The iKatun Collective presents "Paradise" - Sept.18 - Sept. 25

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The iKatun Collective presents

Paradise: A large-scale interactive artwork at the intersection of Art &
Technology

Opening reception: Saturday, September 21st from 6PM to 8PM at the Mills
Gallery, Boston, MA

Media Contact
Pirun | 617-501-6538 | paradise at ikatun.com

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
"Paradise", a large-scale interactive installation created by the iKatun
collective and based on
Dante's Paradise will be running at the Boston Center for the Arts'
Leland Center from September
18 - 25.

iKatun's Paradise is based on Dante's Paradise from the Divine Comedy,
however, iKatun's
Paradise is not about perfect morality but about perfect information.
iKatun's Paradise alludes to
a faultless model of information to which all media systems aspire and a
space where entropy
does not exist.

Visitors to the Paradise installation walk through labyrinths of white
fabric and minimalist
soundscapes to reach a large grid of LED lights controlled by a computer
program. The LED grid
runs patterns of light based on "The Game of Life" [1]. The patterns
change and evolve based on
the visitor's voice.

Paradise involved the work of more than 10 local artists, programmers,
engineers, and musicians
working collaboratively over the past year. Paradise will be presented
at the Boston Center for the
Arts' Leland Center in conjunction with the South End Open Studios
weekend and other exhibits
at the Mills Gallery and the Cyclorama.

The opening reception will be on Saturday, September 21st from 6PM to
8PM at the Mills Gallery,
located at 539 Tremont Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02116. Paradise
will be open to the public
at the Leland Center from September 18 - 26. On weekdays, the hours are
12PM to 5PM.
Saturday, September 21st: 11AM - 10PM. Sunday, September 21st: 12PM -
6PM.

About iKatun
www.ikatun.com
iKatun is a non-profit collective of artists and technologists
co-founded in 2000 by Catherine
D'Ignazio and Savic Rasovic. iKatun creates multimedia, installation,
and performance artworks
in physical space and cyberspace. iKatun also curates and produces art
exhibits that bring
technology and interactivity into the artwork. iKatun works in a
uniquely collaborative way that
involves the efforts of many different types of professionals including
artists, engineers,
programmers, designers, musicians and administrators. iKatun is a 501c3
organization based in
Boston, MA.

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iKatun
21 Symphony Rd. 1-A, Boston MA 02115 Tel: 617/501-6538 Email:
info at ikatun.com

[1] For more information on the Game of Life, please view this link:
http://www.math.com/students/wonders/life/life.html