Dear Readers,

I’ll be away for the next month.

Warm Regards,
Jo

CIANT | International Centre for Art and New Technologies presents Informace na tělo / Wearable Information: Mahir M. Yavuz & Ebru Kurbak :: December 18-21, 2009; Opening + Presentation: December 18; 7:00 pm :: Fotograf Studio, Školská 28, Praha 1.

The concept of information visualization is not brand new, yet today it is a trending topic not only in the fields of art and design but also in social sciences, journalism and governmental strategies. Day by day, tools for data creation is improving, online social networks are gathering more people and the amount of digital data is rapidly increasing. In the recent years, this emerging field began to provide us many different visual outputs in various forms. But, is it possible to think of information visualization in casual forms in our daily life, or even as a source of fashion design? This exhibition presents two projects involved in information visualisation on daily wearables. Continue reading

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It is with heartfelt regret and deep sadness that we convey the news of David Crawford’s passing. Helen met David in New York city in 1997. Turbulence.org went on to commission and spotlight many of his works, including Here and Now (1998), National Velvet (2000), Dance to the Radio (2002), Stop Motion Studies - Tokyo (2003), and Algorithmic Montage 2: A Walk With David Bohm (2007). Continue reading

[Image: A real train compartment placed in the hallway of the newly built wing of a nursing home for demented elderly. A work by Lino Hellings and Yvonne Dröge Wendel Delft the Netherlands. Photo by Gert Jan van Rooij] Upgrade! São Paulo: P.A.P.A Participating Artists’ Press Agency: Lino Hellings :: November 18, 2009; 7:30 pm :: Ateliê Unicentro Belas Artes de São Paulo, R. Dr. Álvaro Alvim, 76 - Vila Mariana.

P.A.P.A. participating artists’ press agency will manufacture news by taking action. P.A.P.A. is in development. The Public process can be followed on www.papaplatform.com

Two years ago I had decided to transform my work as an artist into a press agency. It took some time but from summer 2008 I have started to develop the concept. My idea is to establish an international press agency with a word wide network of artist correspondents that makes news in the most literally sense of the word. Continue reading

MRG Seminar: Nonny de la Pena on Immersive Journalism :: October 26, 2009; 5:00 pm :: Lecture Hall, Ground floor, Ben Pimlott Building, Goldsmiths College, New Cross, London.

Nonny de la Pena will talk about immersive journalism, a novel way to utilize gaming platforms and virtual environments to convey news, documentary and non-fiction stories. She will discuss how these platforms might offer audiences an immersive experience that can complement and extend reporting in traditional news media. She will also present Gone Gitmo, a virtual Guantanamo Bay Prison, and IPSRESS, an experience using head mounted display technology, as potential prototypes of immersive journalism. Nonny is a Senior Research Fellow, Immersive Journalism, USC Annenberg School of Journalism (California, USA).

Dear Readers,

I’m taking a break to enjoy what’s left of summer.

Warm Regards,
Jo

This week Nike unveiled a cool “new” chalk-writing robot used to print messages on the road during the Tour de France bicycle race. The trouble is, the robot isn’t so new after all. The Nike Chalkbot is nearly identical to the Streetwriter we began developing ten years ago.

Since 1998, the Institute for Applied Autonomy has been inventing and building robots to protest the militarization of robotics research and to reassert the public’s ownership of public space. Among the machines we produced were GraffitiWriter, a small remote controlled robot capable of printing high-speed text graffiti on the pavement while driving, StreetWriter, a black cargo van capable of printing large text messages the width of a traffic lane while driving, and SWX a more compact trailer version of the same. Continue reading

Iraq Lullaby Service is a singing syndication service provided by kanarinka for Iraqi blogs during 2009, the year in which the US is to begin ending its occupation of Iraq. Continue reading

“Despite advances in computer graphics, few people would think virtual characters or objects are real. Yet placed in a virtual reality environment most people will interact with them as if they are really there. European researchers are finding out why.

In trying to understand presence – the propensity of humans to respond to fake stimuli as if they are real – the researchers are not just gaining insights into how the human brain functions. They are also learning how to create more intense and realistic virtual experiences, opening the door to myriad applications for healthcare, training, social research and entertainment…” Continue reading When Virtual Reality Feels Real, ScienceDaily, May 13, 2009. Related Stories: Continue reading