Networked

Documentation of installation at Jack Straw New Media Gallery, Seattle WA. October 2009 – January 2010. Footage courtesy of 911 Media Arts Center. In So Long, Brent Watanabe continues his exploration of computer controlled installations, incorporating computer generated animations, robotics, and sound. In the center of the room, a cartoon bird walks through endless, empty computer generated rooms projected on a collapsing paper house. A dead tree projected in the corner communicates through bells and windblown car lot streamers. On the floor, a paper bird flaps out messages using its single intact wing. Each of the characters communicate in Morse Code, trapped and unaware of the other. The installation is controlled by several computer applications running across networked computers. The applications communicate with each other like a networked video game, but the system is self contained and controls itself with no user interaction. “…miraculously conjoins the empathetic pain of Butoh with birds that emote in Morse code.” -The Stranger “It manages to be both complex and droll, antic and entrancing.” -Seattle Times
This blog supports Argent sur internet