Salon: Amsterdam, Mediamatic Post CS – 1 comment
Eco-Visualisation
Salon on Environmental Awareness
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20
Mar
2008
19:00 Mediamatic Post CS Oosterdokskade 5 Amsterdam www.mediamatic.net (view on map)
It was an evening on environmental awareness through the visualization of power consumption and CO2 footprint. Featuring Tiffany Holmes, Beatriz da Costa, Michael Mandiberg, Yolande Harris, Esther Polak and Oorbeek.
Eco-visualisatie lecture @ Mediamatic. -
Image taken from the <> Tag website.
Art and Technology vs. Environment
How can artists translate everyday information visually or sonically? What are innovative artists and designers doing to promote conservation of resources using innovative technology and creative thinking? How can art make us more aware of the kilowatts we consume or the carbon we emit? Can artists significantly inspire observers to be more environmentally sensitive by giving information a particular form or sound? Furthermore, can art increase our ability to analyze and relate spiritually and emotionally to the natural world we live in?
These questions and many more got addressed by the speakers.
Eco-visualisation lecture at Mediamatic.Image taken from the <> Tag website.
Program
19.25 - 19.45 Tiffany Holmes - www.tiffanyholmes.com/ en www.ecoviz.org
19.50 - 21.10 Beatriz da Costa - www.beatrizdacosta.net/
20.15 -20.35 Eco-visualisatie concert door Oorbeek
20.35 - 20.55 pauze
Eco Aesthetics flyerImage taken from the <> Tag website.
20.55 - 21.15 Michael Mandiberg - mandiberg.com/
21.20- 21.40 Yolande Harris - yolande.janvaneyck.nl/
21.45 - 22.05 Esther Polak - www.nomadicmilk.net/
This evening was organized by <> TAG, Den Haag and Mediamatic
Location: Mediamatic, Post CS Gebouw, Oosterdokskade 5, Amsterdam
Related projects, a quick sum-up
Quickly some related information (art, DIY and even already commercial) projects that pop into my mind.
Brooke Singer - AIR is a public, social experiment in which people are invited to use Preemptive Media's portable air monitoring devices to explore their neighborhoods and urban environments for pollution and fossil fuel burning hotspots.
www.pm-air.net/
Charles Gaines' - Greenhouse contains a satellite photograph of Los Angeles and each light represents a different airborne pollutant with the light levels computer controlled using live data on Los Angeles air quality.
query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=950DE5DC143DF933A05757C0A9629C8B63
LAst but not least - a list of projects of Helen Evans, Heiko Hansen (HeHe)
- Nuage Vert, Champs d'ozone, Bruit Rose
hehe.org.free.fr/hehe/index.html
Besides artist we also many DIY projects emerging. The most recent one is the winner of the winner of the 'Greener Gadgets' design competition. EnerJar is an easy-to-build device that accurately measures and reveals the power draw of electrical appliances.
www.enerjar.net/
Proor to the EnrJar one commercial product appeared on the (UK) market. With both numbers and colours, wattson shows you how much electricity your home is using at any given moment.
www.diykyoto.com/
best,
Auke Touwslager
www.informationlab.org