NYU's Interactive Telecommunications Program (ITP) exhibition

NYU의 'Interactive Telecommunications Program' 소속 학생들의 전시 소식입니다.
아날로그와 디지털, 거기에 웹기반 작품 및 아이폰을 가지고 한 작업까지 그 다양한 범위가 매우 흥미롭네요.

AL-gorithm, by Alex Kauffmann

Alex Kauffmann, the artist behind AL-gorithm, wanted to wrap his head around the Unix search command: grep. To do this he started with a passage from All the King's Men and then systematically cut out all but one letter from the printed page, leaving it behind wherever it appeared. He then repeated this with the same passage across many more pages for each letter and symbol, a process which he said completely abstracted the text from the meaning and made him feel a little more like a computer. The pages are suspended such that they can be stacked closely or with distance lending a range of ways to view this incredible piece.

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8 Light ASCII Display Terminal Terminal, by Taylor Levy

For her thesis, designer and technologist Taylor Levy created this sculpture to be the most basic computer display possible. Attached via USB to a keyboard, the neon tubes illuminate with each key-press to show the binary equivalent of the ASCII code for that letter. Though quite simple in concept, it's her precise form and methodical construction that make this piece stand out. Her process photos are also amazing. Selections below.

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Firefly 870, by Jason Krugman

In an 8 foot by 8 foot grid Jason Krugman connected 870 LEDs to wind switches he constructed by hand. Looking at this piece in still-form it resembles a close-up view of sequins as the base of each wind switch is a clear, round disc. As soon as you blow or otherwise move the air around the piece, however, the LEDs spring to action and elegantly reflect the pattern of the breeze.

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Flittr, by Vikram Tank

Somewhere between Twitter, Flickr, Haiku and old-school MMS is Vikram Tank's project, Flittr. Enabling short-form multimedia, Flittr is an iPhone app (still in beta) that allows you to sequence three images and provide a 15 second voiceover. These slideshows can be sent to other Flittr users or posted to your favorite social sharing service.

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Streetforms, by Mitch Said

Enabling a sort of virtual graffiti, Mitch Said's Street Forms allows users to write on the Google Street View images for any available address. I've always wanted an Invader to call our own so I drew one next to the front door of CH HQ.

다양한 소재로 여러가지 실험적 시도를 하고 있는 그들의 자유로운 상상력에 박수를 보내봅니다. :)