SPAMpoetry is a series of knitted works containing visual poetry from collected spam. Concerning the concept, we are interested in bringing together digital culture and traditional handicraft. To be more specific, the idea is to experiment with the form and meaning of SPAM. We turn SPAM into a romantic, funny or even sarcastic poetry and present it in unusual tangible form as knitted garment. To be more specific, we call final result dysfunctional wearable, because it reminds a sweater but is not really a one. Like SPAM, our dysfunctional wearable does not have a purpose. Talking about the form of artworks, one is able to recognize sweater parts in unusual position and size. Coming back to SPAM, it is generated automatically nowadays. Hence, we aim to apply the same technique for recycling it, generating poetry from SPAM algorithmically, converting into a pattern and uploading to the knitting machine. Of course, the process of knitting is done manually. Thus, we create a contrast between rapid and overwhelming digital world and slow, careful knitting process. Why we speak about SPAM? First, SPAM generation, distribution, and reception consume a significant amount of energy that is wasted basically. Hence, with our project we aim to draw attention to this fact and find a meaning and usage for SPAM. And finally, we apply locative SPAM. In the places where the SPAMpoetry has been produced we have been collecting SPAM from locals. The works presented in this catalogue contain locative SPAM from Eindhoven and Malmö.More about process here. The project together with Mar Canet Sola. We began working on SPAMpoetry in our artist-in-residency at MU in Eindhoven that was taking place within the framework of the M4m mobility programme, supported by the European Commission and coordinated by the Pépinières européennes pour jeunes artistes.
Digital catalogue of SPAMpoetry can be downloaded here>> Exhibited |
The Flux of Sea (2011) The Flux of Sea is an art project exploring the traffic of local sea. We are applying AIS radar for catching radio waves that ships are constantly sending. Hence, we are able to listen to the communication between the boats and the harbor. The truth is, sea contains lots of data that we are not aware of. The project together with Mar Canet Sola. Listen to a sample Exhibited as a site-specific sound installation in Es Baluard Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art in Palma(09.12.2011, Spain) |
Popcorn for Cycling (2011) is exactly what the name says: only if one cycles enough to a power popcorn machine, he/she will get popcorn!The artwork is extremely participative and social! Because only active cycling will lead to reward and minimum of 2 bikes are able to power the machine. Thus, it makes audience think and feel energy that is needed to produce popcorn. Concerning realization, we have recycled used car alternators that are producing energy when cycling. The project together with Mar Canet Sola.
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Pixel Killers(2011) Pixel Killers is a game-art installation on the digital facade of FACT. The artwork aims to convert the building and public space into a playground and offer audience a playful experience. Participants are using Xbox game pads for interacting with the building and each other. Pixel Killers is a team game: two teams of two. Team one are the greens and team two the reds. The ones, who gain the required score first or shoot both opponents, are the winners.
As a result, the whole digital window turns into the color of winning team.
The project together with Mar Canet Sola. Shown during AND Festival 2011 (Liverpool, UK) More photos >> |
Shopping in 1 Minute (Mobile version) (2011) is a mobile game-art project for activism purpose. We have developed an application for iPhone that helps us to convert Shopping malls into playgrounds! We encourage everyone to play instead of shopping!!! The project is geo-locative and social. It means after playing you can compare your results with other people within the same city! SOON available in iPhone app store! The project together with Mar Canet Sola. |
Starting with photography, over 500 vending machines in Japan were collected by taking photographs. This huge collection was arranged on a canvas by a computer algorithm written in Processing. The generative image composition algorithm places photos as a continuous path on a determined canvas. It means, every execution of the algorithm results a unique image composition. Second, the same instructions of the algorithm are applied as a game rules for manual generative approach (see the video below). Hence, machine-based and manual generative techniques are mixed and converted into a game. The players are asked to paint image-sized shapes (3 different sizes) on a canvas until there are no possibilities left for placing a shape. Concerning audience participation, we asked the visitors of the exhibition to play with us or against each other, and thus participate in the process and understand the rules.
The project together with Mar Canet Sola. Exhibited as a solo show at IAMAS OS(Ogaki, Japan) More about process of development>> |
Repair Station took place at Fabrikken (FFKD) in Copenhagen during a week 20.-27.04.2011. Repair Station is an art project inspired by Fluxus artists, their practice, and ideology. Varvara Guljajeva, Wendy Ann Mansilla and Tatiana Mellema spend a month in collaborative research residency(CRR) at Fabrikken exploring the experimental, open and provisional nature of Fluxus’ legacy. Thus, Repair Station can be seen as a creative outcome and experiment of our investigation on Fluxus. About the station: the services in stress relief through advanced healing exercises were offered. A person, who was interested in experiencing Repair Station, was invited in side the booth where he was offered a chance-based therapy. The number of 2 dices determined the therapy.
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The Rhythm of City(2011) is an art piece that points out an innovative and artistic way for applying geo-located social data as a score. At the same time, the data represents a city’s pace of life. The goal is to metaphorically describe locations by extracting geo-tagged content and translating it into the rhythm of a physical metronome in real time. In short, a metronome represents a city. The installation consists of 10 modified metronomes whose rhythms correspond to the selected cities’ digital pace of life. The audience is given a chance to discover and experience an alternative way of perceiving different locations through a continuous performance of 10 metronomes. Our concerns are about the malleability of the digital world to the physical one, and the interpretation of social data for artistic purposes. The project together with Mar Canet Sola.
Materials: objects, wooden construction, servomotors, wires, Arduino, computer. Exhibited at Enter5(Ciant, Prague, Czech Republic)
Version 1 (Wittner metronomes) Paper about the project |
Molluscs(2010) belongs to a series of behavior-based organic sculptures.
Molluscs are able to crawl around and identify obstacles. Moreover, they are interconnected, and thus, are affecting each others movement.
Exhibited at LiveHerring11(Saarijärvi Museum, Finland)
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Echinodermata(2010) is a series of behavior-based organic sculptures that are able to breathe. Through breathing, which is one of the main signs of live, we are relating Echinodermata to nature. However, we are not trying to hide the technology nor we are aiming to copy existing life. On the contrary, we are amplifying the characteristics of technology and translating into a peculiar behavior of Echnidermata. In short, we are relating to biological form and systems in an original way, and thus, creating a new system of life. We call this form of life hyper-artificial life! Materials: latex-emulsion, cable clips, wool, inflatable structures, compressors, solenoid valves, Arduino, relays, other electronics. Dimension: ~50cm x 50cm x 40cmH The project together with Mar Canet Sola. Exhibited at LiveHerring11(Saarijärvi Museum, Finland)
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SONIMA(2010) is a sonic organic sculpture that lives in symbiosis with a tree. The
sculpture produces sounds based on wind and/or human interaction with it.
Although Sonima looks like an animal, it produces human-like sounds, like
sneezing and croaking.
My aim is to re-think nature and the urban environment around us. To be more specific, I am creating a new form of symbiosis. My inspiration comes from nature and its regulatory systems of co-existence and interaction that is known as symbiosis. For me the beauty of symbiosis within biology is processes where two organisms act as one yet still exist as separate species, such as a host and a graft. Thus, SONIMA acts as a graft and uses a tree as a host. Exhibited at Espacioenter 2010
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Shopping in 1 Minute(2010) is an artgame that is playfully criticizing the increasing desire of society for consumption. Our inspiration for creating the artgame came from the craziness of people during the sales period: long lines in front of supermarkets, stone-age-style behavior, lots of useless products, etc. Thus, we are inviting audience to train for the next sales period. A player has to scan as many products as possible during a minute. As a reward each player will receive a ticket with bonus points according to his score. The project was developed in collaboration with Mar Canet Sola.
Another aspect of the project was the selection of media, our aim was to replace a computer screen and integrate various devices for making the installation more rich. Thus, we came up with arcade-like screen that we built on our own. In the box are a LED-display, 7sigment LEDs, Arduino, light and an imagine (many thanx to Sabina Dallu!) of special light-sensitive paper.
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Augmented Photography(2010) when it is spoken about interactive or augmented photography then immediately one has in mind the representation of photos in digital format (on computer or phone screen, projection, etc) that are manipulated through software or any other code. Yes, the interactive pictures can react on our touch, voice, weather, or whatever. But those interactive photos are still just pixels. My artwork – Augmented Photography – is not about pixels. It is about re-thinking printed photography. Current artwork is more than a framed picture – it has its behavior and it is able to react on observers. I am adding liveliness to a doll on the picture through eye movements. If none is looking at the picture the doll’s eyes are closed. Only time-to-time, she is waking up and asking for attention. When the photograph is approached, the doll on the picture opens her eyes and starts to blink to a viewer or just stare on him/her for a while. Hence, the artwork has different behaviors that could be explored by observing the picture for a while. Exhibited at Kiblix 2010(Kibla Gallery, Maribor, Slovenia).
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My name is 192.168.159.16(2009) is a metaphorical visualization of nowadays-human beings. In my point of view we are not bounded to one body anymore. We are extended through networks to infinity. The location does not matter, what matters is connection. Thus, at this point I totally agree with Mitchell “disconnection would be amputation. I link therefore, I am.” We are becoming gradually fully equipped and totally dependent on technology cyberorgs. The installation consists of 4 dolls in each a speaker inside, 4 relays, arduino, a computer, and a modem. We are using Processing, TTS (text to speech), and Arduino. The independent and at the same time isolated network is created. IP addresses are continuously renewed and sent to a random doll. Thus only one doll is speaking at a time (4 speakers are controlled by 4 relays through arduino). Project developed in collaboration with Mar Canet Sola.
Exhibited at Espacioenter 2010. |
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Experiment Arctic(2009) is a new media art installation, which talks about global warming and its consequences. The current artwork differs from the other works of this field by it temporality. A piece of ice that placed on the special table is let to melt in order to visualize the real situation that is happening in Arctic Sea. The water from melting ice controls videos that are projected on the top of ice and table. Visuals are about global warming, shrinking ice in the North Pole, and correspond to different water levels. Thus, the work aims to shake our consciousness and experiment with a new and temporal medium like ice.
In collaboration with Andrej Boleslavsky, Kanno So, and Mar Canet Sola
“Experiment Arctic” was exhibited at Cellsbutton#3 (01.-08.08.09) in Yogiyakarta, at The Royal Interface Cultures Masquerade Ball during Ars Electronica (03.-08.09.09) in Linz, Austria. |
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“Magic Forest”(in German
„Zauberwald“, 2008) is a mobile pervasive game developed in the framework
of master thesis (“Introducing Mobile Media into Social Work with at-risk
Children”). The game was just one part of the introducing project. After
the “Magic Forest” children were encouraged to come up with their own
game concept and later supported to realize it technically.
The presentation concerning the topic can be found here |
ECHOES(2008) A Crazy Multiplayer Pervasive Game.
Game-play: a crazy guy, who escaped from a mental hospital, has to run across the streets of the
city, searching, retrieving and recognizing sounds in a race that will take him either to
his freedom, or back to the mental institution.
Technology: two Sony Vaio UX180P Micro-PCs (UMPCs) which run the
Windows Vista and provide built-in camera support were used. A compact flash
RFID reader interface card was attached to each UMPC.
The paper concerning the ECHOES game can be found here. |