Dear All,
I am Jung-Hua Liu and a fine art PhD student in University of Leeds.
My project aims to visualise ubiquitous Wi-Fi networks with web
colours and “house societies” study in anthropology. I will introduce
and exhibit my artwork in my three-stage degree show. The three stages
are engaged with Wi-Fi space issue. The first stage is a locked room
in physical space; the second is both of the real space and
cyberspace; and the final is cyberspace.
1. The documentary ( 29/09/2010, 14:00 – 18:00, Lifton studio.)
I will introduce my project and display related material and
immaterial artwork to the audience.
This main method of this stage is conversation.
(Please contact me for the visiting, I will open door for you. My
email is [email protected])
2. Online Performance (04/10/2010, 14:00-14:30,
http://fireant.itaiwan.net/cyborg_exhibition.php)
In addition to the first stage, the audience can see how I
practice my concept and how the artwork was produced. I will collect
Wi-Fi information in London then upload them immediately to create
real-time landscapes. This performance involves in the real world and
cyberspace.
The website is open now and the audience are welcome to take a
glance at it before the performance.
3. UpStage (10/10/2010, 20:00 and 24:00,
http://upstage.org.nz/blog/?page_id=1662)
The final stage is the UpStage festival.
UpStage is an international art festival with other 18 artists. In
this performance, I will show my web artworks to the audience located
in 7 real access nodes in different countries.
In the second stage, I uploaded Wi-Fi information in the real world to
cyberspace and I will distribute the produced artwork from cyberspace
to the real world in the final stage.
Besides the 7 nodes, everyone also can access the performance via
laptops and desktops (no iPhone and iPad, because this is a flash
platform).
You can obtain the more information from the following article.
* Performances announced for 101010 UpStage Festival *
A record 19 performances have been selected for the 101010 UpStage
Festival <http://upstage.org.nz/blog/?page_id=680>, the fourth annual
showcase of cyberformance using the UpStage platform, which takes place
this year on and around 10 October.
Artists from 11 countries, traversing seven time zones, will present
shows on a wide variety of themes. Common to all shows is the use of
UpStage <http://upstage.org.nz/>, a web-based platform that enables
remote performers to collaborate in real time for an online audience.
Audiences can easily access the performances with only a standard web
browser and internet connection, and there will be “real life access
nodes” in some locations.
Festival curators Vicki Smith, Dan Untitled and Helen Varley Jamieson
said that once again the call for proposals had resulted in a diversity
of ideas, themes and approaches. “We don’t place any restrictions on the
artists, other than the length of their shows (not longer than 20
minutes),” says Jamieson. “We leave the form and content open to
encourage experimentation and innovation. It also means the programme
has something for everyone.”
This year, the programme has been divided into four groups. “Temporal”
groups together shows which explore sound and movement across time and
networks. The performances in “Trajectory” follow traces, trails and
tracks. Thought-provoking and brain-teasing shows can be found in
“Tendrils”, while those in “Transgress” invite audiences to cross
boundaries or limits.
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Wi-Fi art project:http://fireant.itaiwan.net/wireless/en/
Wi-Fi art blog:http://wificolour.blogspot.com/
Wi-Fi artworks in progress:http://fireant.itaiwan.net/urban_image/
