curated by Wes Johnston, Dalhousie Art Gallery, Halifax, NS

A temporary installation/design studio to facilitate the generation of collaborative proposals by visitors to the site…. for concepts, artworks, actions, structures and other initiatives for the Halifax Common Roots Urban Farm (CRUF). The final structure was a semi-open kitchen (with a greenroof and patio) for the community farmers to appropriate as need arises.

ISEA 2008, National Museum Singapore

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Finally, We Hear One Another (2008), is an audio exchange device for two people. The exchange devices are disguised as wearable garments, consisting of small speakers to be worn near the ear and a series of microphones to capture the sounds around each of the individuals’ bodies via bluetooth and mobile phones. In the exhibition the participants will be able to choose from different head or neck garment styles in which the audio exchange device will be located. The device uses wireless technology allowing the two participants to hear the sound from each other’s immediate environment while mobile and in physically differing locations.

This subtle exchange of sonic signifiers allows participants to develop a relationship to another environment, a remote social reality and a locative immersion. To investigate another space through the interface of a mobile individual removes the prescriptive function from the communication technology that often mediates the relationship between bodies, space and technologies. This project is exploring the ability of media to create new meaning and location through sensory cues, yet it also dismantles the controlling nature of such technologies as they only serve as a channel for the participant to gain a sense of environment and subjective experience through experiential cues.

Lademoen Kunstnerverksteder, Trondheim-Norway