Presented by MA.P.S (Media Arts Performance Sound)

Friday, December 9 | 9-11 PM | White Box Gallery, NYC

Featuring Paul D. Miller (DJ Spooky), Project Noah, Betaville, Ourboros, Digidrench, Richard Garet.

Paul Miller uses photographs and film stills from his journey to the bottom of the world, along with original artworks and re-appropriated archival materials. He ponders how Antarctica could liberate itself from the rest of the world. Part fictional manifesto, part history and part science book, Book of Ice furthers Miller’s reputation as an innovative artist capable of making the old look new.

Project Noah is a tool to explore and document wildlife and a platform to harness the power of citizen scientists everywhere. Today, Project Noah is a platform for documenting all the world’s organisms, an effective way to measure Mother Nature’s pulse.

Betaville is an open-source multiplayer environment for real cities, in which ideas for new works of public art, architecture, urban design, and development can be shared, discussed, tweaked, and brought to maturity in context, and with the kind of broad participation people take for granted in open source software development.

Ourboros uses “religion” to mean a generalized psychology – lie in private tracks, each requiring extensive knowledge for appreciation let alone practice, and poses the question: How can these disciplines work together more effectively?

digiDrench is an interactive video installation in which the user controls video playback by filling and draining three tanks. As the water level rises, the video plays forward; as it lowers, the video reverses. The user gets to interact with the very same materials that are used on screen. As the user pours, liquid falls on screen. There is a direct correlation between the user’s action and the video content, allowing for more playful and meaningful engagement with the project.

richard garet is interested in the phenomena found and produced in time-based media, and human beings’ relationship with both artificial and natural environments. his audiovisual exploratory steps are focused on concept and function, material and process, listening, viewing, and experience.

*featured image source: NYTimes.