experimental art and technology presentation
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Presentation by Ricardo Peach, Inter-Arts Program Manager, 2012TRANSCRIPT
Curious Creatures by
Jimmy McGilchrist.
Photo: Jimmy
McGilchrist
Curious Creatures by
Jimmy McGilchrist.
Photo: Jimmy
McGilchrist
Experimental Art and
Technology in Australia
Jordana
Maisie,
Close
Encounters,
The Light in
Winter
Festival,
2012.
Photograph
courtesy the
artist
About the Inter-Arts Office and the
Experimental Arts Sector Plan
• Experimentation
• Labs/workshops
• Cross-disciplinary
• Emerging artforms
• Collaboration
• Exploration
• Risk-taking
• Creative partnerships
Types of experimental practices
• Locative media
• Augmented and virtual reality
• Embodied media
• Digital performance
• Robotics and haptics
• Bio art
• Transhumanism
• Data interpretation
• Experimental craft and design
• Experimental sound art
• Interactive moving image
Parkfield
Interventional
EQ Fieldwork
by D.V.
Rogers 2008.
Photo Scott
Haefner US
Geological
Survey
Locative Media
PVI Collective, Transumer, 2010
PVI Collective, Transumer, 2010
PVI Collective, Transumer, 2010
PVI Collective, Deviator, 2012
PVI Collective, Deviator, 2012
PVI Collective, Deviator, 2012
PVI Collective, Deviator, 2012
PVI Collective, Deviator, 2012
Augmented and Virtual Reality Thea Baumann, Metaverse Makeovers. Photograph courtesy Andrew Mac
Thea Baumann, Metaverse Makeovers. Photograph courtesy Russell Shakespeare
Thea Baumann, Metaverse Makeovers. Photograph courtesy Julian Viray
Thea Baumann, Metaverse Makeovers. Photograph courtesy Julian Viray
Thea Baumann, Metaverse Makeovers. Photograph courtesy Julian Viray
Thea Baumann, Metaverse Makeovers. Photograph courtesy Andrew Mac
Thea Baumann, Metaverse Makeovers. Photograph courtesy Andrew Mac
Aroha Groves, Connections2, 2010
Aroha Groves, Connections2, 2010
Aroha Groves, Connections2, 2010
Aroha Groves, Connections2, 2010
Aroha Groves, Connections2, 2010
Aroha Groves, Connections2, 2010
George Khut,The Heart Library Project, 2007
Embodied Media
George Khut,The Heart Library Project, 2007
George Khut,The Heart Library Project, 2007
George Khut,The Heart Library Project, 2007
George Khut,The Heart Library Project, 2007
George Khut,The Heart Library Project, 2007
George Khut,The Heart Library Project, 2007
Keith Armstrong, Intimate Transactions, 2005
Keith Armstrong, Intimate Transactions, 2005
Keith Armstrong, Intimate Transactions, 2005
Keith Armstrong, Intimate Transactions, 2005
Jonathan Duckworth, Elements, RMIT, 2009
Jonathan Duckworth, Elements, RMIT, 2009
Jonathan Duckworth, Elements, RMIT, 2009
Jonathan Duckworth, Elements, RMIT, 2009
06 August 2007 Presentation Title Digital Performance
Chunky Move, Mortal Engine, 2008
06 August 2007 Presentation Title
Chunky Move, Mortal Engine, 2008
06 August 2007 Presentation Title
Chunky Move, Mortal Engine, 2008
Chunky Move, Mortal Engine, 2008
Chunky Move, Glow, 2006
Chunky Move, Glow, 2006
Chunky Move, Glow, 2006
Helen Sky, Darker Edge of Night, 2007
Helen Sky, Darker Edge of Night, PICA, 2009
Helen Sky,
Darker Edge of Night,
PICA 2009
Helen Sky, Darker Edge of Night, 2007
Alejandro Rolandi, Virtual Costume, 2012.
Courtesy the artist and photographer Matthew Syres
Alejandro Rolandi, Virtual Costume, 2012.
Courtesy the artist and photographer Matthew Syres
Alejandro Rolandi, Virtual Costume, 2012.
Courtesy the artist and photographer Matthew Syres
Mari Velonaki, Fish-Bird interactive robotic installation, 2004-07
Robotics and Haptics
Mari Velonaki, Fish-Bird interactive robotic installation, 2004-07
Mari Velonaki, Fish-Bird interactive robotic installation, 2004-07
• Wade and Kirsty
Mari Velonaki, Fish-Bird interactive robotic installation, 2004-07
3D geometry representation of 2D art images Saeid Nahavandi, 3D geometry representation of 2D art images
Saeid Nahavandi, HEAR - Haptic-Enabled Art Realization Research Project
Saeid Nahavandi, Australian Research Council Expo, Canberra, 2011
Bio Art
Guy Ben-Ary, MEART -The
Semi Living Artist, 2006
Guy Ben-Ary,
Biofeel -The Robotic Arm, 2002.
Projection of neurons in real time.
Photograph Phil Gamblen
Guy Ben-Ary,The Robotic Arm,
Australian Culture Now, 2004.
Photograph Phil Gamblen
Guy Ben-Ary, Silent Barrage, 2011
Transhumanism Stelarc, Ear on Arm, 2007. Photograph by Nina Sellers
Stelarc, Ear on Arm Suspension, Scott Livesey Galleries, 8 March 2012
Photographer Claudio Oyarce
Stelarc, Exoskeleton 2003. Photographer Igor Skafar, Ljubljana
Stelarc, Walking Head 2006. Photographer Stelarc, Heide Museum of Modern Art
Experimental Craft and Design
Leah Heiss, Arsenic Jewellery (with mesoporous iron oxide), 2007-8
Leah Heiss, Arsenic Water Vessel -
closed, 2007-8
Leah Heiss, Arsenic Water Vessel-
open, 2007-8
Leah Heiss, Diabetes Neckpiece, 2007-8
Leah Heiss, Diabetes Ring and Patch, 2007-8
Experimental Sound Art
WIRED Lab, Cootamundra,NSW, 2008.
Piezo Mic.
WIRED Lab,
Cootamundra, NSW,
2008
WIRED Lab, Cootamundra, NSW, 2008. Tensioning end for long wires
(450 metre span) and short wires (350 metre span)
WIRED Lab, Cootamundra, NSW, April 2008. Dave Burraston field
recording from wire pickups
WIRED Lab, Cootamundra, NSW, 2008
WIRED Lab, Cootamundra,
NSW, 2008. Long wire pickup
and earth cables at dusk
AlloSphere Bridge, California NanoSystems Institute
University of California, Santa Barbara, 2012
Data Interpretation
The AlloSphere Artist Residency, California NanoSystems Institute
University of California, Santa Barbara
Sound artist David Rogers, AlloSphere Artist Residency recipient,
California NanoSystems Institute University of California, Santa Barbara, 2012
David Rogers, Inner Earth Interpreter, California NanoSystems Institute
University of California, Santa Barbara, 2012
Interactive Moving Image Advanced Visualisation and Interaction Environment (AVIE), iCinema, University of New South Wales
Dennis Del Favero, Scenario, iCinema, 2011.
Dennis Del
Favero,
Scenario,
iCinema,
2011.
Dennis Del Favero, Scenario, iCinema, 2011.
Dennis Del Favero, Scenario, iCinema, 2011.
Jimmy McGilchrist, Curious Creatures, 2011
Jimmy McGilchrist, Curious Creatures, 2011
Jimmy McGilchrist, Curious Creatures, 2011
Jimmy McGilchrist, Curious Creatures, 2011
Splendour in the Grass music festival, 2010. Courtesy Splendour in the Grass
Splendour in the Grass music festival, 2010. Courtesy Splendour in the Grass
Jimmy McGilchrist, Curious Creatures, 2011
Curious Creatures, Vryfees 2012, South Africa. Photographer Matt West.
Conclusion
• Experimental technology artists create cross-disciplinary teams to realise their projects
• Their work requires substantial practice lead research and development time
• The art they create is iterative and changes with each new presentation and redevelopment
• There is often a high degree of interactivity and co-creation of the work
• The work is generally cross-artform, interdisciplinary and not easily defined as art
• Developing the work requires strong science, technology and creative industry partnerships
• There are mutual benefits to both the arts and non-arts partners
Keith Armstrong, Intimate Transactions, 2005 Some of these observations are backed -up by preliminary research conducted by ANAT and the University of
South Australia titled Creative Collaboration, Commercialisation and Career Study, June 2010
Aroha Groves, Connections2, 2010
Dr Ricardo Peach
Australia Council for the Arts
http://twitter.com/auscouncilarts
ricardopeach.com
Thank you