Beta_space is a collaboration
between The Powerhouse Museum and Creativity and Cognition
Studios (CCS) at the University
of Technology, Sydney.
Beta_space is located within the Cyberworlds: computers and connections exhibition
Beta_space
Art – technology - experiment - discovery
The Powerhouse Museum and Creativity and Cognition Studios (CCS), University of Technology, Sydney collaborate to create Beta_space, an experimental environment where the public can engage with the latest research in art and technology.
Beta_space shows interactive artworks in development by CCS researchers and collaborators. These works are at different stages, from early prototype to end product. In all cases engagement with the public can provide critical information for further iterations of the art work or of the research. The name 'beta' refers to a new piece of software or hardware that needs testing and feedback from its users to help the project team to eliminate design and engineering errors.
Beta_space provides visitors to the Powerhouse Museum the chance to experience collaboration between art and technology, while information displays contextualise the role of CCS and Beta_space in this international field.
Beta_space is a working environment, a laboratory which yields valuable research outcomes. It allows the public the opportunity to be creatively involved in the development of new forms of artistic expression, while providing insight into the creative process of artists, technologists, and the experience of audiences.
The Nauru Elegies: A Portrait in Sound and Hypsographic Architecture
19 December 2009 - 30 January 2010
A technical synthesis of a live string ensemble, projected high-definition video footage, digital animation and live internet feed. It is an orchestration of content retrieved and processed in multiple localities including research in New York City, documentation in Nauru and performed in Yokohama by local musicians. It is a statement of technology and media processes in the 21st century that is exponentially progressing to a more dematerialized and delocalized state.
Audio and video recordings will be taken with the most current and mobile digital technologies in addition to the exploration of medical isosurf modeling techniques appropriated in architectural form and rendering. Economic dynamics will be mapped using current open source satellite and geospatial technologies including NASA World Wind to map hypsometric and bathymetric contours. The Nauru Elegies is realized in multiple technical layers, a manifold performance that has identifiable localities held by a complex global structure.
Text contributed by Paul Miller and Annie Kwon via KWON MILLER PRODUCTIONS.