SIGGRAPH - Slow Art Exhibition

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SIGGRAPH - Slow Art Exhibition
By SIGGRAPH
Jun 26, 2008, 14:25 PST

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SIGGRAPH has always been known for cutting edge computer graphics and art. This year the the Slow Art exhibition features juried art from artists "meditating on fast and slow living in a landscape of technology. The goal of the collection is to investigate if the speed of our digital culture creates an oasis for contemplation or a hunger for yet more speed."

According to SIGGRAPH organizers,there are four themes represented in the exhibition:

Erosion, exploring the wear of time and repetition

Hybrids, objects and interactions uniquely combining contrasting elements of old and new

Rhythms, documenting patterns and play

Traversal, discovering paths that define humans' relationship to time

"In our fast-paced society, we often get caught up with enhanced productivity. We forget to stop, look, and listen to our surroundings. What are the consequences of bigger, better, faster, more?" asks Lina Yamaguchi, SIGGRAPH 2008 Juried Art Chair from Stanford University. "Through the platform of new media, 41 artists share condensed perceptions of time and interrogate the limits of performance, distance, desire, and respite."

A few of the 41 juried SIGGRAPH 2008 Slow Art Gallery Exhibitions Include:

Snail Mail © Vicky Isley, Paul Smith,

RealSnailMail
Vicky Isley and Paul Smith, aka boredomresearch - Bournemouth University, United Kingdom
RealSnailMail is a messaging service that uses real snails equipped with RFID technology to deliver messages to email recipients... or not.

Associative Audio Design
Dennis de Bel - Piet Zwart Institute, Willem de Kooning Academy, Rotterdam University of Applied Science, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
This piece illuminates the creation of music and sound by associated everyday objects such as sewing machines, vacuum cleaners, and record players. The combinations draw on similarities in form and function as well as wordplay.

Fold Loud
JooYoun Paek - Eyebeam Resident, USA
Fold Loud, a playful interactive interface, connects ancient and modern through a combination of origami paper-folding, vocal harmonies, and interactive technology.

Navigator
Jorn Ebner - Artist, United Kingdom
Paralleling the random nature of real-life decision-making, Navigator is a Flash-based world incorporating digital photographs and sound in animated sequences. Users amble through real and representational environments without knowing exactly where they will lead.

Phantasm
Takahiro Matsuo - Monoscape, Japan
Phantasm is an interactive installation in which participants take hold of a glowing sphere that releases a pale blue light as white butterflies appear from nowhere and a soft piano melody flows.

SIGGRAPH 2008 will bring an estimated 30,000 computer graphics and interactive technology professionals from six continents to Los Angeles, California, USA focusing on research, science, art, animation, gaming, interactivity, education, and the web from Monday, 11 August through Friday, 15 August 2008 at the Los Angeles Convention Center. Information is available at http://www.siggraph.org/s2008

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