Exhibition at swissnex San Francisco: 25.07.2012 – 07.08.2012
Workshop and symposium on sound and the environment:
26.07.2012, 10 a.m.-6 p.m.: Workshop on environmental and acoustic emission sensor technology, Muir Woods National Monument
27.07.2012, 7 – 10 p.m.: Symposium on art, technology and the environment, swissnex San Francisco
Workshop on Environmental and Acoustic Emission Sensor Technology
With the latest in computer, media and mobile technologies, in recent years artistic and scientific strategies have been developed to radically extend our perception of the world around us. Highly sensitive sensors and high-definition imaging and sonification techniques are used to transform natural phenomena into a sensory experience. During the workshop, we shall take a practical and theoretical look at the technical and artistic tools and their role in the representation of physical and biological processes. The trees research project combines environmental, physiological and acoustic sensor technology. Our aim is to study the sound events in trees as acoustic indicators of physiological and climatic processes by searching for correlations between the individual patterns, processes and sounds. We have developed and modified some of the sensors used ourselves: In our workshop, we plan to put into practice and discuss our findings with the course participants. We shall spend a day in the woods and experiment with the sensors that we shall take with us.
Art, Technology and the Environment
One-day Symposium
Ecological themes have gained importance in contemporary art and artistic research in recent years. Media-, electronics- and installation-based art are increasingly embracing concepts such as environmental art, ambient culture and sustainable art. Most works and artistic research projects are concerned with the artistic outlook on environmental and ecological issues with a view to changing the perception of nature. But what images of nature are conveyed here? The choice is very broad: from romantic images of primitive nature as conveyed by traditional environmental movements through to technology as a prerequisite for a deeper understanding of the areas of the arts and sciences through which nature is affirmed. This one-day symposium seeks to bring together artists and scientists to discuss current outlooks on the world and on nature as conveyed to us by science, the arts and the mass media. On the basis of the individual projects presented, we shall discuss the potential for a new understanding of nature and our environment situated at the intersection of art and science.
Please register for the workshop and/or symposium at xxx@swissnexsanfrancisco.org