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GENETIC
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interactive
video installations
EXHIBITION @ PAPEY LISTSKJUL (Papay Arts Centre)
Saturday 27 AUGUST. 6-9pm
Sunday
28 AUGUST. 2-5pm
Genetic
Moo, participants of Papay Gyro Nights 2011 Art Festival, is coming
back to Papay and will create an interactive artpiece in response
to the locations of the island.
Genetic Moo build living installations in pixels and light. They have
been making interactive video installations since 2008 and thousands
of people have interacted with their artworks, most recently at this
year's Glastonbury.
In darkened spaces they project beguiling and unsettling creatures,
combining elements of the human and the animal. These phantasmagoria
respond in a variety of life-like ways to audience motion, sound and
touch. The works are driven using hand written software and a range
of sensing devices and can be adapted to different scales and locations.
People have been repelled and delighted by the grotesque creations
of Genetic Moo, often at the same time. Their magical animations pose
questions about the illusion of life. Where do their creatures come
from, what are they, where are they going?
Genetic Moo have shown extensively and are resident artists for Exploding
Cinema. They were recently accepted into the prestigious London Group
- their first interactive artists.
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PAPEY
LISTSKJUL is proud to present GENETIC MOO first solo exhibition -
two interactive video installations: ANIMACULES and GROWTH LINES.
GENETIC MOO traveled to Papay to install and to present works, and
also to start thier art residency on the island - researching marine
life and local folklore.
for more information visit GENETIC MOO blog:
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ANIMACULES
At first, as they wriggle around in their unique way, the Animacules
are visually enticing, but as people look closer more provocative
imagery is revealed. They are primarily made up of close ups of our
own intimate body parts, collaged into bizarre new shapes. Some resemble
insects, bacteria or deep sea life, while others are purely imaginary.
They swarm together either attracted to or repelled by light depending
on the set up. The
animacules were inspired by the work of 16th century Dutch scientist
Antonie van Leeuwenhoek who invented one of the earliest microscopes
and was the first to describe the living 'molecules' he saw.
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GROWTH
LINES
The audience is presented with a horizontal line. As they move in
front of it, the line pregnantly bulges. Because the audience could
see that their shadow was affecting the line instantly the interaction
was very engaging. People spent a long time playing with the undulations
and watching others play.
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