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Feeling Remote? You're not alone
Monday, 28 March 2011
French-Canadian robotics artist Louis-Philippe Demers’ multi-touch installation The Prayer Drums will be the centre point of Remoteness, a new-media exhibition at The Block (QUT Kelvin Grove) from 4 May.
Demers’ ‘interactive architecture’ wall is operated by motion-detecting cameras and sensors and acts like a complex musical instrument.
It is inspired by the rotating cylinders – or prayer drums – found in Buddhist monasteries.
Visitors will be invited to touch and spin an array of virtual drums to create their own omnipresent humming soundscape. Each drum changes sound and colour dependant on the spinning amplitude and velocity.
Remoteness brings together the work of over 20 new- and trans-media artists, including Demers (Singapore) and Baker (USA), as well as Ash Keating (Australia), Marko Mäetamm (Estonia), and Johanna Billing (Sweden).
The exhibition includes stop-motion animation, immersive video art and interactive installations on display at The Block, Brisbane’s hub for new-media located at QUT’s Kelvin Grove campus.
The exhibition is curated by Matthew Perkins and Dr Elaine Miles and supported by Monash University and Frankston Arts Centre.
Remoteness Official opening: Tuesday 3 May, 6.30pm Open to public: 4 to 21 May 2011
Admission Free
The Block, QUT Creative Industries Precinct Cnr Kelvin Grove Road and Musk Ave, Kelvin Grove 07 3138 5495 |
| ciprecinct.qut.edu.au
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