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+ project: Rainbows + The New Japanese Paparazzi[njp] + artists = kyd campbell + patrick valiquet |
+ an interactive installation + magical rainbows + a trash can for unwanted pics + frontierlab[at]gmail[dot]com |
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| + date of production: 2007, in progress + dimensions: installation, 3ft/3ft floor, 5ft tall + interactive installation [+ artist presentation] |
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| summary | + the New Japanese Papaprazzi is a collective with a critical concern for digital image storage. Where do all those trashed photos go? Are they piling up somewhere? Are there consequences to carefree dispersion of digital data? |
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| + Rainbows is an artwork which uses simple consumer tools to explore the wasteland of digital images that is increasing daily. This interactive installation uses common USB technology and pure data processing to collect, count and tranform unwanted digital images into real rainbows. Users who 'dump' their digital images to the NJP's Rainbows system contribute collectively to the creation of magical natural phenomenon. |
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| project description | +
Rainbows consists of a solar powered system that allows anonymous
contributors in public space to safely dispose of their unwanted digital
images and contribute to the occurrence of a real rainbow |
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| artists statement | + The New Japanese
Paparazzi is an open collective of people who are concerned about
the growing masses of digital data, especially the enormous amount of digital
photos which are thrown away daily. The group studies deeply into the relationship
between the human and the digital camera and seeks to find solutions to
the rising threat of the inundation of the world under an ocean of digital
images. The fundamental question that the NJP asks is : When you throw away a digital file, where does it go? Is this garbage piling up somewhere? Is it a threat? The NJP has decided that digital photos must not be disposed of carelessly as they retain valuable and heavy properties such as : memories, sentimentality and visual appeal. Observing the large quantities of them the NJP has discerned that they must mean something important to society and that they must be put to use for the bettering of the world. The intervention Rainbows is a practical action to metamorphosize our digital garbage. |
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1. send images through USB to the system 2. pd[gem] recieves the images + images are simplified and evaluated 3. pd patch 'counts' the amount of each colour in the image and stores the values 4. once a balance of colours is reached, the mechanical function is triggered 5. a rainbow is produced! |
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| previous related works | ||
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+ ct_bt_graffiti/transient public action .06/07 .interactive work that rebuilds lost public space and provides a platform for memory and networking. in collaboration with petko dourmana + interspace media art |
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+ the farm/montreal 09.04 - 09.05 .publicly managed sound environment bringing the country to the city. a solar powered outdoor audio installation. in collaboration with steve helsing |
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KYD CAMPBELL is an independent artist and curator. She develops projects aimed at promoting action through the creation of new forums for discourse and new interactive situations. She works internationally on technology art and public art projects in Canada, Bulgaria, Serbia, Turkey and Germany and with the Upgrade! International. She is the co-founder of TinyNoise nomadic sound art project and the NJP. Campbell is the current director of the HTMlles Festival for Media Art and Networked Practices and curator of the EXPORT artists mobility project, initiatives of StudioXX feminist technology art center in Montreal. Her experience with Pure Data is as an artist. She was introduced to Pure Data while wokring with InterSpace Media Art Center in Sofia, Bulgaria. PD allows Campbell to work on her art work in a sustainable way.
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