digifest at The Ontario Science Centre
May 12-15, 2005
digifest is Canada's largest annual festival of design and digital culture. Presented by the Design Exchange, in partnership with The Ontario Science Centre and Harbourfront Centre, local and international artists and designers are invited to share the latest in cutting edge digital media products and innovations. This year it's about all things WILD! : WILDcode, WILDstates, WILDmedia and more. digifest's New Voices international call provides winners an opportunity to present their work as an integral part of the festival's program.
digifest interactive art installations, Special Exhibits, Level D
The Smile Project and Farklempt!
by Jason Van Anden, USA
Neil and Iona, The Smile Project, are beautiful robotic sculptures that see and respond to people simulating human feelings through a combination of facial expression, sound and physical gesture. Farklempt! is a multiplayer videogame that challenges players to manage their emotions.
WildCurves: 3D Interactive Shape Generation
by Tom Bessai, Canada
Use the Immersion Microscribe digitizer to draw in the air with the hand-held stylus. Your motions will be translated into curves, planar curves or points.
TouchMe
by David Kousemaker, Holland
Contribute your personal image to the public space. By pressing your body or objects against this art piece you will leave your imprint for others to see. The premise for TouchMe is the enhancement of the relation between people and public spaces.
Hidden Connections: Patterns in Nature
by Elaine Witmer, Canada
What do a rose, DNA, spiral galaxies and DaVinci's Last Supper have in common? Explore the underlying physics of growth, form and pattern formation in natural phenomena. Reveal unity of science, nature and art based on mathematical foundation of the Golden Section.
Right or Left Unsaid
by Punchcard Interactive, Canada
This interactive installation engages you in a collaborative activity designed to draw awareness to different relationships and states of being alone or within a group. By moving your hands over the surface of hexagonal table, you will invoke lines of words between hands, linking you together.
Artists listed above will be at hand to talk with visitors about their work during the exhibition. In addition to their installations, The Ontario Science Centre will also present the display of: Fabulous Creatures, by Eunjung Hwang; Post-Audio NetLab, by AgenceTopo and UNPLUGGED!, by Lab)ideeclic! from the New Voices program.
For more digifest info: www.dx.org/digifest.
digifest events at The Ontario Science Centre are free with admission.
