Ghosts
26 February - 23 March 2005
Gallery One, The Herbert, Jordan Well, Coventry, West Midlands CV1 5QP
Digital Sculpture at The Herbert
Ghosts is a digital sculpture that plays with the notion of 'instant'
communication, such as email, web chat and text messages.
The projected sculpture is created from the messages visitors contribute
through text on a keyboard or mobile phone messages. These words, ideas and
fragments of thought are preserved and given a longer-term existence,
shaping a continuously evolving digital sculpture for others' future
experience out of the messages you leave behind.
The installation was recently exhibited at the Montreal Festival of New
Cinema and has been created by Squidsoup, a group of interactive designers,
artists and musicians whose aim is to expand current thought within
interactive art and design. Squidsoup's work has won awards and accolades
within the new media industry, including a BAFTA nomination and entry into
the British Design & Art Direction (D&AD) Awards Year Book.
Ghosts prompts visitors to question and interact. Where do all our text
messages go? Are throwaway ideas worth keeping?
Visit Ghosts and let your message form the art-work and make a mark on
another's experience.
The installation is open from Saturday 26 February to Wednesday 23 March,
10.00am to 5.30pm and Sunday 12pm to 5.00pm. Admission is FREE.
On Thursday 3rd March at 7-8.30pm, Squidsoup will be talking about the
Ghosts installation and their other work. Admission to this is free,
however you are recommended to contact The Herbert to reserve your place.
Ghosts, presented by Herbert Media, was originally commissioned by Watershed
Media Centre, Bristol and part funded by Clarks Digital Bursary.
For more information contact: Jo Whitford, Exhibitions and Programme
Officer, tel: 024 7683 1701 or email [log in to unmask]
http://squidsoup.com/ghosts
Herbert Media would love to see you all there!
Thanks
Kerrie Davies
Creative Media Officer
Herbert Media
Herbert Art Gallery & Museum
Jordan Well
Coventry
CV1 5QP
Tel: 024 7683 3276
Fax: 024 7683 2410
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