Exploring Ubiquitous Computing and Augmented Reality Reality in relation to Sculpture.
Lead Research Organisation:
University of Reading
Department Name: Art
Abstract
The project has two key aims:
First, to create and investigate Sculpture in relation to Ubiquitous Computing and Augmented Reality terms that describes the intervention of digital information into real-life situations.
Second, to initiate an interdisciplinary collaborative research group that will make a series of investigative works and provide a framework for the practical elements of the research.
First, to create and investigate Sculpture in relation to Ubiquitous Computing and Augmented Reality terms that describes the intervention of digital information into real-life situations.
Second, to initiate an interdisciplinary collaborative research group that will make a series of investigative works and provide a framework for the practical elements of the research.
Organisations
People |
ORCID iD |
| Kate Allen (Principal Investigator) |
| Title | A public sculpture constructed of cement and mirror polished stainless steel, constructed as part of 'Dead Space, A Special Place' exhibition |
| Description | Young people living in Barton East Oxford inscribed their names into the render on a wall in Barton in 2004. One of them,Charlie,later died and the graffiti wall became a place to remember their friend. Working with artists as part of the Fusion Dead Space Project,the young people of Barton, with the help of of artist David Little, identified the wall as what they considered to be a dead space. Artist Kate Allen was commissioned to work with the young people to develop their proposals for change and make physical changes to the site. The result was this website and the transformed Barton Wall encouraging the community of Barton to 'Remember with a Smile'. This website is a place for the young people of Barton to showcase their ideas for the wall and send their memories of Charlie by txt to create a virtual 3d bartonwall. The Deadspace project in Barton was documented in an exhibition at MODERN ART OXFORD 19th September to 15th October 2006. |
| Type Of Art | Artwork |
| Year Produced | 2006 |
| Impact | The idea To take a smiley originally inscribed by young people into the graffiti wall in 2004 and have it remade in Stainless Steel 1meter Square, 3mm thick. The smiley represented the young peoples desire to 'Remember with a Smile' The process The original graffiti wall was removed, after a cast and rubbing had been made of Charlies name, which was given to his mother Mandy.The covered stainless steel smiley was attached to the wall and new render was applied. While the concrete was wet everyone in Barton was invited sign the wall. |
| URL | http://www.bartonwall.com/index.htm |
| Title | Everything and Nothing Collaborative Research Group |
| Description | Everything and Nothing is a performance and workshop project which claims to engage the public creatively with mathematical concepts: the Poincaré conjecture, the shape of the universe, topology, and the nature of infinity are explored through an original, thought provoking piece of music theatre. The story of Amelia Earhart who disappeared in 1937 while attempting to circumnavigate the earth, is used to communicate key mathematical concepts of Poincaré Conjecture, which uses mathematical journeys to explore a shape that's impossible to see from the outside e.g our universe. As two of the most engaging puzzles of the 20th Century, the stories of Earhart and Poincaré resonate in their ability to capture our imaginations and lead us to new conceptions and experiences of our world. Each is an explorer, whether actually or virtually, each in their own way seeking to transcend the earth through maps and mathematics. The project builds on a 2008 EPSRC early development project (EP/G001650/1) and is led by an interdisciplinary team the19thstep consisting of composer Dorothy Ker, sculptor Kate Allen and consultant mathematician Marcus du Sautoy. My role in the project was co-deviser of a piece of music theatre Amelia and the Mapmaker with Dorothy Ker, I designed the set, props/object including the challenge of representing a 4 dimensional map of the universe in 3D, a series of projections using computer programme Isadora, and costumes. I also co-devised with Topologist Katie Steckles the audience participation workshops. The theatre piece Amelia and the Mapmaker runs for 65mins is performed by percussionist Chris Brannick as the Mapmaker, mezzo soprano Lucy Stevens as Amelia Earhart and sound designer Kelcey Swain as the Library. The outputs so far are performances targeting arts-going audiences, at the Green Man Festival, the British Science Festival, the Bob Kayley Theatre UoR and the Otley Science Festival. Each performance is accompanied with a workshop led by Topologist Katie Steckles. |
| Type Of Art | Performance (Music, Dance, Drama, etc) |
| Year Produced | 2011 |
| Impact | Led to development of Amelia and the Mapmaker http://ameliaandthemapmaker.com |
| URL | http://everythingandnothingproject.blogspot.co.uk |
| Title | GPS4aknownplace' |
| Description | The research group were also involved in the development of performance piece 'GPS4aknownplace' this was performed as part of Sound Junction at the University of Sheffield Drama Studio 22nd Nov 06. The piece used Google Earth images and a GPS system coordinates of non-existing places. The dancer Marina Collard became the link between the virtual 3d models of place, the soundscape and the physical building. The virtuoso Clarinettist Gretchen Dunsmore performed live Dorothy Kers composition and the music was amplified through a 12-speaker surround sound system developed at the University of Sheffield music department. The research was documented on the project wiki site |
| Type Of Art | Artwork |
| Year Produced | 2007 |
| Impact | The project lead to the starting point of the 19th Step Research Group and was the start of the research project Everything and Nothing |
| URL | http://www.the19thstep.co.uk |
| Title | The Barton project development was exhibited as part of 'Dead Space, A Special Place' |
| Description | Young people living in Barton East Oxford inscribed their names into the render on a wall in Barton in 2004. One of them, Charlie, later died and the graffiti wall became a place to remember their friend. Working with artists as part of the Fusion Dead Space Project,the young people of Barton, with the help of of artist David Little, identified the wall as what they considered to be a dead space. Artist Kate Allen worked with the young people to develop their proposals for change and make physical changes to the site. The result was this website and the transformed Barton Wall encouraging the community of Barton to 'Remember with a Smile'. This website is a place for the young people of Barton to showcase their ideas for the wall and send their memories of Charlie by txt to create a virtual 3d bartonwall. The Deadspace project in Barton was documented in an exhibition at MODERN ART OXFORD 19th September to 15th October 2006. |
| Type Of Art | Artistic/Creative Exhibition |
| Year Produced | 2006 |
| Impact | Young People of Barton spoke to the Oxford Mail and BBC Oxford TV News about the project. The wall took on further significance as one of the young people, Kyomie, who worked on the project and signed the wall, has since died. Some of the young people suggested creating a partner smiley wall on the other side of shops that would be pink. There was a real sense of ownership of the wall and its importance to the community as focal point. The smiley wall is the result of Fusion's 'Dead Space Project' where young people in Barton worked with artist Kate Allen to think about their environment and make changes. The idea for the wall as a memorial was inspired by the group's love and loss of their friend Charlie Marting. Their ideas developed to create a wall that remembers their friend and others that the community miss and would like to remember. |
| URL | http://www.bartonwall.com |
| Description | Grant founded 'the19thstep', a dance performance dialogue between composer Dorothy Ker, mathematician Marcus du Sautoy, and choreographer Carol Brown and myself, which explored ideas of mathematics, infinity and the shape of the universe through the writing of Jorge Luis Borges. Venues: Michaelis Theatre, Roehampton University, London. Boundstone Community College Hall, Upper Boundstone Lane, Lancing, West Sussex. Studio Theatre, Laban, Creekside, Londonhttp://www.the19thstep.co.uk/ (Collaboration) 2007 'How Green Is Our Space', a live/online performance work, Design Museum London, part of RIBA Architecture Week, brought together international artists and architects for debates in the virtual environment SecondLife included a text projection developed with UoR Systems Engineering Dept http://acet.rdg.ac.uk/research/virtual_reality/environments/art.php (Solo with public collaboration) |
| Exploitation Route | Led to Co-I collaborative EPSRC Grant Everything and Nothing: A Partnership for public engagement in mathematics through performance EP/H047638/1 |
| Sectors | Education,Leisure Activities, including Sports, Recreation and Tourism,Culture, Heritage, Museums and Collections,Other |
| URL | http://www.the19thstep.co.uk |
| Description | Everything and Nothing is a performance and workshop project which claims to engage the public creatively with mathematical concepts: the Poincaré conjecture, the shape of the universe, topology, and the nature of infinity are explored through an original, thought provoking piece of music theatre. The story of Amelia Earhart who disappeared in 1937 while attempting to circumnavigate the earth, is used to communicate key mathematical concepts of Poincaré Conjecture, which uses mathematical journeys to explore a shape that's impossible to see from the outside e.g our universe. As two of the most engaging puzzles of the 20th Century, the stories of Earhart and Poincaré resonate in their ability to capture our imaginations and lead us to new conceptions and experiences of our world. Each is an explorer, whether actually or virtually, each in their own way seeking to transcend the earth through maps and mathematics. The project builds on a 2008 EPSRC early development project (EP/G001650/1) and is led by an interdisciplinary team the19thstep consisting of composer Dorothy Ker, sculptor Kate Allen and consultant mathematician Marcus du Sautoy. My role in the project was co-deviser of a piece of music theatre Amelia and the Mapmaker with Dorothy Ker, I designed the set, props/object including the challenge of representing a 4 dimensional map of the universe in 3D, a series of projections using computer programme Isadora, and costumes. I also co-devised with Topologist Katie Steckles the audience participation workshops. The theatre piece Amelia and the Mapmaker runs for 65mins is performed by percussionist Chris Brannick as the Mapmaker, mezzo soprano Lucy Stevens as Amelia Earhart and sound designer Kelcey Swain as the Library. The outputs so far are performances targeting arts-going audiences, at the Green Man Festival, the British Science Festival, the Bob Kayley Theatre UoR and the Otley Science Festival. Each performance is accompanied with a workshop led by Topologist Katie Steckles. Alongside the performances and workshops is the project website is http://www.everythingandnothingproject.com/ the performance was renamed Amelia and the Map Maker http://ameliaandthemapmaker.com/ The Public engagement evaluation and monitoring for the project was carried out by evaluator Bea Jefferson. The project is significant in its timely relation to contemporary mathematics and arts-science themes delivering narratives that weave together to take audiences on a unique multidimensional journey of the mind and senses, creating entrance points for the public to challenging mathematical concepts. |
| First Year Of Impact | 2008 |
| Sector | Education,Culture, Heritage, Museums and Collections |
| Impact Types | Cultural |