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Happy, Angry, Sad

dylan — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 03:43:46 +0000

Happy, Sad, Angry is a video artwork based on human emotions.
The work was a part of a video and interactive series that explored human emotions, how we control them, how they are display them and how we react to them.
The participants were approached in the street and asked to convey the 3 emotions in the title.
These were filmed and edited. The video was cropped to focus on the participants’ faces.
Each emotion is 3 seconds long and invites the viewer to watch and learn from the way people represent each of these emotions.
The participants were not actors so what is captured is there interpretation of themselves.
The work draws the viewer in and asks them to interpret their reactions to the participants’ emotions. The video was later used in Loud vs Quiet interactive piece.

This work was exhibited as part of the PI-five video & short films festival in 2005 at the Swinoujscie, Koszary sztuki, the place of art at Officyna, the National Museum in Szczecin and Berlin.

I See Shadows

dylan — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 12:15:01 +0000

I See Shadows captures shadows, the fleeting moment of lights’ interplay with objects in the world.

The photographs are captured and uploaded to the server, they are to be updated often, with new images monthly. The point of tension is I am recording fleeting moments digitally, which itself is a ephemeral medium.

I started this project when I was a new immigrant to Australia it also represents my feelings of separation from society and a distance from people. I only see shadows of people until I form stronger bonds and I start to see beyond the shadows.

The Tree Outside my House

dylan — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 12:02:43 +0000

Is a digital story based on a collection data samples about a tree outside my house.
The data samples form the basis of a motion graphics piece.
Is part of the permanent collection at Australian Centre of the Moving Image, Melbourne and has been exhibited as part of the Melbourne International Animation festival.

Loud vs Quiet

dylan — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 11:50:16 +0000

This sound toy takes people reactions and maps them to volume of a sound source.
Some people like noise, some people don’t.
The user selects a person, make some noise, watch their reaction.
A reactive video sound toy.
Exhibited as part of Soundtoys.net traveling exhibition and at The FILE 2006 and FILE GAMES exhibition at The SESI Gallery, Art Institution in Sao Paulo, Brazil

The World is our Soundtoy

dylan — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 11:50:16 +0000

This project is an extension of my interest in photography, music and the Australian Landscape.
I am trying to not only present proof of concepts and areas of further exploration but also to encourage imagination and new ways of interpreting the environment around us.

The concept is quite simple. It is to extend to user interface of audio software into the real world. It is to share these computing experiences with an audience and to invite collaboration.It is to explore the use of photographs of the Australian environment as the user interface for a series of sound toys. The photographs of the environment will not only be used as the basis of the user interface but as an integral part of the user interface of these sound toys. These soundtoys explore the nature musical software, the use of the environment as musical instruments and look to explore a musical interpretation of the environment around us.

This project is part of the Australian Centre of the Moving Image permanent collection, has been exhibited as part of the soundtoys.net traveling exhibition and at The FILE 2005 and FILE GAMES exhibition at The SESI Gallery, Art Institution in Sao Paulo, Brazil