We are delighted to announce the Curiosity Collective’s dark show, Friday 15th to Sunday 17th January 2010.
Friday - Open at nightfall (5pm) until 9pm, reception at 7:30pm
Saturday - 5pm to 9pm
Sunday - 4pm to 6pm, talk by the artists at 4pm Free admission
The setting is the mediaeval St Mary-at-the-Quay Church, in the heart of Ipswich’s historic dock area, where the creations of the Curiosity Collective will be at play after dark.
Using a mixture of sound and light, our technological curiosities will delight, surprise and perhaps confound. Allowing the visitor to experience this atmospheric space in new ways.
We anticipate it being pretty cold, so please wrap-up warm.
The dark show will be our sixth exhibition in Ipswich since we emerged in 2005.
With thanks again to our friends at Key Arts for the use of the space.
St Mary-at-the-Quay is ten minutes walk from the bus and train stations, with nearby parking available (map).
Darknoise - John Bowers & Angela McLellan
Sounds produced, heard and understood in the dark - of the dark, about the dark, from the dark.
Bubble Machine - David Chatting, Craig McCahill & Robert Lenne
A child’s toy modified to be triggered when a torch illuminates it in the dark making bubbles.
Can you keep it up in the dark? - Matthew C. Applegate
LED lights inside balloons. Challenging adults to play like children.
Inflatable Sculpture - Tom Juby & David Chatting
Explores the use of light and air to create an illusion of life.
Drawing in Light - David Chatting & Tom Juby
Drawing with light pens in the air, computer vision simulating a long exposure photograph.
(de)construction - Tom Juby & David Chatting
Reprojection of an old photograph back into the space, interacting with computer generated objects.
Laser Light - Tom Juby
Laser shins through a rotating lumia wheel to generate interference patterns.
Cock Robin - Angela McLellan & John Bowers
Cock Robin is a natural sound observation experiment of this active night songbird.
Reflections in Cider - David Chatting
An interactive video mirror made from 64 cider bottles.
Lunula - Mike Challis
In Lunula a culture of living Pyrocystis Lunula algae in seawater create their own light when agitated by sound waves.
Trickle Down - Jonathan Clift
An animation of LEDs light trickling down the wall, reflecting on economic theory.
The Cube - Chris Reason
Make a path through the EL wire maze.
There’s much activity right now as we prepare the Curiosity Collective’s exhibit for the first UK Maker Faire in Newcastle this weekend (14th &15th March).
All of our projects demonstrate a range of tools, techniques and influences. These include Arduinos, RFID, computer vision (OpenFrameworks), PD and the Pepper’s Ghost illusion.
We present, forewarned is forearmed - a preview of our forthcoming proverbs show, where we shall give you a sneak peak at our reinterpretations of proverbs - many as strange machines and computer trickery - as you’d expect!
We’ve all been busy getting ready for our third show in Ipswich next week, at St Mary’s at the Quay, Key Street.
We’ve got a really good line-up with lots of news stuff to share with the world:
1. iPhore - Cefn Hoile
Re-imagining of semaphore messages using web-cams and computer vision. 2. Two Wind-up Sculptures - Jonathan Clift
Simple visual puzzles from hacked consumer items. 3. Pixelh8 - Matthew Applegate
Chip-tune musician. 4. train_clock - David Chatting
How transport systems reshape the country. A clock showing the time to travel by train to destinations in the UK from Ipswich. 5. Laser Tag - Graffiti Labs (demonstrated by Tom Juby)
Non-destructive virtual graffiti. 6. Video Feedback - Martin Russ and Cefn Hoile
Emergent imagery from only a camera and a projector. 7. Touch Table - Tom Juby
Multi-touch tabletop. 8. Approaching Years - Craig McCahill
A hybrid portrait which appears to age as you come closer. 9. art is… some theory found on the Internet - Jonathan Clift
Definitions of art scavenged from a well-known search engine. 10. One Pixel Webcam - David Chatting
A view of the changing sky. 11. Bubble Machine - David Chatting, Craig McCahill and Robert Lenne
Leave a message for Bubbles!
Here’s the full programme for the week… download the poster - designed by Jon Sutton
Saturday 19th Talk: The Curiosity Collective (7:30pm until 9:30pm)
Things kick off with the opening of the show and a talk about us; what we’ve been doing over the past nearly three years, what we want to do in the future and why we’re doing it.
Sunday 20th Workshop: How to Solder (3pm until 4:30pm)
Interested in trying-out electronic projects, but put-off by soldering? We’ll show you how to get great results.
We will provide a soldering iron, solder and all the things you need to get going for the afternoon. We ask you to bring a small kit you would like to build, such as those available from Maplin or Rapid Electronics. Typically these are less than ten pounds. Battery powered projects only please.
There are limited spaces available, please contact david dot chatting at mac dot com by Saturday 19th to confirm your space.
Monday 21st Closed to the public
Tuesday 22nd Closed to the public
Wednesday 23rd Workshop: Pixelh8’s Chiptune music (6pm until 7:30pm)
Thursday 24th Open (4pm until 9:30pm)
Friday 25th Private viewing (4pm until 9:30pm) Reception from nightfall, about 7:30pm!
The long-awaited exhibition of Curiosity Collective’s work is now scheduled for 29th July until 6th August at St-Mary-At-The-Quay, Key St, Ipwich. It will be running evenings (except Monday and Tuesday) from 4pm til 9pm.
Please let me know if there are others which could credibly be constructed in the remaining time (around 3 to 4 months). I think puppet, springthing and twistedmap are in the balance - progress has been made, but not sure if the final execution of these pieces has been decided.
Initially, a preview exhibition may be requested from contributors to the Ipswich Artists group, as a kind of proof of concept for the use of St. Mary’s as an artist-run space. That might be within the coming 3 to 4 months.
This won’t require so many exhibits as the full blown Curiosity exhibition, which should come around March-April time. However we’ll need to commit to doing both of these round about now.
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