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Cut & Paste People or Dismembers Only: Peter Oppenheimer (Seattle * U.W. H.I.T. Lab) Participants saw images of themselves transformed by the power of digital imaging into composite creatures from their wildest dreams. Robots of the Future The M.A.D. D.O.G. Collective: Lake Davis, Gregory Cosmo Huan, Igor Vamos (Portland, OR)
Every child's fantasy comes true; teddy bears can talk! Participants carried teddy bears between randomly scattered TV's. The teddy bears responded to the content of the programs on the TV's, from laughter at a commentary on the commodification of art to talking about how interactive technology can be used as a marketing tool... D.I.G.A.M.E. Woodrow Barfield, Craig Rosenberg, Eric S.Danas, Paul Schwartz, Ove Bjorneseth, and Wei Kow (Seattle, University of Washington Department of Industrial Engineering) Balancing on a platform, groups of people had to make split-second decisions about how to move to navigate a rolling ball through a twisted video labyrinth. Juggling Jukebox Bret Battey and James Jay (Seattle)
A wired juggler was transformed into a musical vending machine. Insert money, choose a song, and wonder: What is human and what is machine? Virtual Virtuoso John L. Graham (Seattle)
Participants take the conductors baton to direct a virtual orchestra. Interactive Musical Water Fountain J. Michael Storie (Seattle)
The audience controlled an 50 nozzle fountain by stepping on keyboards or striking rhythms on drum pads. Pre-programmed accompaniments to music were also performed. TelePaint David Fodel of Art Lab (Boulder, CO) Participants grabbed a virtual brush and made their mark on an electronic canvas with other on-line artists in the room. Ornitorrinco in Eden Eduardo Kac & Ed Bennett (Lexington, KY & Chicago) Participants in Seattle and Lexington, Kentucky remotely controlled a tele-robot in Chicago with a touch-tone phone. The view from the robot's eyes was transmitted to the show over the Internet. M.A.S.S. Communications: Helen Lessick (Seattle) Media Awareness and Sensitivity Survey. An artist's map and survey encouraged participants to reflect on the experience of Beyond Fast Forward. For further information on Synesthetics Art and Technology Fest please email: brane@ix.netcom.com |
