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Now on at Beta_Space: |GEO|Landscapes 0.1
Artist: Chris Bowman
Technologists: Shigeki Amitani and Alastair Weakley
Exhibition dates: 27 April – 30 May 2007
Open 10am – 5pm daily
Free with entry to the Powerhouse Museum, Sydney
|GEO| Landscape.01 is an interactive artwork-in-progress that will transport
you to Sydney’s newest architectural attraction. The Brickpit Ring Walk - an
elevated circular walkway at Sydney Olympic Park - is a viewing platform set
inside the old brickpit at Homebush Bay. Visitors to the ‘Ring’ have
recorded their impressions of this historical, ecological and
architecturally significant site. Through the mediums of text, sound,
photography, video and GPS (Global Positioning System) co-ordinates,
|GEO|Landscape.01 explores time and space as trace experiences combined to
create a layered virtual environment. This early prototype explores how
video sequences, selected narratives and site-specific information can be
captured across two or more locations, then reconstructed by groups or
individuals to create personal or collective narratives.
Utilizing two interfaces designed as virtual programs, |GEO| seeks to enable
visitors to control their own virtual journey around the Brickpit Ring Walk.
Central to the visitor’s experience is the ability to navigate the Ring,
exploring the dialogue between representation and abstraction.
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Beta_Space: Art – technology - experiment - discovery
Beta_space is Sydney’s only dedicated venue for interactive art, a unique
venue where artists can show the public “first drafts” of interactive artworks.
Beta_space is an experimental environment where the public can engage with
the latest research in art and new technology A “beta version” is a new
piece of software or hardware that needs testing and feedback from its users
to help its creators make it better. Beta_space is a public laboratory for
beta testing interactive artworks.
It is a collaboration between The Powerhouse Museum and Creativity and
Cognition Studios (CCS) at the University of Technology, Sydney, a cutting
edge research group which is home to many artists creating exciting
interactive artwork. CCS thanks the Australasian CRC for Interaction Design
(ACID) for their support.
www.betaspace.net.au
www.creatitivyandcognition.com
http://www.acid.net.au/
The full press pack is available at:
http://www-staff.it.uts.edu.au/~deboraht/GEO_Press_Pack/
Accompanying Images are available at:
http://www-staff.it.uts.edu.au/~deboraht/GEO_Press_Images/
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Curator, Deborah Turnbull
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