Foreword

Written By Pamela Jennings

This group exhibition was presented June 4 through Aug. 24 2007 at the National Academy of Sciences' headquarters, Washington, D.C. The exhibition features interactive computer installations, digital prints, and wearable technology, representing a confluence of research and creative practices.

i:move* Variations on a series

“… celebrates the personal and collective movements of each day by incorporating video stream processing, and live interaction to visualize dynamic patterns over a 24-hour cycle.”

exhale: breath between bodies

Schiphorst’s artistic inquiry is founded on interests in embodiment and performativity, and in the sensual and poetic forms which cultivate human experience in relationship to perception, affect and the ‘palpability’ of the invisible, experience of ourselves through the visceral nature of our bodies

Test People Series

As an artist, it is extraordinarily exciting to create a work that takes on a life and function of its own – and which can itself create unexpected and unpredictable things.

Resound! Fanfares for Trumpet and Computer

I believe the real challenge is always to write and perform music that captures the imagination and carries the listener to a wonderful place. I hope these little pieces will expand what we think of as “trumpet music” and perhaps open some new pathways for composers, performers, and listeners alike

McBlare: the Robotic Bagpiper

Using a custom air compressor to supply air and electromechanical “fingers” to control the chanter McBlare plays with robotic precision.