[Photo by David Masters] Anne Galloway: Counting Sheep – NZ Merino Wool in an Internet of Things :: August 31, 2010; 11:00 am - 12:00 pm :: Queensland University of Technology, Council Room (A105), A Block, Victoria Park Road, Kelvin Grove, Australia :: Please RSVP by 25 August 2010 to julieanne.edwards [at] qut.edu.au

Abstract: Pervasive computing brings together wireless, networked and context-aware technologies, including Global Positioning System (GPS), environmental sensors and Radio-Frequency Identification (RFID), to embed computational capacities in the objects and environments that surround us. The “Internet of Things” is a related vision for future computing that proposes a shift from a network of interconnected computers to a network of interconnected objects. Continue reading

Upgrade! Boston — Richard The - Design for Social Interaction :: May 4, 2010; 7:00 - 9:00 pm :: MIT-ACT (Art, Culture, Technology), 265 Massachusetts Avenue, 3rd Floor, Cambridge, MA.

Richard The is studying at the MIT Media Lab with David Small; he also works at The Green Eyl design studio in Berlin. He focuses on new forms of visual expression that utilize computation and design for new social interactions. His work has been shown at Ars Electronica, Design Museum London and Experimenta Design Amsterdam. Richard is the recipient of numerous awards, including Honorary Mention at Ars Electronica, London Designs of the Year, and Tokyo Type Director’s Club. Continue reading

e-flux journal – issue #13, February 2010 :: Editorial by Julieta Aranda, Brian Kuan Wood, Anton Vidokle:

Repeated attempts to dismantle the aura of value and rarity surrounding art objects have been, for the most part, unsuccessful. Why is that? The majority of these attempts throughout the twentieth century have consisted of infiltrating the economy of care, custodianship, conservation, and considered attention granted to art objects upon entry into the art establishment. While the introduction of impostors into this ecosystem in the form of real-world doubles (such as Duchampian readymades) served to short-circuit the aura of authenticity within spaces of art, over time these impostors nevertheless began to perform the function of ritualizing a general sense of disbelief with regard to the art establishment’s unpredictable and indeterminate patterns of attention to art objects. Continue reading

Structured Data :: The Real-Time Web :: Personalization :: Mobile Web & Augmented Reality :: Internet of Things

Fluid Sculpture from Charlie Bucket on Vimeo. [via Network Research]

The 25th Annual CHArt Conference: Object and Identity in the Digital Age :: November 12-13, 2009 :: Birkbeck, University of London :: Call for Papers — Deadline: May 30, 2009.

We live in a time when our identities are increasingly fractured, networked, virtualised and distributed. The same appears to be true of our things. Objects are becoming more contingent, reconfigurable, distributable and immaterial.

For the 25th anniversary CHArt conference we are looking for papers that engage with these questions in relation to art practice, production, consumption, representation and display. Continue reading

Susan Collins - Seascape :: April 4 - 14, 2009 :: Opening: April 4, 2:00 - 4:00 pm :: De La Warr Pavilion, Bexhill-on-Sea, East Sussex, UK.

A new body of work by British artist Susan Collins combines digital technologies with the classical traditions of English landscape painting to present an extraordinary visual exploration into the natural cycles of tide, time and light.

Commissioned by Film and Video Umbrella and De La Warr Pavilion, Seascape consists of a series of gradually unfolding digital seascapes created using imagery captured in real time by webcams installed at five key coastal vantage points between Margate and Portsmouth. Continue reading

KIOSK. Artefacts of a Post-Digital Age :: April 3-13, 2009 :: STRP Festival, Eindhoven (NL)

Many people collect art while others collect technology. Then there are the pioneering types who look for a combination of art and technology. They collect art objects that are continually changing, or as Yves Bernard and Domenico Quaranta put it: “They love screens. They love bits with atoms. They love things that move and change, because they live in a world that moves and changes.” They love the process, not necessarily static finished products. “They wouldn’t mind a Mona Lisa, provided it alternates between smiling and crying. For these art lovers KIOSK is bound to be a dream come true.” Continue reading

Storytelling is fundamental to being human: itʼs how we share our experiences, learn from our past, and imagine our future.

With the establishment of the Media Labʼs Center for Future Storytelling, the Media Lab, together with Plymouth Rock Studios, is rethinking what “storytelling” will be in the 21st century. The Center will take a dynamic new approach to storytelling, developing new creative methods, technologies, and learning programs that recognize and respond to the changing communications landscape.

The Center builds on the Media Labʼs more than 20 years of experience in developing society-changing technologies for human expression and interactivity, and will now take this to the next level. Continue reading

Building Lumens - Or how to network 160 lamps over the internet:

“What impresses me about the project is the combination of ambition, community spirit, and humor that went into it. The website makes it look all so simple and elegant, but it’s easy to overlook how much work went into it. Fortunately, Matt’s documented that, including notes on how to make your own networked lamp. His narrative of the whole project is a great read if you want a sense of what it takes to pull off a network project. What’s apparent from his blog is something that’s often overlooked in interactive art work: it’s impossible not to collaborate. It’s clear from reading the blog that there were high points and low points, but that the project would not have happened were it not only for the artists and producer, but also for the community they have around them.” Tom Igoe