features 07

NETworking [israel]
FOIB [digi-club]
Digiville [brighton]
Wish [computerfinearts.com]
Tumbling Dream Chambers [DAM]
CAe2007 [banff]
enter_ festival [cambridge]
Digi-club workshop [preston]
Digital Aesthetic 2 [preston]
OBG001 [british council]

Forest of Imagined Beginnings (2007)

Wish (2006)

Sky-Rail (2006)

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Vicky Isley & Paul Smith
Research Fellows in Computer Animation & Computer Art
NCCA, Bournemouth University
t: +44 (0) 1202 966699
e: info at boredomresearch dot net

boredomresearch is represented by [DAM] Berlin

Exhibition catalogue
Tumbling Dream Chambers catalogue is on sale for 7 euros + P&P to purchase contact [DAM] Berlin

MetroCentre Commission
boredomresearch have been shortlisted for a permanent public art commission in the MetroCentre, Gateshead. They are currently cooking up ideas and will be presenting a proposal in April 2008

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NETworking
boredomresearch exhibit Wish at the Haifa Museum of Art, Israel 3rd Nov 07 - 23rd Feb 08

detail of Wish, 2007

NETworking is the first Israeli museum exhibition devoted to Net Art. It presents 12 works from the Computer Fine Art collection of Doron Golan. The works included in this show highlight a number of the fundamental qualities that characterize Net Art the visualization of data; open-code access and connectivity; hacking and online voyeurism involving critiques of authorities and economic powers; the creation of online behavioural codes and the negotiation of cyberspace from various perspectives.

View work in the NETworking exhibition at:
http://www.computerfinearts.com/Haifa_show/

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forest of imagined beginnings
a new version launches on Folly's Digi-club online youth club on 10th Oct 07

Forest of imagined beginnings , 2007

An exclusive Forest of Imagined Beginnings [FOIB] has launched on digi-club online forum for people aged between 12-16 years.

If you're this age and interested in digital art you can join digi club & visit the forest at:

http://www.digi.org.uk/foib

boredomresearch have been researching the potential for manipulating forum and blog technologies to encourage a more contemplative and rewarding experience. In FOIB online environment users explore a landscape approach to managing and navigating the changing space of an online forum.

This online artwork is showing in conjunction with Folly’s Velocity Festival of Digital Culture, along the coastal rail route of Morecambe Bay (11th Oct – 3rd Nov 2007). The artwork has been co-commissioned by Folly, Digital Arts Organisation, Lancaster & Enter_Unknown Territories, International Festival & Conference for New Technology Art, Cambridge UK.

related links
http://www.digi.org.uk
http://www.folly.co.uk/velocity

Anna Dumitriu (artist in residence in the Centre for Computational Neuroscience and Robotics at Sussex University) invited boredomresearch to exhibit at Digiville, a one day event at Lighthouse, Brighton. All works exhibited explored the theme 'Forms of Life’ (from bacteria to Artificial life) which included artwork by Paul Brown, Anna Dumitriu, Jon McCormack, eteam, Peta Clancy & Milton Mermikides, Simon Park, Steve Downer and Pattie Hendrie.

boredomresearch exhibited Micro-Biome a closed computational universe inspired by bioluminescent creatures of the deep. In the system you can observe hundreds of intricately detailed creations with fascinating and lifelike behaviour. Micro-Biome contains a carefully selected collection of the best machines captured from the Biomes, 2005 during our touring exhibition 'Theatre of Restless Automata' (April 2005 - May 2006).

For further information on the Biomes please visit: http://www.boredomresearch.net/biome

micro-biome CDs are for sale at Cornerhouse Publications

related links
http://www.lighthouse.org.uk/whatson/digiville.htm
http://www.normalflora.co.uk

boredomresearch are pleased to announce that their second wishing tree has now launched within the computerfinearts.com collection. They are looking forward to watching this tree come to life with everyones desires.

The curator who chose Wish to become part of the collection, Doron Golan, is an Israeli-born artist who has been collecting net art for many years. The artists in the collection range from early pioneers to young contemporaries, including work by John F Simon, Golan Levin, Jonah Brucker-Cohen and Thomson & Craighead.

The first wishing tree was commissioned by Folly, Lancaster in October 2006. Folly's Creative Director Kathryn Lambert said "Folly are really excited about boredomresearch's success as we are committed to supporting and raising the profile of artists who work with technology, and exploring ways in which to address the gap in archiving of new media art work."

Try your luck and submit a wish to the tree at: http://www.computerfinearts.com/boredomresearch/wish

related links
http://www.computerfinearts.com
http://www.folly.co.uk

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Tumbling Dream Chambers
boredomresearchs' first solo exhibition at [DAM] Berlin launched 5th July 2007

detail of computational system on show biomes (wall) & randomseeds (floor)

All the Tumbling Dream Chambers works exist as objects, the screen is visible through a square or circular lens that has a foreshortening effect, bringing the image surface level with the surrounding frame to subtlety but profoundly change the viewing experience. In this form the work is experienced intimately.

Our computational artworks have explored the sometimes uncomfortable ground between what we know to be true and what we imagine to be possible. Computer technology allows us to create compelling fictions and in our work we create fictions of nature and life. The works are always obviously unreal and do not attempt to look photorealistic but they are always live and have a quality that resonates with our understanding of life. The special effects employed in many blockbuster movies, is sometimes criticised for robbing us of our ability to imagine. It is this ability to imagine that we encourage in our computational artworks - using artificial life techniques, we aim to put forward just enough to set our imagination in motion.

related links
http://www.dam.org/berlin

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CAe2007
boredomresearch exhibition six computational works at the International Symposium on Computational Aesthetics in Graphics, Visualization & Imaging, Banff Centre of Arts, Alberta Canada, June 2007

detail of computational systems on show

The overriding goal of CAe2007 was to facilitate a dialogue between the scientists and engineers who are creating new tools and the artists and designers who are the end users. Artists and designers presented new tools and theory of computational aesthetics to create new types of objects in areas which are not available through traditional media, and that go beyond mere visualization and technique to create work that functions within the larger contexts of contemporary art and design.

boredomresearch exhibited six artworks within the CAe2007 art exhibition: Ornamental Bug Garden 001 (computational software), Wish (online environment), biomes (computatational software), System 1.6 (computational software), Springtails (online sketch) and RandomSeed (computational software). boredomresearch also presented these works in the conference and was proud to be awarded the CAe2007 best art paper presentation.

It was a good opportunity to show their work alongside predominately technical computer science presentations and network with scientists and other artists who are interested in computational aesthetics.

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enter_ festival
Forest of Imagined Beginnings is on show at Enter, Cambridge (25th-29th April 07)

the second instance of this online project in Dome 2, Parkers Piece

In the Forest of Imagined Beginnings exhibited at enter_ festival visitors can explore the enclosure and embed their thoughts within the landscape.

Leave your own message on the forest at:

http://www.enter-forest.net

This project has been co-commissioned by Folly, Lancaster & enter_unknown territories, International Festival & Conference for New Technology Art, Cambridge UK and supported by the National Centre of Computer Animation, Bournemouth University.

related links
http://www.folly.co.uk
http://www.enternet.org.uk/unknownterritories

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Digi-club workshop
boredomresearch run a programming workshop for 12-16year olds

images: selection of work produced by digi-club workshop participants

boredomresearch run a workshop for kids during Digital Aesthetics 2 exhibition at the Harris Gallery & Museum, Preston on Saturday 17th March 07. Introducing the basics of coding in Processing - Participants learnt how to create their own drawing tools and interact with those tools through mouse functions.

A selection of the participants sketches can be viewed on the digi-club website:
http://www.digi.org.uk

We kept the workshop flexible so the participants could make requirements and directions in what they wanted to learn throughout the day. This worked really well as it enabled the participants to fully grasp what they were learning as it evolved through their own interests and requirements. It also enabled the participants to develop a piece of work from ground up and gain a full insight into problem solving the development of that work.

This workshop was commissioned by Folly (Lancaster based media organisation) to support the development of digi-club, an online youth club for 12-16 year olds.

related links
http://processing.org
http://www.digi.org.uk
http://www.folly.co.uk
http://www.digitalaesthetic.org.uk

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Digital Aesthetic 2
Forest of Imagined Beginnings is previewed at the Harris Museum & Art Gallery, 16th March 07

the first instance of this online project projected in the Harris Gallery

boredomresearch are interested in creating landscape environments online that develop overtime, where users can explore and manipulate these environments, creating an individual experience which is both contemplative and rewarding.

In the Forest of Imagined Beginnings there are no clear rules or objectives. It is simply an online landscape that is vulnerable to the whims and wants of the community that adopt this digital terrain as their own. In the Forest of Imagined Beginnings exhibited at the Harris Gallery visitors can explore the enclosure and create their own tree to embed within the landscape. This version of the forest can be viewed at:

http://www.boredomresearch.net/foib

The instance of Forest of Imagined Beginnings on exhibition at the Harris Museum & Art Gallery has been commissioned by Folly, Lancaster in conjunction with digi_club an online forum for people aged between 12-16 years. Forest of Imagined Beginnings is supported by enter_unknown territories, International Festival & Conference for New Technology Art, Cambridge UK and the National Centre of Computer Animation, Bournemouth University.

related links
http://www.digitalaesthetic.org.uk
http://www.folly.co.uk
enter unknown territories festival - http://www.enternet.org.uk

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Ornamental Bug Garden 001
finds a permanent home!

detail from OBG001

We are pleased to announce that the British Council have acquired Ornamental Bug Garden 001 (edition 1 of 3) for their collection.

OBG001 has been on tour since April 2005 in boredomresearchs' solo exhibition 'Theatre of Restless Automata'. The work was awarded an honorary mention in VIDA 7.0, Art & Artificial Life International Competion (2004) & Transmediale, International Media Art Festival, Berlin (2005) and has travelled to the USA, exhibiting at SIGGRAPH, LA (2005) & ACE, Hollywood (2006).

related links
British Council Collection
OBG001 info - www.boredomresearch.net/obg001

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