Portability and others
The other day I was walking with my friend Alejandro doing my “thesis homework” that consist of visiting as much of art and design as possible. I found a very funny intervention in a public space called Portable Architecture by Kim Holleman, It consists of a living park environment housed within an 18’ x 8’ x 7’ travel trailer and was part of the exhibition “Portable”.
It reminds me in some way Datacity Project because of the idea of portability. Datacity is a prototype of an interactive display system that provides contextual information to users as it travels with them through the New York City skyline. (Made by students at ITP). It is an attempt to give the users access to the information regarding the city in real time. What I found interesting about this is the idea of the City as a Museum and how a mobile vehicle acts as the interface that explains the exhibition. I also found interesting the idea of having the information available but just being displayed in the moment that the visitor asks for it.
I also went to the new museum and I saw a very interesting exhibit called Still Men Out there by the video Artist Björn Melhus : “In a darkened space, three circles, each consisting of five monitors, are arranged, with a sixth in the center. Melhus declines to use any ‘pictures’ in this one. Instead, an impressive sound collage comprised of original quotes by members of the government and actors from Hollywood movies are backed by the pseudo-heroic music of the crusades and ‘illustrated’ with the various monochrome colors of the monitors.“
What I found interesting about it was the idea of creating sensations without any images. Just using light and sound, a “cinematographic environment” was created and it was strong enough for the audience to have a “mental image” of what was happening behind the screen.
It reminds me in some way Datacity Project because of the idea of portability. Datacity is a prototype of an interactive display system that provides contextual information to users as it travels with them through the New York City skyline. (Made by students at ITP). It is an attempt to give the users access to the information regarding the city in real time. What I found interesting about this is the idea of the City as a Museum and how a mobile vehicle acts as the interface that explains the exhibition. I also found interesting the idea of having the information available but just being displayed in the moment that the visitor asks for it.
I also went to the new museum and I saw a very interesting exhibit called Still Men Out there by the video Artist Björn Melhus : “In a darkened space, three circles, each consisting of five monitors, are arranged, with a sixth in the center. Melhus declines to use any ‘pictures’ in this one. Instead, an impressive sound collage comprised of original quotes by members of the government and actors from Hollywood movies are backed by the pseudo-heroic music of the crusades and ‘illustrated’ with the various monochrome colors of the monitors.“
What I found interesting about it was the idea of creating sensations without any images. Just using light and sound, a “cinematographic environment” was created and it was strong enough for the audience to have a “mental image” of what was happening behind the screen.
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