New Media Arts; New Zealand Style!
"Magic is all about making you think that you saw something happen in a particular way, design is about making you think in a particular way, the two can be intrinsically linked, and there you have it, me as a person, a creative deciever." (Dave Gardener, 2004)
Last night I attended the opening of a new media arts exhibition - the first installation was by Dave Gardener and is entitled 'Trigger 870'. Which studies the close relationship between a lock and lock picker, the work is interactive in the way that the movement of the viewer is translated via a web cam into a resulting projected narrative, that is constructed from 870 paragraphs from a lock picking reference manual. The smoother the movement, the more logical the narrative. (D.G, 2004)
Needless to say; I was fascinated with the concept. Unfortunately, the opening was very successful, and of course there were a lot of bodies making a lot of movements in a small area. Thus, we had the web cam 'strobing' through the instructions like a thing posessed! The design of the piece begs for stillness, contemplation, and patience. Three things we definitely need to work on in the 21st century!
I msut admit to being quite tempted to go back when nobody is around, and taking advantage of the invitation to 'be still, you might learn something!' I am also quite keen to try my lock picking abilities on the chest that is placed in the centre of the room. Pandoras box indeed!
Conceptual art at it's best - in little old Hamilton! Nice one Dave.
Last night I attended the opening of a new media arts exhibition - the first installation was by Dave Gardener and is entitled 'Trigger 870'. Which studies the close relationship between a lock and lock picker, the work is interactive in the way that the movement of the viewer is translated via a web cam into a resulting projected narrative, that is constructed from 870 paragraphs from a lock picking reference manual. The smoother the movement, the more logical the narrative. (D.G, 2004)
Needless to say; I was fascinated with the concept. Unfortunately, the opening was very successful, and of course there were a lot of bodies making a lot of movements in a small area. Thus, we had the web cam 'strobing' through the instructions like a thing posessed! The design of the piece begs for stillness, contemplation, and patience. Three things we definitely need to work on in the 21st century!
I msut admit to being quite tempted to go back when nobody is around, and taking advantage of the invitation to 'be still, you might learn something!' I am also quite keen to try my lock picking abilities on the chest that is placed in the centre of the room. Pandoras box indeed!
Conceptual art at it's best - in little old Hamilton! Nice one Dave.
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