From Rhizome

Link to article - reblogged here

September 29, 2006
Prototyping the Perimeters
Artists, architects, designers, and other practitioners are constantly fashioning new forms and challenging disciplinary boundaries as they employ techniques such as rapid prototyping and generative processes. In the exhibition 'Perimeters, Boundaries, and Borders,' at Lancaster, UK's Citylab, organizers Fast-uk and folly explore the range of objects, buildings, and products being conceptualized with the aid of digital technologies. Aoife Ludlow's 'Remember to Forget?' is a series of jewelry designs that envisioned accessories incorporating RFID tags that allow the wearer to record information and emotions associated with those special items that we put on daily. Tavs Jorgensen uses a data glove in his 'Motion in Form' project. After gesturing around an object, data collected by the glove is given physical shape using CNC (Computer Numerical Control) milling, creating representations of the movements in materials such as glass or ceramics. Addressing traces of a different sort is Cylcone.soc, a data mapping piece by Gavin Bailey and Tom Corby. These works and many more examples from the frontiers of art and design are on view until October 21st. - Michelle Kasprzak
http://www.fastuk.org.uk/

Fast-uk (update)

The Fast-uk website has been updated with information on the 'Perimeters, Boundaries and Borders' exhibition.

This exhibition will bring emerging and existing contemporary practitioners and technologies into the public arena and help to make cutting-edge developments in art and technology more accessible. 'Perimeters, Boundaries and Borders' will be held from 29 September - 21 October 2006 at venues across Lancaster city centre in the North West of England. The main exhibition space will be the new CityLab development in Dalton Square . The exhibition is open from 12 - 5 pm, Mon - Sat.

Private Passage (project)

Oddly, I've yet to post my own work here - I've been concentrating on the research. However, as a departure I thought I'd post some images of a project that I did the digital design and visualisation on. The project is Malcolm Cochran's 'Private Passage' (2005) a permanent public artwork for a new park on the Hudson River in NYC. The work is developed from the history of the site as the major port for trans-Atlantic travel and the artist's experience of having sailed from NY to Europe as a young child. Commissioned by the Hudson River Park Trust, 'Private Passage' is a 30' long by 8'-6” diameter wine bottle made of steel and coated with bronze which houses a free recreation of a stateroom of an ocean liner. Visitors to the park can view the interior through portholes on the sides and ends of the bottle.

Malcolm Cochran is Professor of Art and Coordinator of Sculpture at The Ohio State University, Columbus and was recently over here to present the project at The International Conference on the Arts in Society. I'm also working on three other projects for Malcolm.

Last September, I was able to visit the piece on site and was struck by how similar and yet how different the thing was in reality (having worked on it in 3D modelling applications for 3 years). The site model was built from 2D site plans and did not feature any of the surrounding buildings - so, this was one aspect that caused me some disjunction. Also, the trees on the plans (and so subsequently in my 3D models) were shown as mature whereas in reality they are just saplings.

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For the Liverpool Biennial, Priscilla Monge and David Buck have created a transformed football pitch in Liverpool. It was one of my favourite pieces - although I did want a ball to try it out. Other highlights were: Jeppe Hein, Shilpa Gupta and Tsui Kuang-yu.

Symposium and Workshop

Perimeters, Boundaries and Borders Symposium: An opportunity to hear a selection of practitioners participating in the Perimeters, Boundaries and Borders exhibition talk about their work and discuss how digital technologies have enabled a convergence of disciplines, creative practice and production techniques.
This symposium is free, but booking is essential. To book, telephone 01524 388550 or email enquiries@folly.co.uk
Venue: St. Martin's College, Lancaster Campus, Bowerham Road, Lancaster LA1 3JD
Date: Thursday 28 September, 1 – 5pm followed by Private View: 6-8pm

Grow Your Own Media Lab in 3D - Julian Oliver: A free one day workshop on the use of Blender, an open source 3D graphics software package used for modelling, animation, post-production, interactive content creation and playback. Blender is available for all major operating systems and can be downloaded for free.
Julian Oliver is a New Zealand-born artist, free software developer, teacher, composer and media-theorist. He has presented papers and artworks at numerous international electronic art events and conferences, and has led workshops and master classes in game-design, virtual architecture, interface design, augmented reality and open source development practices worldwide.
This workshop is free, but booking is essential.
To book, telephone 01524 388550 or email enquiries@folly.co.uk
Venue: St. Martin's College, Lancaster Campus, Bowerham Road, Lancaster LA1 3JD, 01524 384384
Date: Tuesday 17 October 9:30am – 4:30pm
www.blender.org

Lancaster Podcast - an audio city guide to Lancaster from The Guardian.