01.09.2006 - 05.09.2006, Linz, Austria

371 Adv3 is being screened at Ars Electronica’s “Generative Animation” program curated by Lia and Miguel Carvalhais. The program also contains works by Lia, Dextro, Marius Watz and others and will be shown at the O.K Centrum für Gegenwartskunst and Stift St. Florian.

Music for Bodies wins an “Award of Distinction” in the “Digital Musics” category, with the Sonic Bed being exhibted at the O.K Centrum für Gegenwartskunst.

Music For Bodies is a NESTA funded research project initiated by Kaffe Matthews, focusing on the construction and exploration of new instruments in order to create sonic experiences for both body and ears.

A series of multidisciplinary think tank meetings is taking place to identify possible directions for the project, whilst the core team consists of architect Alex Haw, music artist Kaffe Matthews, and musician and programmer David Muth. One of the team’s current research strains focuses on how to combine the experience of the body, space and sound, with the aim of establishing a compositional vocabulary for “Music For Bodies” instruments.

For information on events and exhibitions please visit the Music For Bodies website.

David Muth (video) | Farmers Manual (music)

Video, August 2006

The animation “371 Adv3″ visually explores rhythmic patterns through abstract minimalism. Specially written software generated the imagery.

Past screenings of the video include Ars Electronica’s “Generative Animation” program in 2006, curated by Lia and Miguel Carvalhais.

07.08.2006 - 11.08.2006, San Jose, USA

Julie Freeman and I are presenting The Lake at the ZeroOne San Jose ISEA2006 Symposium.

We Are Car employs a running motorbike engine controlled via MIDI as a musical instrument in order to record and subvert selected rock classics, exploring parallels of emotional thrills induced by acceleration, speed and rock.

The project’s final outcome eventually manifested itself as a CD release, with each CD being accompanied by an especially commissioned perfume based on motor oil. The launch event took place at the ICA in September 2006.

We Are Car is a collaboration with Chris Lum aka Xper.Xr, and was funded by Arts Council England.

A few more images can be found here.