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Reflections in Cider
Reflections in Cider by David Chatting is now installed in the window of McGinty’s, Ipswich.
Empty Shop Revival Fund
The Empty Shop Revival Fund has been made available by central government to help reverse the decline of high streets in these recessionary times, so there is money available for installations to be made in disused shops and windows.
When in Boston a few years back Cefn and I saw a whole set of great tech-art shop window interactions - including Jeff Lieberman’s Slink, plus some solar creatures, video pieces and interactive displays. There have also been some very nice street based multitouch systems such as CityWall in Helsinki. All pretty ambitious but shows what can be done in these spaces.
Tom and I went to see the folk at Slack Space in Colchester in the summer - where artists had taken over empty shops for galleries and workshop spaces.
I think this is a very exciting initiative indeed and would like to discussing ideas if you’re interested too
Cheers,
Dave
Artists for Artists Sake
Artists for Artists Sake is a new series of artists’ talks in Needham Market, starting on Thursday (15th Oct) with the sculptor Laurence Edwards - future speakers include Lielow and Sketch, Mark Dixon and Key Arts.
Mark Dixon - Breaking Up
Our friend Mark Dixon is showing Breaking Up as part of the opening celebrations for the new dance house.
“Breaking Up is a moving installation which documents the demolition of Cranfield’s Mill, where now stands the tallest building in East Anglia and the home of the New Jerwood Dance House on the Ipswich Waterfront.“ (download the flyer)
St Mary at the Quay Church, Ipswich
9 –11 October 2009, 5.30-7.30 pm
Admission Free
Horarum - sound installation at St Mary’s Church - Debenham
John and Mike have been busy with their Horarum at St Mary’s Church, Debenham, for the Debenham Arts Festival.
Horarum is an audio installation in the church porch such that the audience listens to the sound of the church clock ticking picked up by microphones in the tower and relayed via computer to speakers in the porch.
It is open throughout the festival (9th to 12th July) - apart from Saturday afternoon when there is a wedding in the church, and on Sunday morning.
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RAINFOREST IV - DAVID TUDOR
RAINFOREST IV - DAVID TUDOR - “a collaborative environmental work, spatially mixing the live sounds of suspended sculptures and found objects, with their transformed reflections in an audio system. “
3rd & 4th of July 2009 - from 2pm to 23pm - Peckham, London
Performers include our very own John Bowers and our very good friend Ryan Jordan.
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Earth Moves for Barcelona in Champions League Final
Via Middlesex University Teaching Resources - MUTR
Now this is rather fun - the celebrations of the goals in the Champions League final between Barcelona and Manchester United show up in a nearby seismograph! This is Jordi Díaz Cusí‘s trace corresponding with for Lionel Messi’s goal for in the 70th minute:
And the goal itself:
Via Middlesex University Teaching Resources - MUTR - “One of our SEP Seismometer systems used in Barcelona, 800m from fans celebrating during the Champions League final in Rome detected the goal celebrations. See the website here.“
Tim Hunkin’s Goat Tug of War Arch at London Zoo
Our friend Tim Hunkin has now finished the arch for the children’s area at London Zoo, that we saw when we visited his workshop on that cold windy day in January. Tim’s has written a really nice description of how the arch developed from concept to installation.
(Paul‘s photo)
Pixelh8 Music Tech Software is now free for download!
Excellent news from curiousite Pixelh8, “After lengthy consideration, I decided I would rather have my Game Boy / Game Boy Advance music software be used by everyone it can be used by, instead of just the few.“ read more