>THE REPLENISHING BODY
By Ross Phillips, 08:57 Fri 05 Sep 2008
Julian Oliver is a software developer based in Madrid. levelHead consists of a solid plastic cube which is then tracked by a camera, so that on the screen in front of you it appears that there is an escher-like room inside with a lone white figure. By tilting the cube, the figure moves around the space as players try to find an exit from the room. As players leave one cube they move onto another more complex cube.
More information can be found here.
By Ross Phillips, 16:30 Thu 04 Sep 2008
Another Digital Music entry by Japanese sound artist Satoshi Morita. Klangkapsel invites the user to slide into a full size capsule and experience a soundscape that is also supported by numerous vibrations throughout the pod. Lying down in the capsule you are completely immersed in the eight channel field recording that Satoshi himself is remixing, from a computer inside the space.
More information can be found here.
By Ross Phillips, 15:16 Thu 04 Sep 2008
Reactable won the coveted Golden Nica in Digital Music and is the work of Sergi Jorda, Gunter Geiger at the Music Technology Group, Universitat Pompeu Frabra, Barcelona. A camera situated beneath the table tracks the players fingertips and the position and orientation of the pieces. Users can then create music by manipulating the pieces which is fed back to the player using simple graphics projected onto the table as well as the corresponding audio in the space.
More information can be found here.
By Ross Phillips, 13:50 Thu 04 Sep 2008
I've had a good look around the exhibition and thought I would select a few pieces and take some photos. The first is an interactive piece by Tsutomu Mutoh from Japan called Optical Tone, which also won an Honorary mention in interactive art. It comprises of four glowing spheres that sit on individually balanced balls that allow the audience to move them around but not push them over, like a tommy tippee mug. As the spheres rotate, the led device inside moves through tone,hue and intensity. With each move the colour balance of the space is altered as the light from the spheres is reflected off the wallpaper.
More information can be found here.
By Ross Phillips, 10:44 Thu 04 Sep 2008
Everything is set up and the organisers will now spend the day taking groups of press through the exhibition. All artists are to stand by their works and speak when questioned. So far I have done 2 TV interviews and 1 Radio so if any viewers in Germany are reading this, watch out for a lanky brit in a grey cardigan waffling on about user creativity. Some (murky) pictures of the replenishing body install follow...
By Ross Phillips, 12:09 Tue 02 Sep 2008
Everything works and I've spent the last hour or so playing with the lights to get the best from the space. The stand is away being painted, then I will get to work tidying up the space and making sure its safe. For now, here's a slightly menacing image of my lighting tests.
By Ross Phillips, 09:35 Tue 02 Sep 2008
I arrived at the gallery this morning to find everything I had asked for set up and working, which is a great relief. They even custom made us this fantastic photographic light! I am slowly unpacking the equipment I sent from London and keeping my fingers crossed that it all made the journey unharmed.
By Ross Phillips, 16:34 Mon 01 Sep 2008
I have arrived in Linz, Austria to set up 'The replenishing body' as part of Ars Electronica. I have my tiny pc and my trusty camera and plan to post a few blogs showing the process of setting up the exhibition and, hopefully, of some great interactive work. Work starts tomorrow, so for now I will just enjoy the view out of my hotel window and later on go hunting for some schnitzel.
By Ross Phillips, 16:18 Fri 02 May 2008
The Brit Insurance Designs of the year show has just finished at the Design Museum and we have received the Replenishing Body equipment back. Over the course of the 2 month show the grid has been pressed over 41,000 times and has saved 2092 moving portraits of visitors. Here are a few highlights...
By Ross Phillips, 17:01 Wed 20 Feb 2008
I went down to the Design Museum this morning to check up on our Replenishing Body installation. Some inquisitive youngsters have been playing around with the settings on the camera but apart from that it's working well and apparently quite popular. It's on till April 27th if you fancy a look but in the meantime here are some still images from the last week.
By Ross Phillips, 10:40 Tue 12 Feb 2008
'The Replenishing body' has been shortlisted for the Design Museum Designs of the year in the Interactive category. There is an exhibition running until April and I have been down there over the past few days setting it up. It has a different look to what we showed in Newburgh street but the team at the Design Museum have been very accommodating and done a great job with the new set-up.
By Studio, 14:10 Wed 03 Oct 2007
Nick Knight has picked his three favourite images of those to emerge from our weeklong ‘Replenishing body’ digital installation at Beyond the Valley. Congrats to the winners, who all explored the creative potential of the interactive grid to produce some darn fine results….A big thanks also to everyone that came down and made images. High fives all round!
By Paul Bruty, 10:29 Thu 27 Sep 2007
During the course of THE REPLENISHING BODY events we captured the daily comings and goings with our trusty Polaroid camera. From the earlier, celebrity visitors to the opening party guests and beyond they're all here in our Polaroid gallery.
By Ross Phillips, 16:13 Mon 17 Sep 2007
After a great opening party on saturday night at Beyond the Valley, we have launched the public gallery so you can see what went on. Have a look through to get some inspiration, then get down to the gallery and show us what you've got!
By Penny Martin, 23:45 Sat 15 Sep 2007
London Fashion Week's finest came down in droves to try out The Replenishing Body video interactive at Beyond the Valley tonight. Judy Blame and Diane Pernet danced a 25-part video waltz, whilst musician Daniel Pemberton larked around with an Evian bottle to please the sponsors. Róisín Murphy (above), meanwhile put on a great show for the many fashion people who spilled out of the gallery onto London's Newburgh Street for the opening event. If you fancy a go yourself, come down between 11 and 6 from tomorrow until Sunday 23rd and have a go!
By SHOWstudio, 11:20 Fri 14 Sep 2007
We’ve had stylists, models, designers, even the odd dancer too. Now that you’ve seen what some of British fashion’s top creatives came up with when asked to recreate themselves in this surreal and fragmented mode of portraiture, it’s your turn to step up to the grid. Drop by Beyond the Valley gallery on Newburgh Street from Sunday to try it out for yourselves. And remember, the strongest three will be selected by Nick and given a special space in our online gallery.
By Ross Phillips, 17:34 Wed 12 Sep 2007
This is Phil. Phil has joined the SHOWstudio replenishing body team as an invigilator. He will be down at the gallery helping the public to create their very own masterpieces. You can see Phil here working with Annette and Daniela Felder on their portrait. Way to go Phil!
By Ross Phillips, 17:05 Tue 11 Sep 2007
Danny Sangra joined the celebrity gallery this morning with a humorous blend of himself and his illustrations. He has an exhibition on at the moment, so if you like what you see then why not pop along and say hi.
Oh and I've updated all the videos so their loop points are not so obvious, which is how they originally appeared in the interactive. See if you can spot the difference!
By Ross Phillips, 13:55 Mon 10 Sep 2007
Shona Heath turned up at her pre-arranged time with props and an idea. Simon Foxton, however, turned up unannounced with only his face and customary enthusiasm to go on. If you head over to the gallery you can see how they both got on...
By Ross Phillips, 14:38 Fri 07 Sep 2007
We've had another great day in the studio with fantastic efforts from Peter Jensen and Namalee. Peter had some Chanel no.5 with him and suggested he sprayed it onto his hair. Namalee was reading a comic book which gave us the inspiration for the second of her portraits. You''ll believe a girl can fly!
