“Step & Repeat #2” is a recreation of “Step & Repeat” (2003) using Arduino and high-resolution video. (more…)
“Step & Repeat #2″ 2009
“Dreaming Machine #2″ 2009
Video Documentation (Hong Kong) (10MB)
Video Documentation (São Paulo) (183MB)
Dream Sequence (Montréal) (83MB)
Selection of Dreams from Hong Kong, São Paulo and Montréal (340MB)
Can a machine dream? (more…)
“Dreaming Machine #1″ (prototype) 2008
Image | Video Documentation | Dream Video
Can a machine dream?
Dreams are a complex interaction between our bodies, minds, memories, and experiences. “Dreaming Machine” is a trajectory of site-specific artistic works exploring the topic of dreaming. “Dreaming Machine #1″ (prototype) is the first in the series. During the day, the work examines its visual context. Stimulus from the visual context inspires day dreams through its experience. At night the work freely associates elements of its experience and presents them to the audience. (more…)
“Memory Association Machine:
Study of Cognitive Processes #1″ 2007
(aka “Self-Other Organizing Structure #1″)
Study of Cognitive Processes #1″ 2007
(aka “Self-Other Organizing Structure #1″)
Images | PDCON07 Paper | PDCON07 Video
“Memory Association Machine” is the first prototype in a series of site-specific responsive installations. Rather than depending on the artist to define how these works relate to their site, the task is given to the artwork itself. The structure of the artwork changes in response to continuous stimulus from its context. (more…)
“Resurfacing” 2006
Ben Bogart & Donna Marie Vakalis
Images | Prototype Video | Installation Video
Resurfacing Website | Resurfacing: Byward Market Website
“Resurfacing” captures and archives snapshots or moments in the urban cityscape. These moments are evaluated both by the dynamics within the frame and by the behaviour of the audience. The public both explores and evaluates these moments through a tactile interface. (more…)
“Floatscript” 2005
Prototype Video | Exhibition Video
“Floatscript” is an interactive installation. The viewer is greeted to a touch-screen. The image of the screen shows a number of small words subtly floating in the background. When the viewer touches the screen the words and pulled up to the surface, increasing in size and brightness. When the viewer stops touching the screen the words slowly fade back into the ether. (more…)
“Step & Repeat” 2003
“Step & Repeat” is an interactive video installation. For each step the user takes toward the screen the character on-screen takes a step toward the user. (more…)
“Oracle” 2003
Images | Video Documentation | Project Source (230MB)
“Oracle” is an interactive new media installation. It uses real-time weather data, chaos math, and the presence of the viewer(s), to create abstract narratives framed as oracles. (more…)
“Engineered” 2001
Science is a system of knowledge. Medicine is a branch of science that deals with the human body. Science categorizes, cuts, dissects and projects in order to come to knowledge. (more…)
“Aporia” 2001
Aporia is a network of simulacra. The work exists on two planes, the emotional plane, a literal/metaphorical representation, and the conceptual plane. The conceptual plane consists only of signs. The signified are veiled through abstraction and encryption. Social entities are referred to only by the IP address of their internet presence. Technological entities are represented as patent numbers or diagrams. (more…)
“Seed” 2000
SEED is meant to bring attention to the implications of Genetic Engineering, and the Genome project, in our near future. With the evolution of biotech and information technologies it’s not difficult to foresee a future where biological organisms are digitally designed and manipulated. The the casual shedding of a eyelash could lead to a reconstruction of your being at the genetic level, without your permission. (more…)