07 Jan 2009
Events & Exhibitions - 30.05.2007
Beta_space presents an interactive artwork-in-progress that will transport you to Sydney’s newest architectural attraction.
The Brickpit Ring Walk - an elevated circular walkway at Sydney Olympic Park - is a viewing platform set inside the old brickpit at Homebush Bay. Visitors to the ‘Ring’ have recorded their impressions of this historical, ecological and architecturally significant site. Through the mediums of text, sound, photography, video and GPS (Global Positioning System) co-ordinates, |GEO|Landscape.01 explores time and space as trace experiences combined to create a layered virtual environment. This early prototype explores how video sequences, selected narratives and site-specific information can be captured across two or more locations, then reconstructed by groups or individuals to create personal or collective narratives.
Utilizing two interfaces designed as virtual programs, |GEO| seeks to enable visitors to control their own virtual journey around the Brickpit Ring Walk. Central to the visitor’s experience is the ability to navigate the Ring, exploring the dialogue between representation and abstraction.
The next stage development of the work proposed for 2007-2008 seeks to combine location based GPS (Global Positioning System) and video enabled mobile technology with high performance broadband, leading-edge web and public interactive display design. In so doing, the creators hope to gain greater understanding of the design, social and technical challenges required to create an art experience across two or more public spaces.
The |GEO| Landscape project is generously supported by the Australasian CRC for Interaction Design (ACID), the Creativity and Cognition Studios, the Faculty of Design, Architecture and Building, UTS, the Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, and Sydney Olympic Park. The Creative and Technical team with to thank all of the above for their generous support.
The project is lead by Chris Bowman in collaboration with Alastair Weakley and Shigeki Amatani, and in close liaison with Professor Ernest Edmonds, Matthew Connell, Zafer Bilda, Lizzie Muller, and Deborah Turnbull.
Beta_Space: Art – technology - experiment - discovery
Beta_space is Sydney’s only dedicated venue for interactive art; a unique venue where artists can show the public ‘first drafts’ of interactive artworks.
Beta_space is an experimental environment where the public can engage with the latest research in art and new technology. A ‘beta version’ is a new piece of software or hardware that needs testing and feedback from its users to help its creators make it better. Beta_space is a public laboratory for beta testing interactive artworks.
Beta_space is a collaboration between the Powerhouse Museum and Creativity and Cognition Studios (CCS) at the University of Technology, Sydney, a cutting edge research group that is home to many artists creating exciting interactive artwork.
Powerhouse Museum
500 Harris Street Ultimo
Open 10.00am-5.00pm daily
Free with Museum entry
Beta_space
Powerhouse Museum
Creativity and Cognition Studios
Brickpit Ring Walk
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+ Beta_space
+ Interactive art
Utilizing two interfaces designed as virtual programs, |GEO| seeks to enable visitors to control their own virtual journey around the Brickpit Ring Walk. Central to the visitor’s experience is the ability to navigate the Ring, exploring the dialogue between representation and abstraction.
The next stage development of the work proposed for 2007-2008 seeks to combine location based GPS (Global Positioning System) and video enabled mobile technology with high performance broadband, leading-edge web and public interactive display design. In so doing, the creators hope to gain greater understanding of the design, social and technical challenges required to create an art experience across two or more public spaces.
The |GEO| Landscape project is generously supported by the Australasian CRC for Interaction Design (ACID), the Creativity and Cognition Studios, the Faculty of Design, Architecture and Building, UTS, the Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, and Sydney Olympic Park. The Creative and Technical team with to thank all of the above for their generous support.
The project is lead by Chris Bowman in collaboration with Alastair Weakley and Shigeki Amatani, and in close liaison with Professor Ernest Edmonds, Matthew Connell, Zafer Bilda, Lizzie Muller, and Deborah Turnbull.
Beta_Space: Art – technology - experiment - discovery
Beta_space is Sydney’s only dedicated venue for interactive art; a unique venue where artists can show the public ‘first drafts’ of interactive artworks.
Beta_space is an experimental environment where the public can engage with the latest research in art and new technology. A ‘beta version’ is a new piece of software or hardware that needs testing and feedback from its users to help its creators make it better. Beta_space is a public laboratory for beta testing interactive artworks.
Beta_space is a collaboration between the Powerhouse Museum and Creativity and Cognition Studios (CCS) at the University of Technology, Sydney, a cutting edge research group that is home to many artists creating exciting interactive artwork.
Powerhouse Museum
500 Harris Street Ultimo
Open 10.00am-5.00pm daily
Free with Museum entry
Beta_spacePowerhouse MuseumCreativity and Cognition StudiosBrickpit Ring Walk
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+ Beta_space
+ Interactive art