Unfortunately I can’t embed this video. I found it whilst searching for a video/dvd on Alÿs. http://www.artangel.org.uk//projects/2005/seven_walks/video_the_nightwatch/video_the_nightwatch
The Night Watchman, 2004 by Francis Alÿs Read More »
“New technologies touch people in places that were previously inaccessable”
from an art and technology essay I was marking Read More »
Climate change is here… NARRATION Something has changed too, for the Tuart trees. At Lake Clifton, south of Perth, their twisted skeletons rise through the peppermint groves. These ones died in the 1990s. In other areas, they are failing to fruit, and the species’ seed bank is drastically declining. Prof Giles Hardy Again, we
tree death — mentions Lake Clifton but refers to deaths around the world Read More »
Currently working with audio/visual/performance technical expert Simon Wise to create a 5.5 m x 5.5 m grid of spatial sound. Cusp is an indoor spatial sound piece as part of The Sixth Shore project. We needed a big space and were very lucky to secure a pop-up artist in residence at the blend(er) gallery
cusp: Artist in residence at blend(er) gallery Read More »
wishing you, earth, less extinctions and habitat loss wishing all humans thoughtful and radical connections and positive futures
The Adaptation exhibition runs 6 May to 10 June at INQB8. It is the culmination of SymbioticA’s Adaptation project. There is an opening and artist talks 4:30 to 7:00 pm Sunday 6 May. INQB8.mandurah Centre for Contemporary Art 63 Ormsby Terrace Mandurah, Western Australia Exhibition open on the Stretch Festival weekend 5 and 6
Adaptation exhibition Read More »
The Adaptation exhibition about Lake Clifton opening and talks is on 4:30 to 7:00 pm Sunday 6 May. The exhibition runs 6 May to 10 June at INQB8. INQB8.mandurah Centre for Contemporary Art 63 Ormsby Terrace Mandurah, Western Australia Exhibition open on the Stretch Festival weekend 5 and 6 May (12.00 noon to 4.00
Adaptation opening Read More »
Doubt is our product, since it is the best means of competing with the ‘body of fact’ [linking smoking with disease] that exists in the mind of the general public. It is also the means of establishing a controversy…if we are successful in establishing a controversy at the public level, there is an opportunity
doubt is our product Read More »
Forest walking is better for your health than urban walking for cardiovascular and metabolic health according to Japanese research http://www.hphpcentral.com/article/where-you-walk-matters Original Paper: Qing Li; Toshiaki Otsuka; Maiko Kobayashi; Yoko Wakayama; Hirofumi Inagaki; Masao Katsumata; Yukiyo Hirata; YingJi Li; Kimiko Hirata; Takako Shimizu; Hiroko Suzuki; Tomoyuki Kawada; Takahide Kagawa Acute effects of walking in forest
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The short segment Permeate (part of Off Track) produced by Miyuki Jokiranta features an interview with Perdita Phillips about walking and sound in her practice. It includes narrative extracts from the sound walk To Meander and Back. You can listen to it here http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/offtrack/permeate3a-perdita-phillips/3932726 (download might possibly be restricted to Australian isp addresses).
Permeate on Radio National features Perdita Phillips Read More »
Currently working with audio/visual/performance technical expert Simon Wise to create a 4.5 m x 4.5 m grid of spatial sound. Cusp is an indoor spatial sound piece as part of The Sixth Shore project. Explanation for the formation of beach cusps remains inconclusive and may involve the formation of standing edge waves or alternatively
Professor John A Endler’s recent bowerbird research about male bowerbirds using forced perspective to make their displays more speccy has been reported in Science Daily. Basically they arrange larger objects http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/09/100909122801.htm The original article: John A. Endler, Lorna C. Endler, and Natalie R. Doerr. Great Bowerbirds Create Theaters with Forced Perspective When Seen by
Endler’s bowerbird research reported in Science Daily Read More »
I just saw a lovely photo of BBO which reminded me of bird banding and red cliffs.
Roebuck Bay cliffs Read More »