BYTE ME 2012

January 6th - 28th, 2012

2012 is a year filled with anticipation… Will our planet come to a sudden end? Will the world economy crumble? Will Obama get re-elected? Who knows? Who cares? BYTE ME, 2012 can take your mind off of all these difficult questions for a few hours.

The event showcases installations and artwork by Portland artists that highlight the use of technology in different ways.

CLOSING RECEPTION!

Saturday
January 28th
6PM – 11PM

 

About the Show

The centerpiece is the world premiere of the installation T,E.D. (Transformations, Emotional Deconstruction), created by Sean Hathaway ( mupeg.org ), with music by Carlos Severe Marcelin ( SevereEnterprises.com ). This large work features 80 customized Teddy Ruxpin dolls wired together, delivering real-time emotional content from the internet in discreet 1-minute “packages” based on the Emotion Wheel developed by the psychologist Robert Plutchik. Additional interactive real-time input can also be received from text messaging or an on-site user interface.  For more information about the T,E.D. installation click here.

Additional Exhibits

Reality Bytes, by Libbey White  ( facebook.com/libbey.white )
An interactive augmented reality kiosk projects a unique scene for every block held up to a camera. The virtual scene appears overlaid on a video stream of the block, and responds to movement by changing shape and appearance.

Creeper, by Donald Delmar Davis  ( dorkbotpdx.org/node/9 )
A Braitenberg inspired neural network in the form of a wall of disassociated eyes that follow objects in the room. While a single cds cell is not capable of providing meaningful image data, a sufficiently large network of cells should be able to make distinctions. Especially if combined with motion.

Maxwell, by Mark Medonis ( dorkbotpdx.org/wiki/mmedonis )
A robot head and torso, suspended from the ceiling, watching the crowd. If he detects a face looking at him, he will make it known, he is watching… always watching.

The One-Sided Pendulum, by Donald Delmar Davis  ( dorkbotpdx.org/node/9 )
The one sided pendulum is a meditation on American politics since Nixon

The Modern World, a video game by Donald Delmar Davis  ( dorkbotpdx.org/node/9 )
In the modern world you use your freedom ™ controller to move right, left, vote and protest. The object of the game is to prevent the senseless destruction happening right before you.

Paintings with a Bytey theme
Works by Jonas Nash ( jonasnash.com ) and Cameron Adamez

Selected Pieces

click thumbnail for a full-size view.

T,E.D. (Transformations, Emotional Deconstruction)	Computer Dude	Reality Bytes	The Modern World
by Cameron Adamez	Maxwell	Creeper	show card front
show card back	Wavesauce	T,E.D. (Transformations, Emotional Deconstruction)