physical presence on the river side, “augmenting space“ as Lev Manovich once defined this term.

….

will be published by IEEE

On 14.10 and 15.10.2011 at Architekturzentrum Wien, Vienna, Austria

Organised by Richard Buckminster Fuller Institut Austria
Österreichischen Friedrich und Lillian Kiesler-Privatstiftung
Architekturzentrum Wien

I am glad to present on saturday the 15.10. at the “Lightning Talks” how Buckminster Fuller´s engineer work and his thinking has influenced some of my artwork, and I hope to inspire you with it for the following “workshop”.

The video work “visit” will be shown at the group exhibition “Knowing you at first sight“/ “Prepoznajem te na prvi pogled” at BNP, Bosnian National Theatre Zenica as part of the 16th cultural festival of the city Zenica in Bosnia-Herzegovina.

Group exhibition with Mejra Mujicic, Eva Maria Radlherr, Corinne Studer
curated by MMag Anamarija Batista

Opening: 30.3.2011 at the BNP Bosnian National Theatre Zenica

.

photos about the exhibition taken by Dragan Gacnik
photos about Zenica taken by Corinne Studer

A report about the art & science project fleabag (for media facade), Radio Ö1 “Digital leben“, programme: “Next Ideas – Projekte für die Welt von morgen” (german).

I was invited to the “AquaLife 2010″ seminar at the Kiel Innovation and Technology Centre (KITZ) to hold a lecture about “water quality as a means for artistic intervention in a public space” (see art & science project fleabag (for media facade). I joined there a nice group of scientists who work on exciting researches in the field of water: The presentations covered the use of early warning systems, water security, risk management and biomonitoring instruments in Germany, the Netherlands and around the world. Take a look – and see, for example, why you should not eat the “fish’n'chips” from the G. Leibniz Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries

single exhibition at

akta art.room
Schreinergasse 7, 3200 St. Pölten
09.04. – 08.05.2010, 10:30 to 17:00 or on request (info@akta.at)

For more details about virt-h see WORKS

.

Exhibition photos by Andrea Reischer and Corinne Studer:

.

Just some of the nice game results from exhibition visitors who played the SecondSquat Game!

Finding their way through the spatial game SecondSquat, the players left movement tracks, which at the same time shaped a new architecture. This generative result architecture was then automatically pasted into SecondSquat Utopia and placed onto a free “land piece”.

Game Result…

SecondSquat
Spatial Utopia for a 3D-Internet
Game Art, interactive installation, 2009
by Corinne Studer and her avatar Fuzzy Janus

Overview Exhibition

SecondSquat is an interactive installation that reflects, using the example of “Second Life”, spatial planning and the possibilities of movement within a three-dimensional Internet.

In this 3D-online-world, flying – the human dream – belongs to an essential possibility of an experience-driven locomotion. Yet, this is hardly considered at the planning, design and usage of this virtual world. “Second Life” is built up more densely, which leads to restricted mobility and exacerbates the discovering of individual sections.

Drawing from these experiences SecondSquat projects a new spatial Utopia. SecondSquat‘s model of this Utopia is designed to remove the usual barriers that prevent free flight within such online worlds. The installation offers a playful way of experiencing virtual space and for actively participating within this utopia.

SecondSquat - spatial utopia for a 3D-internet

“SecondSquat” consists of a game and a spatial utopia for a 3D-internet, which was realised within Second Life. For more information: download pdf

Special thanks to:

John Shave, programming support
Leo Peschta,  electronic support
Max Moswitzer, sl-land support

SecondSquat will be shown at the exhibitions:

18.6.09 “Digital Traces”, Vienna

25.6 – 15.7.09 “Essence 2009″ , University of Applied Arts, Vienna, Vordere Zollamtstrasse 3, Vienna

25.6 – 12.7.09 “Alias in Wonderland”, Freiraum / quartier21, im Museumsquartier MQ, Vienna,

26.6. – 15.8.09 In “Second Life”: http://slurl.com/secondlife/Angewandte/76/96/54

Here are some impressions from the “Q202 Atelierrundgang”. An open house event in Vienna. Many studios open their doors for 3 days for everyone who is interested. It was wonderful to meet all the curious people, have some nice talk and laughing.

My colleague Novotny and me in front of “our” studio…

The following pics are showing my installation “virt-h”. For more information about this work see works
The video artwork “Consumer” from my colleague Novotny. For more information about this work see www.georg.novotny.biz.

virt-h