http://www.emmawade.com emma wade Sat, 03 Sep 2011 22:22:17 +0000 http://www.emmawade.com en http://emmawade.com/Path-to-Freedom http://emmawade.com/following/emmawade.com/Path-to-Freedom Sat, 03 Sep 2011 22:22:17 +0000 emma wade 1952048 http://emmawade.com/Hack-Duino-Workshop http://emmawade.com/following/emmawade.com/Hack-Duino-Workshop Wed, 04 May 2011 22:26:55 +0000 emma wade 1399482 Hack-Duino Workshop DATA ReFunct 09 as part of ISEA09 (International Symposium of Electronic Art) <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/87853/1399482/3928111691_7336e4b787_z.jpg" border="0" width="640" height="427" width_o="640" height_o="427" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/87853/1399482/3928111691_7336e4b787_z_o.jpg" align="left" /> Led by: Brian Solon and Emma Wade We made floating light sculptures that react to sound. An introduction to Arduino and Processing with some good old-fashioned hack-and-do fun. Participants added LEDs to helium balloons and learned how to control them using the Processing programming environment to create an interactive light sculpture that responds to sound and music. Partly inspired by LED Throwies. <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/87853/1399482/3928910724_67d5721e12_z.jpg" border="0" width="640" height="427" width_o="640" height_o="427" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/87853/1399482/3928910724_67d5721e12_z_o.jpg" align="left" /> <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/87853/1399482/3928904966_5d924338e0_z.jpg" border="0" width="640" height="427" width_o="640" height_o="427" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/87853/1399482/3928904966_5d924338e0_z_o.jpg" align="left" /> <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/87853/1399482/3928905916_7d81220293_z.jpg" border="0" width="427" height="640" width_o="427" height_o="640" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/87853/1399482/3928905916_7d81220293_z_o.jpg" align="left" /> Images: IMOCA/DATA http://emmawade.com/Drawdio-Workshop http://emmawade.com/following/emmawade.com/Drawdio-Workshop Wed, 04 May 2011 22:11:12 +0000 emma wade 1399417 //Workshops// Drawdio Workshop DRAWDIO: WRITE SOME MUSIC PART OF BIORHYTHM, SCIENCE GALLERY, TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN. 07:2010 LED BY EMMA WADE AND BRIAN SOLON <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/87853/1399417/SG_Biorhythm_ImageTitle_web.jpg" border="0" width="227" height="299" width_o="227" height_o="299" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/87853/1399417/SG_Biorhythm_ImageTitle_web_o.jpg" align="left" /> Participants made their own ‘Drawdio’ electronic pencil and experiment with the conductive properties of pencil graphite and the human body to create music while they wrote and drew. <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/87853/1399417/Drawdio-4.jpg" border="0" width="670" height="446" width_o="2048" height_o="1365" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/87853/1399417/Drawdio-4_o.jpg" align="left" /> <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/87853/1399417/Drawdio-51.jpg" border="0" width="670" height="446" width_o="2048" height_o="1365" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/87853/1399417/Drawdio-51_o.jpg" align="left" /> Images: Science Gallery, Trinity College Dublin — Material related to Drawdio has been released under a Creative Commons (attribution share alike) license. Based on work by Jay Silver in the Lifelong Kindergarten group at the MIT Media Lab http://emmawade.com/Rexotrek-1 http://emmawade.com/following/emmawade.com/Rexotrek-1 Wed, 04 May 2011 22:05:19 +0000 emma wade 1399381 <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/87853/1399381/WadeEmma_Rexotrek.jpg" border="0" width="434" height="434" width_o="434" height_o="434" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/87853/1399381/WadeEmma_Rexotrek_o.jpg" align="left" /> Rexotrek aims to encourage the user to see the world from a dog’s perspective. The project is informed by an interest in the relationship between dog and man and how we still do not know a great deal about how dogs perceive the world, even though our lives have been intertwined for centuries. In some scientific fields it remains somewhat taboo to state that animals can experience emotion. In contrast to this, pet owners tend to insist on the fact that their dog, cat or gerbil has the capacity to feel happy, sad or lonely. With the material the artist collected dealing with her own dog Rex, she proposes a subjective expression through the medium of installation, video and audio. Devices such as GPS, mini CCTV camera, mini-disk recorder with a VOiP headset were used to attempt to record the happiness of the dog. While exploring the notion of dog as artist. The user is required to get down on their hands and knees to experience this piece, listening to Rex’s breathing, rhythm and the sounds of his environment. The artist believes it is a good way to get a genuine and adequate insight into a dog’s emotional state. Research blog: www.rexotrek.tumblr.com <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/87853/1399381/IMG_2443.JPG" border="0" width="670" height="446" width_o="670" height_o="446" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/87853/1399381/IMG_2443_o.JPG" align="left" /> <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/87853/1399381/IMG_2447.JPG" border="0" width="670" height="446" width_o="670" height_o="446" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/87853/1399381/IMG_2447_o.JPG" align="left" /> <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/87853/1399381/IMG_2450.JPG" border="0" width="670" height="446" width_o="670" height_o="446" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/87853/1399381/IMG_2450_o.JPG" align="left" /> <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/87853/1399381/IMG_2452.JPG" border="0" width="670" height="446" width_o="670" height_o="446" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/87853/1399381/IMG_2452_o.JPG" align="left" /> <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/87853/1399381/IMG_2453.JPG" border="0" width="670" height="446" width_o="670" height_o="446" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/87853/1399381/IMG_2453_o.JPG" align="left" /> <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/87853/1399381/IMG_2464.JPG" border="0" width="670" height="446" width_o="670" height_o="446" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/87853/1399381/IMG_2464_o.JPG" align="left" /> <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/87853/1399381/IMG_2490.JPG" border="0" width="670" height="446" width_o="670" height_o="446" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/87853/1399381/IMG_2490_o.JPG" align="left" /> <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/87853/1399381/IMG_2487.JPG" border="0" width="670" height="446" width_o="670" height_o="446" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/87853/1399381/IMG_2487_o.JPG" align="left" /> http://emmawade.com/CheerUp-1 http://emmawade.com/following/emmawade.com/CheerUp-1 Wed, 04 May 2011 21:56:09 +0000 emma wade 1399367 <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/87853/1399367/3_cheerup.jpg" border="0" width="670" height="502" width_o="1024" height_o="768" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/87853/1399367/3_cheerup_o.jpg" align="left" /> The CheerUp 2007 The CheerUp aims to lift the spirits. This sound piece hopes to create a positive experience by applauding the user with various levels of enthusiasm each time it is activated. Marketing happiness in a culture of immediate gratification, is an area that facinates the artist. In this piece she explores happiness and it’s symptoms as product. It plays with the notion of user as performer. How it works The user steps on a sensor mat. This activates applause. The user smiles. Their photo is taken. They keep stepping on and off the mat and their invisible audience becomes more and more appreciative. The CheerUp has been show at Filmbase Dublin as part of Something in the wires NCAD exhibition. The Joy Gallery Dublin as part of Affects becoming relations between and in Catalyst Arts Centre Belfast as part of Utopia Dystopia. Press: www.irishtimes.com © Emma Wade http://emmawade.com/H-U-G-S-Human-Utopian-Generation-System http://emmawade.com/following/emmawade.com/H-U-G-S-Human-Utopian-Generation-System Wed, 04 May 2011 21:50:29 +0000 emma wade 1398410 <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/87853/1398410/Hugs-photos1.jpg" border="0" width="670" height="502" width_o="800" height_o="600" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/87853/1398410/Hugs-photos1_o.jpg" align="left" /> H.U.G.S. – Human Utopian Generation System Noticing the increasing interest in spontaneous expressions of affection between strangers, as witnessed by the Free Hugs movement, and Amma the Hugging Saint, the artist wondered, what is the origin of this need for contact? Is it a reaction to an increase in communication online and increasingly segmented communities, are people less used to communicating face-to-face? The artist is equally intrigued with science and pseudo-science, the work of noted autistic author and scientist Dr. Temple Grandin, and her creation; an apparatus called the squeeze machine. The machine applies a pressure over a large part of the body and has a positive effect. This same logic is re-appropriated in this project to attempt to simulate the positive effects of a hug with the use of a wearable device within the gallery space. The project comments on the need for human contact, dislocation of communities, and our intertwining relationships with machines. -- H.U.G.S. was created on a month-long residency at Limerick City Gallery of Art as part of the Behind Smoke and Mirrors exhibition curated by Susan Holland. Jackets #1,2,3&4 were fabricated with generous help from Una Hussey fashion designer. It has been shown at Catalyst Arts Centre – Belfast Northern Ireland, The Exchange Gallery – Dublin Ireland, Entree – Bergen Norway, Shunt – London UK, Space – Bratislava Slovakia, Stattbad – Berlin Germany, Millsaps College, Jackson, Mississippi, U.S.A. <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/87853/1398410/33524_1453279785030_1624357641_1088209_3908289_n_o.jpg" border="0" width="480" height="720" width_o="480" height_o="720" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/87853/1398410/33524_1453279785030_1624357641_1088209_3908289_n_o_o.jpg" align="left" /> <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/87853/1398410/36712_1413360227066_1624357641_990753_912380_n.jpg" border="0" width="670" height="447" width_o="720" height_o="481" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/87853/1398410/36712_1413360227066_1624357641_990753_912380_n_o.jpg" align="left" /> <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/87853/1398410/38787_1442595997942_1624357641_1061736_3025545_n_o.jpg" border="0" width="399" height="600" width_o="399" height_o="600" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/87853/1398410/38787_1442595997942_1624357641_1061736_3025545_n_o_o.jpg" align="left" /> <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/87853/1398410/1_tn_1emma2.jpg" border="0" width="401" height="600" width_o="401" height_o="600" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/87853/1398410/1_tn_1emma2_o.jpg" align="left" /> <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/87853/1398410/hugs_una.jpg" border="0" width="670" height="446" width_o="1000" height_o="667" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/87853/1398410/hugs_una_o.jpg" align="left" /> ___ © Emma Wade