More images from AWITP installation at SBB

We did it.

Phase one of ‘A Walk In The Park…” is completed and installed at the SBB Zurich (June 12-13, 2013) The biggest Thank you goes to SBB for allowing the installation to happen and especially to Narin Hermez who supported AWITP unconditionally Thank you to: Ana Raquel Ferrao and Bruno Pereira – two of the most […]

VOLUNTEERS

We are looking for volunteers for the installation day (evening of June 11, 2013). Please email info (at) charlesmalene (dot) com if you’re interested in helping out.

Less Than 2 Weeks To Go…

It’s crunch time. The team and myself have been working tirelessly these past few weeks to get everything organized for the installation. Squeezing in skype sessions from Japan to Portugal and plenty of late nights/ early mornings. But this is all coming together nicely.  

WEMAKEIT Crowdfunding

The Beauty of Philanthropy Taking the risk by putting this project and its research out there has been quite a daunting task. Because this project isn’t a conventional one, it has been a challenge having it categorized within the funding sector’s guidelines. Even though there has been a lot of interest in the project and […]

Liz Magic Laser

The Armory Show has started in NYC ( http://www.thearmoryshow.com/) and I will have to pass on it because of the MIT trip. *sadface* But some of the work covered this year is interesting. The theme of the ‘Viewer as Composer/Producer” seems to be resonating through the art world this year. I’ve never been trendy in […]

Reference Research

I have been working from the Toronto Reference Library for the past few weeks. It’s always been an eclectic mix of the most kooky and smart people in the city (can’t really tell the difference between who works there and who’s sleeping there). But the source material is second to none. #proudtorontonian

Protected: Robots

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Programming

I’m having a stroke. The Architect sent me this book about coding/ programming.   As of now, I have no life.   Link to Processing glossary

Innovative Materials

(image from Litracon) Working with the Architect has been making my brain explode. Some of the links he’s sent me trigger so many new ideas that I’m afraid I’ll pass out. This is becoming a constant thing. New material : …Transparent. Concrete. Yeah. Amazing. Link to Article

Performativity

PERFORMATIVITY Video work by the performance artist BOY CHILD. WARNING: This video is fieeeeeeeeeeeeeeerce!! Yup. I adore the work of Boychild. You can’t really classify what he/she does because it’s a mix of so many things, that it’s a whole new thing entirely. The work pushes boundaries of what is grotesque and what is art. […]

Vasulka Nostalgia

Reflection, distortion, self… Steina Vasulka memories came up. She and Woody came to Concordia when I was there and showed us their new work at the time. The Vasulka’s work is always worth a revisit.

Trends in Contemporary Art: MIRRORS/ REFLECTION

  Random thoughts on the use of mirrors as a strong trend in Contemporary Art. I am not referring to internal reflection, I literally mean: Reflection. Mirrors play on the viewer’s vanity in order to engage them, but at the same time it’s almost impossible to see oneself when the viewer is too close to […]

How To Build A Motion Sensor

Been reading tons of sites and watching strange tutorials on how to build a motion sensor. BUT this one really got my attention: http://antiadvertisingagency.com/wp-content/pdfs/how-to-article.pdf Oh Hey…Say WHAT 20th century?!?! A CD player!! *smh* Can you even find one of those outside of the 90’s ?!? Didn’t think so…

Light Solos

LIGHT SOLOS by Ula Sickle 2011 I have a confession. I am completely bias when it comes to Ula Sickle. I have been friends with Ula since we attended Earl Haig Secondary School together. She is a phenomenal dancer (P.A.R.T.S. & CCDT trained), choreographer and artist. As time has gone on, she performs less and […]

Location Location Location

  Possibilities for installation space throughout Zurich:  

Transdisciplinarity: A Canadian Tradition

Proud Canadian coming through! Shameless. In Canada (in particular Montreal) we have a great tradition of transdisciplinating  in the arts, especially between the fields of dance/movement and technology. While going down the rabbit hole that is the National Film Board’s website, I came across these gems. !!ACHTUNG!! These videos are from the future. Proceed with caution… […]

Vita Parcours Zurich

Vita Parcours is one of the ways the city of Zurich tries to engage its inhabitants in a subtle manner. Not artistic at all but they use the method of dead reckoning to maneuver the participant through the course. It’s appears very natural in execution, but I see it as pure science and controlled guidance. Not […]

Strategies of Interactivity

STRATEGIES OF INTERACTIVITY by Dieter Daniels (image from article) Right off the bat. The first paragraph in this text addresses the issue of viewer engagement/ participation: Duchamp therefore establishes that in every aesthetic experience, the viewer is assigned a constitutive role and that he »thus adds his contribution to the creative act«…»a work is made […]

Path Integration In Mammals & Its Interaction With Visual Landmarks

PATH INTEGRATION IN MAMMALS AND ITS INTERACTION WITH VISUAL LANDMARKS ARIANE S. ETIENNE, ROLAND MAURER AND VALÉRIE SÉGUINOT Laboratoire d’Ethologie, FPSE, Université de Genève, 54 route des Acacias, 1227 Carouge, Switzerland The Journal of Experimental Biology 199, 201–209 (1996) 201 Printed in Great Britain © The Company of Biologists Limited 1996 JEB0112   This article introduced […]