[Image: Trigger Points for the composition of Michael Mastrototaro, aka MACHFELD] Audiomobile — A mobile sound installation for cities by Matt Smith and Sandra Wintner with: Eva Ursprung (A), Martin Pichler (A), Norbert Math (A), Heike Kaltenbrunner (A), Michael Mastrototaro (A), Luka Princic (SLO) :: Registration for a ride :: November 27 - December 4, 2009 :: Bad Radkersburg, Styria, Austria.

Audiomobile invites you to explore ‘Sonic Maps’ while driving around in a comfortable vehicle that encourages dialogue between a random assortment of passengers and that is equipped with a multi-channel audio system and GPS positioning system. Continue reading

The mission of the Media Fragments Working Group, part of the Video in the Web Activity, is to address temporal and spatial media fragments in the Web using Uniform Resource Identifiers (URI). It involves breaking up video so you can link to points in the timeline (deep hyperlinking), enabling video to be broken up into parts. See this.

From - Use cases and requirements for Media Fragments: Audio and video resources on the World Wide Web are currently treated as “foreign” objects, which can only be embedded using a plugin that is capable of decoding and interacting with the media resource. Continue reading

Mixed Relations | Technesexual - Mixed Reality Live Audio Performances and Workshops with Elle Mehrmand and Micha Cardenas :: October 2 (Performance @ Entijuanarte at the Centro Cultural de Tijuana (CECUT), October 4 (Performance @ Arse Elektronika X, in San Francisco), and October 15-16 (Workshop @ TURN*ON, Montreal).

Technesexual uses DIY biometric sensors that were made by hand to create live audio which will be heard in real space and virtual space at the same time. It is a Mixed Reality performance exploring relationality between people and between people and technology. Continue reading

Error One: Into the Light :: late afternoons and nights from December 19, 2008 - January 4, 2009 :: Opening: December 18, 2008; 7:00 pm with a Performance by Caron Geary (UK) at 9:00 pm :: Leopold de Waelplaats, Antwerp.

The eleventh edition of ERROR ONE brings together international artists who work with video, audio, photo and light installations. These contemporary works of art are displayed in interaction with the city, on facades, windows and screens around the Leopold De Waelplaats in Antwerp, in the vicinity of the Royal Museum of Fine Art. Into the Light could serve as a counterbalance to the dearth of light on the shortest and darkest days of the year. Continue reading

While the term “crowd sourcing” generally refers to a large group of people (i.e. internet users) contributing to the realization of a project, it might also apply in interesting ways to the newest installation by Jody Zellen. In “The Blackest Spot,” at LA’s Fringe gallery, she culls footage of crowds and corrals them into content categories which are in turn activated by visitors to the exhibition. While the crowd is usually theorized as a single entity or herd, Zellen’s selections exemplify the many different means and reasons for which people choose to assemble in a single spot. Continue reading

Media Matters is a multi-phase project designed to provide guidelines for care of time-based media works of art (e.g., video, film, audio and computer based installations). The project was created in 2003 by a consortium of curators, conservators, registrars and media technical managers from New Art Trust, MoMA, SFMOMA and Tate. The consortium launched its first phase, on loaning time-based media works, in 2004, and its second phase, on acquiring time-based media works, in 2007.

Often only fully realised in their installed state, time-based media works are complex systems that pose new challenges for their custodians. Continue reading

FIGMENT :: Governor’s Island :: June 27, 28, 29, 2008 :: Ferries run from The Battery Maritime Building located adjacent to the Staten Island Ferry in Lower Manhattan. Find a schedule here ::

FIGMENT is a celebration of creative culture from June 27-29, 2008 on Governors Island in New York Harbor. It provides an open forum for artists, helps build a creative community, and fosters participatory and public art. A broad spectrum of arts are represented, including sculpture, performance, music, installation, dance, costuming and activities. It is free and open to the public. Continue reading

Lebanon Now - New Media Art Exhibition :: June 21-30, 2008; 11 am - 7 pm (except Sundays) :: Opening: June 20; 6:00 pm :: LAA Gallery, Al Wagf Addurzi Bldg. 2nd floor, Verdun Street, Beirut.

The Association of Lebanese Artists presents Lebanon Now, the art exhibition of the new media. Sponsored by USAID, this exhibition shows works done with the latest technological means. These works question Lebanon today, which is more disconcerting and intriguing than ever. Continue reading

A dusk to dawn festival on the beach and pier in Santa Monica, CA, July 19, 2008, GLOW will fill the hours with compelling, enchanting and effervescent sights and sounds situated in spaces and times that expand possibilities for where, how and when the public experiences contemporary art.

With the historic Santa Monica Pier and adjacent world-famous Santa Monica Beach as their space, a number of unique and inviting works by artists will illuminate the area for twelve celebratory hours.
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Halsey Burgund: ROUND :: March 9 - July 27, 2008 :: Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, 258 Main Street, Ridgefield, Connecticut :: Exhibition Reception: March 9, 2008; 3 - 5 pm.

ROUND is an audio installation that will solicit spoken voice contributions from visitors and use them as part of a musical composition intended to be listened to while viewing the work on view in the galleries. The interactive audio experience will allow visitors to hear a diverse range of voices — including artists, curators, and visitors — sharing their perspectives about the exhibitions and to add their responses. Continue reading