jamie allen » installation

Acoustic Subtraction

jamie — Wed, 18 May 2011 20:05:06 +0000

Acoustic Subtractions are events in public space: Twenty minutes of white noise followed by twenty minutes of “silence.”

The audible world is masked and cancelled out by the potentials of all sound, the act of listening cleansed by its own saturation. Saturate every atom. This piece was devised by Will Schrimshaw and Jamie Allen for Resonator (2010). Acoustic subtractions have been undertaken in a number of locations internationally, including Kielder Forest, UK, Semperdepot, Vienna, Suncheon Wild Tea House, and Platoon Kunsthalle Seoul and the Eyup Sultan Mosque in Istanbul.

Partners: Will Schrimshaw, worm/detour, AV Festival, Platoon Kunsthalle, Mullae Art Space Seoul

Data Calorimetry

jamie — Fri, 10 Dec 2010 13:42:30 +0000

Twined applications in 1804 and 1809 by Campillo and Sömmering gave us the first long-distance electrical telegraph. These electrochemical contraptions comprised simple on/off switching at the transmission end, coupled to wires immersed in tubes of acid at the receiving station. The tubes were labeled with a unique alpha-numeric character, and hydrogen bubbles resulting from electrolysis of the acid would convey both message and meaning.

Data Calorimetry is an interactive installation comprised of two computers serving up digital documents to one another. These documents detail the natural history of electrical telecommunications development. The data cable connecting the two servers has been spliced, and placed in a tube containing a strong acid. As data is transmitted through this acid, glitches appear on screen, hydrogen bubbles are produced, and a metered temperature rise give a sense of the material energy and power of digital information.

Partners: Culture Lab

Resonator

admin — Mon, 01 Nov 2010 00:52:58 +0000

Resonator (part of the AV10 Festival) is an event looking at resonance and vibration in the context of sound art and related pursuits. An international group of metaphysicians and artists working with sound are brought together for a week long process: talks and discussions, technical workshops, physical building sessions, sound walks and other ‘field trips’ and collaborative creation of artwork. At the end of the process a gallery exhibition is prepared from sketches, models and prototypes created during the week. Co-organised with Will Schrimshaw.

Partners: AV10, Arts Council England, Culture Lab, Nurit Bar-Shai, James D’Angelo, Martin Howse, Brandon LaBelle, John Stuart Reid, Ann Rosén, Hankil Ryu, Kanta Horio

Link: largervibrationalcontinuum.org

CURRENT

admin — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 10:38:35 +0000

CURRENT is a set of illuminated elements along the front and rear cheeks of a set of 20 beach chalets along the East coast of the UK. A number of cedar slats which clad the huts are replaced with white lighting elements that react dynamically to local wind speed – animating and visualizing the energy of the wind. A wind turbine is installed near the chalets, and this system provides all the energy required to drive the artwork. Co-created with Laura Harrington.

Partners: Laura Harrington, Inspire Northumberland, Culture Lab

Link: Current at Inspire Northumberland, Journal Live

From Here On Out

admin — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 01:13:20 +0000

A multimedia GPS walking tour of Newcastle city center, exploring the industrial social-history of the city. Energy and infrastructures hardware are digitally layered onto the real cityscape, and experienced in-place. Human performers and physical items spotted in the city are further used to merge uncanny media and real worlds. Commissioned by Wunderbar Festival 2009.

Partners: Wunderbar Festival, Northern Film and Media, Andrzej Wojtas, Guy Schofield, Rachel Gay, Culture Lab

Link: http://fromhereonout.org/

Human Potential (Movement)

admin — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 01:05:24 +0000

“Sustainability” is ridiculous. A bicycle-generator powers a water pump and lighting system for a plantation of hydroponically grown, edible plants. Biker eats plants. Repeat. There are losses in this system.

Partners: Siggraph Asia 2009, hydroponics.co.uk, Culture Lab

Partners: Siggraph Project Page

ROBO POEMS

admin — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 15:11:41 +0000

ROBO POEMS is micro-radio poetry, powered by the city. Urban energy siphoning strategies are used to power hidden radio transmitters in the city – sending out messages of forlorn robotic disenchantment by Kingston, Ontario poet/author Corey Murphy.

Partners: Culture Lab, EYEBEAM

Links: robopoems.com

Last Laugh

admin — Sat, 26 Dec 2009 15:08:42 +0000

Description: A wind-powered outdoor rock speaker plays a cassette loop of a 1970ʼs sitcom laugh track. The speed of the laugh track varies directly with wind speed.

Partners: Culture Lab, Harehope Quarry Project

Kitchenwhere

admin — Fri, 25 Dec 2009 15:06:31 +0000

A series of laser-etched kitchen implements highlighting material relationships to food.

Partners: Culture Lab

Most Music Ever

admin — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 14:53:30 +0000

A graphical representation of the sound spectrum of selected vinyl records is laser etched onto their surface. Presented as wall-mounted, glass-encased, framed ‘collectors recordsʼ.

Partners: Culture Lab, Eyebeam