ISEA 2012 Albuquerque Machine Wilderness Once I was in a bus in Japan and I had a vision of being in a forest at the same time as being in the bus. These two are often seen as antagonistic, but we must find ways to unite them. The Car garden merges two apparently divergent entities to […]
One Man is an Island, 2009, Rachael Rakena (Iwi – Ngai Tahu, Nga Puhi), High definition video, courtesy of Bartley and Company Art, Wellington
Ūkaipō Korou Productions is currently in the first phase of research and consultation for Ūkaipo – A new dance opera in Te Reo Māori. SCANZ 2013 will be an welcome opportunity for the Ūkaipo kaupapa to connect with mana whenua and tangata whenua of the Taranaki rohe and attending interdisciplinary artists and scientists. Ūkaipō Celebrates the divine feminine, the mother […]
Back to the antipodes Our project is on the razor edge between poetry, science and science-fiction. We will enquire into the anxieties and expectations of humanity in these days of uncertainty. We will explore the collective subconscious and it’s relationship with the earth, the geodesic energies and the human settlements. Our attempt is to use […]
What is wind? The art based research brings my thirty year history of cross cultural communications together in this project in concert with the cross fertilization facilitated through the WITT Art Space. I will research exchanges of different knowledge systems – comparing and contrasting Maori and Indigenous environmental concepts with each other and western scientific […]
Image: >2 degrees before 2028, detail, photograph 45×65 My proposal for the residency is three-fold: – to participate in the Open Lab, in sharing perspectives and approaches to exploring environmental issues through interdisciplinary art+research – to participate in the low cost electronics workshop to build a rapid prototype of the LED light strip (described below) […]
Nigel Helyer has been invited to develop an audio project utilising data sensors and Open Meshwork in Pukekura Park with a custom online data to audio translation. The system is permanently installed in New Plymouth’s botanic garden. Currently, temperature, UV and people count data is collected. Other projects involve sensors monitoring tree voltage, the electromagnetic […]
Image credit: Detlev van Ravensway Science Photo Library Te Hunga Wai Tapu roughly translates as the group of people for whom water is sacred. They are: Ian Clothier, Dr Te Huirangi Waikerepuru, Te Urutahi Waikerepuru, Jo Tito, Craig Macdonald, Julian Priest, Tom Greenbaum, Sharmila Samant, Leon Cmielewski, Josephine Starrs, Andrew Hornblow, Darren Robert Terama […]
Visualisation of the Wai installation About Wai Humanity and Earth are at an important juncture: the intersection of past unsustainable approaches to environment and the potential for a sustainable future. An important factor in these issues is listening to the voice of indigenous people on the subject of environment. It is quite clear that the […]
Digital Anthropophagy Author: Vanessa Ramos-Velasquez Abstract The background of my Digital Anthropophagy theory comes from the “fair use” conundrum of the Information Age. One of my own art practices is to create films from found footage and openly exposed media online. I metabolize these materials into new contexts. In the creative process of this practice, […]