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Perception Mapping

Posted on May 7th by Shae Davidson.
A current project by artist and designer Christian Nold explores non-visual and non-aural perceptions of space and landscape. The Sensory Deprivation Map reflects the experiences of pairs of participants—one of ...
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Full Spectrum

Posted on April 16th by Shae Davidson.
Appearing as part of the upcoming Synthetic Times exhibit in Beijing, the Wifi Camera creates images based on the electromagnetic signals from wireless networks rather than the spectrum of light visible to ...
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Imaging Beijing

Posted on April 11th by Shae Davidson.
John Craig Freeman's Imaging Beijing, part of the 2008 Mixed Realities exhibition at Turbulence.org, uses remote sensing technology and place-based narratives to examine the effects of electronic and cultural ...
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Virtual Perception and Paranoia

Posted on April 9th by Shae Davidson.
Daniel Freeman, a researcher at the Institute of Psychiatry at King's College London, is leading a project that uses virtual public transportation to understand the nature of paranoia and social perception.  ...
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Qualitative Light

Posted on March 24th by Shae Davidson.
Amsterdam-based artist Joost van Santen created the online Museum of Light and Daylight to explore the relationship between light and landscape, and the ways in which the interaction of the two ...

An Opinion: Designing Outrage

Posted on February 13th by Matthew Hockenberry.
As someone who occasionally does design work I rail against spec work and everything it stands for. As someone who is an objective human being - I have a different perspective. I ...
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Social Labeling

Posted on February 1st by Shae Davidson.
Inspired by personal curiosity about the experiences of one panhandler in Venice, California, the creator of Project Hello realized that an awareness of the homeless as individuals would increase awareness of the ...
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Remnants

Posted on December 10th by Shae Davidson.
  Shadows, afterthoughts, and accidental images provide a foundation for an exhibit by Real Art Ways.  The works that comprise the Shadow Show explore the edge of awareness:  the lingering effects of memory and ...
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Sonic Attack

Posted on November 28th by Shae Davidson.
  Artist Iain Mott coordinates installation pieces that use mixed media--especially sound--to explore the connection between participant-audience members and the environment.  Past projects, recorded on the Reverberant site, have included Summoned Voices, a work that used ...
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Portland’s Little Ponies

Posted on November 23rd by Shae Davidson.
  Despite generations of construction and development, hitching posts and horse rings remain scattered around Portland, Oregon.  To call attention to these odd relics, artist Scott Wayne Indiana began tying plastic ...
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TimeSlips

Posted on November 16th by Shae Davidson.
  The collaborative storytelling program TimeSlips uses images to spark creativity among Alzheimer's patients, encouraging participants to develop narrative collages.  The process strengthens bonds among group members while engaging individuals in a responsive ...
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rendering opinions

Posted on October 30th by Leonardo Bonanni.
america’s first project off the coast of cape cod is being fought over renderings. wind-industry-backed (with 61% resident support) cape wind produced a set of renderings of how the offshore wind ...
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Post Industrial Art

Posted on October 29th by Shae Davidson.
  The bleak beauty of the industrial landscape held a strange appeal for William Carlos Williams, who praised the gritty diversity of buildings overshadowed by factories and found aesthetic value in smokestacks.  The detritus of ...
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Multiperformance

Posted on October 22nd by Shae Davidson.
Ted Warburton's Lubricious Transfer project used the Internet2 to connect dancers in New York City and Santa Cruz, California, during a simultaneous, collaborative performance.  Inspired by the parallels between communications technology and ...
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rainbow builders

Posted on October 16th by Leonardo Bonanni.
colour lovers is social network built around color palettes, where you can upload, browse and vote on user-generated color schemes. and the color palette generator automatically matches any image on-line. ...