Right click - Open source new art media exhibition
Open Source in New Media Art
The exhibition is based around DIY (Do-It-Yourself) This isn't new to most design and art lovers. But when DIY goes digital, it is not as easy as it seems to be truly self-initiated without commercial software. The spirits of Open Source are to provide an open platform for digital media users to upload and download programming sources free of charge, and allow them to individualise these sources as their own designs and applications. Such free exchange of ideas and information ultimately gather collective experiences and creativity's, which is much more meaningful then just doing things on one's own.
GuLLDY and their co-curator Jeff LEUNG are pleased to present the exhibition "Right Click ：Open Source New Media Art Exhibition". Three international creative parties will present their interactive new media artworks based on Open Source programming and technology. What will be showcased are not only the completed works of art but also the entire processes as well as sources of the technology and the conceptual ideas applied to these works. In short, the exhibition aims to open and share with audiences every step involved in the productions of the exhibits, promoting the very spirits of DIY(Do-It-Yourself) and Creative Commons.
Creative parties including Daniel Shiffman (USA) 、Josh Minor (USA), micro+playground (Taiwan) will present their works in the exhibition. Among these parties, Josh Minor and micro+playground will come from aboard for the opening party and seminars, sharing their creations and creativity's with audiences.
"Swarm" by Daniel Shiffman (United States)
Inspired from "drip and splash" of painting technique asserted by US legendary painter Jackson Pollock in the mid-20-century, artist Daniel Shiffman make his "Swarm". It is an interactive video installation that implements the pattern of flocking birds as a constantly moving brush stroke. Swarm would smears colours captured from live video through web-cam producing an organic painterly effect in real-time .
"Video Pong" by Joshua Minor (United States)
Video Pong is a reinterpretation of the classic Atari video game Pong released in the early1970s. Instead of using a hand-held input device, Video Pong uses a video camera to capture images of the players and reacts to their movements. By waving their arms up and down the players can control the paddles in the game.
By removing the traditional input devices and placing the players themselves on screen, Video Pong makes the game far more personal, interactive and engaging. People love to see themselves on television. The game entices them to stretch, lean, jump and move their whole bodies to intercept the ball. This dynamic movement is fun to do and for others to watch. Very few other forms of human-computer interaction cause such a dramatic emotional response in the user.
"React memory" by micro+playground (Taiwan)
Based on the open source of image capturing technology by Reactable-MTG, Taiwan collaborative, micro+playground & Chen Hsing-Chun, manage to emerge this technique into their artistic work "react memory". When visitor relocated any prepared photos on the customised tea-table. Some images "under" the table come up to the top of the table. Different sequences of the images compose different memories
about a room.
More information : GULLDY blog
Where : Kapok. G/F. 9 Dragon Road (behind Tin Hau temple), Tin Hau
When : 24th May-13th June 2007
Opening: 24th May 7pm FREE
Tel: 254 99 254 / email: info@ka-pok.com
