whitney.org - sunset / sunrise series presents Untitled Landscape #5 by ecoarttech http://whitney.org/Sunset
A series of Internet art projects commissioned by the Whitney specifically for its new whitney.org site mark sunset and sunrise in New York City every day. Unfolding over a timeframe of ten to thirty seconds, each project accompanies a transition of the website’s background color from white (day) to black (night) and vice versa. A new project will be posted every three to four months. First in the series of commissions is Untitled Landscape #5, a project by the collaborative ecoarttech (Cary Peppermint and Christine Nadir - http://ecoarttech.net). At sunrise and sunset, fluctuating orbs of light disrupt the "digital landscape," and the information environment of whitney.org is disordered by ecoarttech's visuals, suggesting a natural phenomenon. The size and speed of the orbs will vary based on the number of visitors to whitney.org since the previous sunrise (for sunset) or sunset (for sunrise); higher visitation results in larger, slower-moving orbs. ecoarttech's work has consistently explored relationships between landscape, technology, and culture, and their commissioned work for whitney.org metaphorically explores the museum's information landscape as it is shaped by its visitors. To see sunset or sunrise, be anywhere on whitney.org. For sunset / sunrise times see http://whitney.org/Sunset _______________________________________________ NetBehaviour mailing list NetBehaviour@netbehaviour.org http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour
