“Even the ties with stars are misleading. But, even for a single moment, believing in the shape brings us joy. And that is enough.” R. M. Rilke On April 28th, 2012, AOS will be at the MACRO museum in Rome with this.astro and Come in Cielo Così in Terra, an...
We can consider our ecosystem as an interlinked stratification of different contexts. While designing an experience (or a series of different experiences) we can choose to focus on different layers of our living ecosystem: we can decide to focus on one, two or all of...
A wonderful article has appeared on the blog of El Paìs describing the Enlarge Your Consciousness in 4 Days 4 Free project. Identities on sale: this is the main theme of the article, as suggested by the action through which we are trying to support the discussion on...
Here are some updates to the project Enlarge Your Consciousness in 4 Days 4 Free Here is the event on the website of BTF Gallery Here on Artribune Here is the official announcement on ArteFiera OFF Here is a wonderful article on D’Ars Magazine And on this issue...
“the most exciting attractions are between two opposites that never meet.” Andy Warhol Introduction In this essay, we describe the ideas which led us to participate to the “Enlarge Your Consciousness in 4 Days 4 Free” project, together with...
In this lesson we analyzed a series of initiatives which used ubiquitous technologies and a structured approach to interaction on social networks to design innovative scenarios for large-scale events of international relevancy. The cases shown during the lesson have...
AOS (Salvatore Iaconesi and Oriana Persico) have started to teach at the Master of Exhibit Design at La Sapienza University of Rome. Our contribution will engage the possibility of designing large-scale events using methodologies which allow to create seamless...
Human beings continuously mutate. Over the last few years, this transformation has taken place at incredibly high speeds, mostly thanks to the wide and ubiquitous availability of digital networks and devices. This changed the ways in which we work, learn, relate,...
AOS and FakePress will be in Rome at Design+, possibly the most interesting design event in Italy’s capital. With a rich program featuring experts, designers, architects and artists from the international worlds of cinema, design and technology, Roma Design+...
REFF will be at the CS Cantiere in Milan on January 21st 2011 for a small presentation / workshop on the cross media platforms that we will be using for our next actions and an AR installation. We will be showing how the cross-media CMS created for the REFF book...
Angel_F was featured at the Node Fest @ Forte Prenestino, in Rome on April 16th – 17th A book presentation and the interactive installation “my Ubiquitous Body” were shown Angel_F is a digital being whose body is built from the language formed by the...
Art is Open Source interviews Dino Borri from Eataly Turin about the possible uses of Augmented Reality and other technologies to inform consumers and enact critical practices. more info on Squatting Supermarkets here: Squatting Supermarkets Squatting Supermarkets...
Just recovering from the enormous effort put in setting up, performing and taking down the Squatting Supermarkets at the Piemonte Share Festival 2009, “Market Forces”. Several thousands visitors, hundreds of customized food cans, hundreds of QRCodes...
We’re just back from the intense 4 days of the Live Performers Meeting 2009 where REFF (RomaEuropaFAKEFactory) held its new showcase. LPM2009 really has been full of surprises, and we were more than happy to share the spaces of the Brancaleone with over 300...
DOWNLOAD THE FULL PROGRAM [ ENGLISH ] RomaeuropaFAKEFactory [REFF] presents [ REFF.erence ] Friday 20th and Saturday 21st, March 2009 @ Rome The international competition RomaEuropaFAKEFactory re-lauches in Rome on March 20th and 21st with two dense days dedicated to...
Just back from Turin where we joined our friends of the Share Festival in a wonderful s.valentine party. We presented “Loving the Crisis” an nstallation in which the characters of “Les Amants” by Magritte interpret the global flows of the...
While keeping busy with the launch and communication of the RomaEuropaFAKEFactory and keeping the interviews on the international crisis going with Interviewing the Crisis we will get relaxed a bit at the Art & Love VI that will be held at Villa Capriglio on...
while in Mexico we did quite a few things. possibly the most difficult one was the creation of an architectural installation called rel:attiva presenza. the installation constituted a practical example of the theories we exposed at this congress and it was created in...
Here below you can find the text that we presented at (re)Actor3 and HCI2008 explaining the theories and concept of the installation and of DegradArte. ABSTRACT Degradazione per Sovrapposizione di Corpi (DpSdC) investigates on interaction mechanisms created using low...
A computer is interpreted as a body according to eastern theories and philosophies. The Chakras represent the components of the PC. When the computer reaches Chakra balance, it goes in Kundalini state, becoming connected to all the other ChakraPuters on the network....
I am pretty happy about this one. :) When you access del.icio.us Poetry a software uses del.icio.us most recent bookmarks page to gather all the links that have been saved in the last few minutes, and opens them up. All together. On the page you are looking at....
Software Automas can get stressed, too. When these automas change emotions, they play music. A digitally emotional Concerto. also seen at: > ArTechMedia2007 > You Own Me now > processing.org
In the installations images of the visitors are captured in real time and processed by software automas feeding on color variations, producing an organic representation of the computer vision. A virtual being with a reticular structure moves along thecomponents of the...
The GoM is a software god ruling a universe of singing automas.A mystical installation:) also seen at: > processing.org GoM is the god. Its reality is contained inside a personal computer. It rules multiple universes populated by software automas (the Automatas)....
Time and persistence of vision. The digital painter impersonated by the installation paints the changing of vision through time. more info: > website timePainter observes the evolution of time. The shapes contained in the field of view get identified, and their...
Magritte’s painting comes to life with a software drama about love and understanding each other. LesAmants is an installation/performance based on “les Amants” painting by René Magritte. The two lovers, blinded by the sheet on their head, clearly...
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