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However, the artists were approached and asked if they would consider showing
the work projected across the end of a long room in CityLab. It was also
proposed that a sensor be installed to make the work respond to the audience in
the space rather than by using a computer mouse as it had been shown before.
The artists responded positively to these suggestions. In the end because of lack
of time the work was presented with the mouse on top of the plinth containing
the data projector. It was however, projected across three walls, the floor and
ceiling so it could be ‘entered’ by the audience. This work was installed opposite
one of the antennas of the ‘Wifi Camera Obscura’ so its wireless network
connection could be scanned for signals.
‘Cyclone.soc’ received the second highest amount of attention from the press
and was mentioned at least seven times. This work was also most cited (11%) by
the visitors in the audience survey as the thing they liked most in the exhibition.
None of the participating practitioners that were interviewed were surprised by
its inclusion in the exhibition. Since the exhibition the researcher has
contributed photographs of ‘Cyclone.soc’ to the forthcoming book by Richard
Colson ‘The Fundamentals of Digital Art’ by Ava Publishing (16/10/2007).
Open Call 2. ‘Light Sensitive Disk (LSD) Drive’ (2006) by Manchester-based
Simon Blackmore 99 is a reconfigured product that is able to interpret lost data
from degraded compact discs that have been left outside and exposed to the
elements. Blackmore has been reinventing the function or image of culturally
iconic objects to make sculptures, including converting a caravan into a gallery,
making audio laptops from logs and turning a pole lathe into a musical
instrument.
99 http://www.simonblackmore.net
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