people doing strange things with electricity

dorkbot Cardiff #9 • 14th June 2012

Cardiff #9 was packed with electric and electronic art from Wales and beyond

Line up:

Simon Fenoulhet

 Simon Fenoulhet spends much of his time working in the dark so that he can play with electric lights and see what happens when you illuminate unusual things, such as drinking straws, shoe laces and ping pong balls. He then spends a lot more time arranging those things in a pedantically accurate formation on the wall, floor or in the air so that those prosaic objects take on a sense of order and importance that they don’t normally enjoy. Simon studied Fine Art at both Newport and Cardiff Colleges of Art and has a studio at Chapter Arts Centre. He currently teaches part time at Newport and is also enjoying a Creative Wales Award this year.
Brigitta Zics
Culture Lab / UWN - Emerging Art & Technology Practice: New Aesthetic Ecologies of Interactivity

Brigitta's presentation considers the philosophical concept of interactivity and its application in contemporary technology-based art and design. Through examples of her practice she explains how she aims to challenge purely scientific or social approaches to technology and introduce new aesthetic frameworks for technology-based practices.The presentation hopes to generate open discussion and exchange.
Brigitta's web pages: www.cognitiveloop.org, http://www.zics.eu
Culture Lab: http://culturelab.ncl.ac.uk/home

Kay Lavender
MA Design by Practice student in Newport University

 Wearable Fashion (Talk)
Kayl introduced her recent work with wearable technology and how she uses electricity to make her garments to communicate.
http://kaylavender.blogspot.co.uk/
Chao Chen
MA Design by Practice student in Newport University

Music Mandala Touch Table ( Demo) http://vimeo.com/37670184
The Music Mandala Touch Table is an interactive music visualisation system allowing users to paint and at the same time to let system visualise their brainwaves. http://jayjaylaolao2010.wordpress.com