[syndicate] A painting of three places (fwd)

[Alan Sondheim]

The longer it ran, the more beautiful it became. At first I thought it was 
going to be rectilinear - so much work is, and then it moved beautifully; the 
blues almost appeared to be skies. There was something melancholy about the 
pace

- Alan


On Sun, 13 Feb 2005, Pall Thayer wrote:

> Hi Alan,
> Thanks, glad you like it. It was really interesting to watch along with 
> Atli's music because people feel compelled to find some association between 
> the two. Most people thought that the music was controlling the visuals but 
> it wasn't and any relationship that people saw was purely coincidental.
> 
> This "spatial representation" is basically a self-portrait. It's created by 
> combining records of myself going about my day to day routine. One is me at 
> home with my family and my aunt over for afternoon tea. Another is me 
> teaching at Armuli College here in Reykjavik and the third is me teaching at 
> the Reykjavik Art School.
> 
> best r.
> Pall
> 
> Alan Sondheim wrote:
>> 
>> 
>> Beautiful! Why this spatial representation instead of an other? I'm curious 
>> - it's absolutely stunning - aalan
>> 
>> 
>> On Sat, 12 Feb 2005, Pall Thayer wrote:
>> 
>>> "A painting of three places" is a 2 dimensional spatial representation
>>> created by mixing bluetooth based spatial readings from three different
>>> places at three different times. The elements controlled by each of the
>>> three original places are re-mixed each time the applet restarts,
>>> producing 6 possible different variations. A red square is produced if
>>> one of the two coordinates changes but the other doesn't, a yellow
>>> square is produced if neither of the coordinates changes and blue means
>>> that both coordinates changed.
>>> 
>>> http://pallit.lhi.is/3places/
>>> 
>>> This work was exhibited at Kaffi Solon in Reykjavik along with the debut
>>> airing of Icelandic composer Atli Ingolfsson's
>>> (http://www.atli-ingolfsson.com) new CD "Enter".
>>> 
>>> -- 
>>> _______________________________
>>> Pall Thayer
>>> artist/teacher
>>> http://www.this.is/pallit
>>> http://pallit.lhi.is/panse
>>> 
>>> Lorna
>>> http://www.this.is/lorna
>>> _______________________________
>>> 
>>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
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> 
> -- 
> _______________________________
> Pall Thayer
> artist/teacher
> http://www.this.is/pallit
> http://pallit.lhi.is/panse
> 
> Lorna
> http://www.this.is/lorna
> _______________________________
>



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