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ARTiVIS Artist in Residency with SINAIS project at MITI/UMAD
Posted by: Mónica Mendes in ARTiVIS Implementation Local culture PhD research Play with Fire Residency 12 years, 3 months ago
The ARTiVIS project is participating in an Artist in Residency program at the University of Madeira in close collaboration with the SINAIS eco feedback project team.
We will share ongoing developments in our research work that could be of interest to the SINAIS project, namely the design of a networked open hardware forest surveillance kit, and Play With Fire, a public interactive installation that engages participants with live video of forests and generative real-time graphics overlays.
The proposed goals of this Artist in Residency program are:
- Scout Laurissilva sites, and test the potential for setting up an ARTiVIS surveillance kit on site for storing data and providing a live feed of the landscape to be used in further developments.
- Bridge Play with Fire with SINAIS by setting up a version of the installation at a public venue in Madeira . This setup would allow us to design and carry out user experience evaluation with the support of the SINAIS team
- Collaborate with the SINAIS team in order to share insights and data from our work and receive valuable feedback from them. This would lead to brainstorming the concept and design of a public installation for SINAIS eco feedback.
- Generate publications, submissions for art venues and disseminations of results. We propose that these tasks be completed over a period of six months comprising two residency periods at Madeira and a research and development period in the mainland.
The first residency period occurred in the week from 23 to 29 of January and involved:
- Contacting local Laurissilva forest spots, scouting places to install test equipment.
- Setting up a version of the Play With Fire installation for testing at the Tecnopolo.
- Meeting with SINAIS group to present ARTiVIS and Play With Fire.
- Evaluating the installation design in collaboration with HCI experts from SINAIS.
- Brainstorming with the SINAIS team about their eco-feedback public installation.
- Working on location testing the Laurissilva forest setup and Play With Fire installation, preparing for the upcoming exhibition at Pavilhão do Conhecimento.
- Documenting and planning development objectives for the July residency period.
We had a great time in Madeira with the SINAIS team and we are already working on improving Play With Fire and testing the components for the DIY forest surveillance kit for the second residency period around July.
Play with Fire at AZ Labs showcase in Guimarães 2012
Posted by: Mónica Mendes in ARTiVIS AZ labs Interactive installations Play with Fire Presentations 12 years, 4 months ago
We were presenting the Play with Fire demo at the AZ Labs showcase in Guimarães – this time "burning" the holy "Penha" surrounding forest.
Here is the AZ Labs showcase video of the event on December 17, 2012 »
[vimeo http://www.vimeo.com/34311435 w=524&h=295]
The next day we did the first set of Play with Fire tests, and we will soon bring some photos of the whole experience :)
Play with Fire participating at the 10th Longa Noite de Curtas
Posted by: Mónica Mendes in Play with Fire Presentations 12 years, 5 months ago
We had a very good feednack from this 1' video resented at the 10th Longa Noite de Curtas, organized by Gonçalo Robalo, this time with the challenge-rule of no sound ;)
Play with Fire at ACE 2011 Creative Showcase & Interactive Art
Posted by: Mónica Mendes in ACE ARTiVIS Play with Fire Presentations 12 years, 5 months ago
We presented the Play with Fire demo ACE 2011 Creative Showcase & Interactive Art, in Lisbon, where I also had a fantastic experience participating as a student volunteer ;).
Another highlight was the study visit of my FBAUL students to the Interactive Showcase and Interactive Art :)))
Here is the 20'' (yes, seconds) madness presentation on vimeo »
[vimeo http://www.vimeo.com/31852968 w=524&h=347]
Soon we will be presenting some photos of the event, too. Meanwhile, take a look at the ACE 2011 Lisbon Conference gallery »
Algoritmos Criativos premiere at Montemor-o-Novo showcasing Play with Fire
Posted by: Mónica Mendes in altLab ARTiVIS AZ labs AZ residency PhD research Play with Fire 12 years, 6 months ago
After another artistic residency week at O Espaço do Tempo in Montemor-o-Novo, we finally premiered the Play with Fire interactive installation and had the opportunity of showing it to hundreds of students that visited the exhibition during the following week.
This Play with Fire teaser video presents some of those moments shot during the Montemor-o-Novo Algoritmos Criativos residency and exhibition »
[vimeo http://www.vimeo.com/33196286 w=524&h=295]