Marcel Dzama is a young Canadian artist with a prominent exposure. His 2004 piece “Underground” consists of watercolours, ink drawings and root beer concentrate and it was exhibited at the MoMA in New York in 2007. This piece makes reference to the capture of Sadam Hussein, contrasting a long row of soldiers with the small hole in which he was hiding.
Canadian-American artist Agnes Martin (1912-2004) was one of the least known figures of Minimalism, however her work was groundbreaking and much more spiritual than her aristic counterparts.
Permanent Interactive LED wall wich reacts with the movement or presence of people in many different ways.
Blinkenlights project transformed the Toronto City Hall into a giant interactive screen during the “Nuit blanche” in 2008.
Studio Banana TV interviews Thai visual artist Rirkrit Tiravanija who has transformed the constant movement and cultural interaction of his own life into an engaged conceptual art practice. Interview realised with the sponsorship of the European University of Madrid
Frenquency and Volume consists of between 100 and 800 square metres of projected shadows which allow participants to scan the radio spectrum of the city with their bodies.
Homographies is an interactive installation featuring 144 robotic fluorescent light fixtures controlled by 7 computerized surveillance systems. As people walk under the piece, the light tubes rotate to create labyrinthine patterns of light that are “paths” or “corridors” between them.
An interactive installation by Rafael Lozano-Hemmer where five heart rate sensors create a light show in two ripple tanks. Recorded at New Orleans Museum of Art, Prospect1 Biennial.
“Pulse Park” is comprised of a matrix of light beams that graze the central oval field of Madison Square Park. Their intensity is entirely modulated by a sensor that measures the heart rate of participants and the resulting effect is the visualization of vital signs, arguably our most symbolic biometric, in an urban scale.
“Make Out” is the eight piece in the Shadow Box series of interactive displays with a built-in computerized tracking system. This piece shows thousands of internet videos of couples looking at each other.