in a different context but in a similar vein, Pixy, by Natasha Roussel and Experientiae Electricae seek to use light to materialize a full, tri-dimentional material object. The “light space modulator,” moholy nagy’s work , well highlighted in his 1930 film suggests that “light will be the medium of the […]
if friday afternoon had focused on light as a naturally occurring essential phenomenon to which organisms respond, as well as produce, saturday morning was the turn of light as a constructed item that can be recreated to enrich the urban landscape. Like in the thursday short film, artificial light comes […]
here are some pictures from friday performance. Diane Landry’s “DJ” performance featuring found objects instead of discs and a few pictures from “le mariage”, and “Genesis” by Art Clay. A Basel based composer and artist, and former student of John Cage, Clay produces machines and music pieces that draw from […]
if the monarch butterfly is compelled to travel towards light, the bioluminescent plants Diane Willow encountered off the coast of Main while on a MIT residence are reacting by emitting light. These organisms constitute a fluid light medium that could be stimulated. Being this stretch of coast an area isolated […]
Light is energy. for Timothy Weaver, it is a triggering element that stimulates reactions from all sorts of living beings. so is for the monarch Butterfly, whose biological morphology is stimulated and directed by light. every year, thousands of Monarch Butterflies embark in a 3 months journey from the US […]
The immateriality and uncertainty that characterizes light requires sometimes elaborate efforts to capture and represents it in its complexity or to domesticate it to fit certain standards or to perform certain specific tasks. in its ephemerality, light is comparable to time, with its non-linear flow. Western civilization has done almost […]
If, as in Hiebert’s observations, light fades into darkness, darkness contains light and vice-versa, then, light is both one and its opposite. isn’t it the story that is also told us by quantum mechanics? light is both particles and waves, while active viewing causes light to change its behavior. the […]
“Light is not merely what appears”: using Plato’s allegory of the Cave as a starting point, and drawing from his own photographic work, Ted Hiebert identifies the paradoxes that characterize the capture of light, in photography, revealing hidden elements that tend to disappear during the immediate or direct observation. recalling […]
….and Goethe’s theory of light and color based on Newton’s seemed to be a first common thread. At least, his theories and observations seemed to recur, directly or indirectly, in a number of presentations Second, maybe less noticeable but definitely strong, is the indeterminacy and the ephemerality of light. Light […]
INTRO light is everywhere, it is used in every discipline, it is used to observe scientific experiments, in theatre, studio photography etc… metaphorically speaking, it holds many meanings: light not only stands for reason and clarity of mind, but also for religious revelation and divinity. it does not merely beautify, […]
welcome back to Subtle Technologies! like last year, I will try and give you a detailed account on what’s on at Subtle tech, “almost” in real time (please, be patient, this year I will be subtle tech MC. given my proximity with the presenters, I will have lots of extra […]
Offf Location Offf 08 si è svolto nella mite e solare capitale portoghese Lisbona, (che ospiterà anche l’edizione 2009), le cui coste si snodano su una suggestiva insenatura naturale che segue il corso del fiume Tago (Tejo). Nelle prossime vicinanze della stazione metro Alcantara Mar, in un’area letteralmente dominata dagli […]
Preambolo/Origini di Offf Correva l’anno 2000. Hector era un diciassettenne valenciano approdato a Barcellona per intraprendere un percorso di studi come regista. Dopo alcune esperienze come film maker, acquistato il suo primo computer, decise di aprire uno studio di webdesign. Era il periodo del boom di Flash, noto applicativo della […]
On November 8 we had a beautiful dinner with the Yasmin list members who were present at MutaMorphosis in Prague. The dinner was organized by Roger Malina (standing up to the right with a red pullover, thank you Roger!). Some views of an [expanded] mediterranean rim! [Photos by Laura Sansavini]
Other photos made by our group in Prague at MutaMorphosis NoemaLab Office in MutaMorphosis (Laura Sansavini and Martina Coletti) 😉 Marta de Menezes, DECON, bacterial reproduction of Mondrian’s paintings (videostill) Franco Torriani, Laurent Mignonneau and Cristina Trivellin Pavel Smetana, the Enter3 director Louis-Philippe Demers Stelarc
Non abbiamo potuto seguire tutte le conferenze, un po’ perché non abbiamo il dono dell’ubiquità (molte erano in contemporanea), un po’ perché la nostra presenza è stata sacrificata dagli impegni di viaggio e dagli incontri. Quindi quel che segue è solo una traccia, in particolare sul ruolo dell’arte in questo […]
MutaMorphosis: questi tre giorni di “full immersion” sono stati faticosi ma davvero interessanti. La sensazione immediata e stata quella di trovarsi al centro, nel nucleo della riflessione contemporanea: Challengings arts and sciences, questo il sottotitolo, ma di sottotitoli in realtà se ne sono potuti individuare parecchi, tutti pregnanti e interconnessi. […]
Il semble que MutaMorphosis vient à point nommé pour questionner les mutations majeures qui pèsent sur l’avenir de notre monde, sur l’évolution des hommes et des sociétés et par conséquent sur leurs modes de connaissances scientifiques et technologiques, leurs modes d’expressions artistiques et de communication. “MutaMorphosis” doit favoriser de nouvelles […]
Finalmente a Praga! Siamo arrivati nella capitale ceca nella tarda mattinata, sotto un cielo grigio e nuvoloso, ma nulla ci ha scoraggiato per essere in prima fila alle conferenze in programma già dal primo pomeriggio. Nella mattina hanno inaugurato il festival di arti e scienze gli interventi di Alban Asselin, […]
Enter – Festival for art, Science and tecnology, presenta nella mostra i.resident una selezione dei lavori più interessanti emersi durante il programma europeo Pépinières. Si tratta di un progetto di residenza per giovani artisti che mette in comunicazione più di 100 strutture culturali dislocate in Europa ed in Canada. I […]
Noema, in collaborazione con D’Ars, seguirà la conferenza internazionale MutaMorphosis: Challenging Arts and Sciences (Praga, 8-10 novembre). Il convegno, all’interno di un festival più ampio (Entermultimediale), giunto alla terza edizione (Enter3). Cercheremo di tenervi informati, quasi in tempo reale, sugli eventi e le conferenze. Il convegno è organizzato dal CIANT […]
