Just a reminder that Julian Bleaker and myself will be showing and discussing wireless art projects tomorrow at Eyebeam 7pm, as part of the Beta Launch: Artists in Residence '03 show.
http://www.eyebeam.org/artists/air03.html
Come by Thursday night to see, interact with, and pedal : ) the projects for yourself. Bring your sense of play (and your wireless-enable laptops/devices if you like).
many thanks, Yury G.
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Julian Bleecker explores practical and playful uses of WiFi through a series of projects created with the WiFi Toolkit, a set of software APIs Bleecker developed as Engineer in Residence at Eyebeam. Art Cache Machine, the WiJacker and Proximity are three WiFi-enabled applications developed to investigate the possibilities of "partially connected" WiFi social networks using access points deliberately off the public internet. Art Cache Machine is a mobile WiFi node that provides an access point for specific digital art that can only exist within the locale of the Machine's WiFi node. WiJacker assumes the role of a WiFi node by hijacking the activity of users. Proximity is an ad-hoc communication service that enables connections between devices without user intervention.
Yury Gitman's MagicBike is a WiFi hotspot recontextualized into a common bicycle. Magicbike gives free internet connectivity wherever it is ridden. The end effect is an extremely mobile and discreet hotspot designed to create ad-hoc internet connectivity for art and culture events, emergency access, public demonstrations, and to under/unserved spaces and communities. Thursday night, Yury will speak about his motivations for creating Magicbike as well as the present and near-future state of wireless bicycling.
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EYEBEAM Gallery, Education and Studios 540 W 21st Street, (between 10th and 11th Avenues) New York, NY 10011
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