Heya,
So, we're now done with the ninth week of the program, and kicking it into high gear on all fronts. I will be on a plane to New York in exactly one week from now. That isn't to say that most of the program is already done, though. We still have a ton on our plate.
On Friday we ventured down to Tesla for the evening. Telsa is a new media art house, much like Eye Beam in New York. There we sat down with Andreas (top left) and talked about what we were doing, what Tesla was doing, and then watched a video piece which he was going to be exhibiting at a festival. The video sparked an interesting conversation about what the identity of being an "American" means in this modern period, and how no one really fits the stereotype of an American, but at the same time there is no way to avoid being marked as a part of the whole.
After that conversation, we went to the "open door studio" and talked with one of the resident artists (pictured top right). I forget his name (sorry) but he's working on an urban sculpture which connects several nodes around a city, and in a telephone-game style setup, which then transfer residents' political opinions from node to node around the city. The "open door studio" is a type of residence at Tesla in which the artist works for a several month period on their project, but are required to allow people to walk into their studio space and inquire into the project that they're working on.
After a talk by that artist, we went upstairs to an exhibition hall, where an installation piece is currently being presented. I didn't catch the artist's name, but the piece was about the transfer of text and knowledge. There were three different stations set up, each with 26 terminals, with each terminal representing one of the letters of the alphabet. Each station was somehow connected to his email system, and relayed all his emails, letter by letter, in their own way. The station below had 26 jars, each with a letter in them. When a signal was sent to one of the jars, electricity is ran through the letter, creating a mass amount of bubbles to form around it.
Lastly, I finally finished my London map, and here it is in all its glory. You can expect the Amsterdam and Berlin maps shortly.
.:August
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