<nettime-ann> chico.art.net 2010

[Nanette Wylde <reader@preneo.com>]

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chico.art.net 2010 For Immediate Release

The Digital Media/Electronic Arts Program of California State  
University, Chico is pleased to present chico.art.net 2010. This  
year's theme centers around the stimulation points within the brain.  
Five works were selected from an international call for entries. Each  
work expresses the functions of a different brain lobe/area.

David Clark and Marina Roy's project, "Sign After the X," relates to  
the Frontal lobe and higher thinking. As a digital extension of  
Marina Roy¹s book: "Sign after the X______", this encyclopedic  
website features many interactive animated collages and voiceovers  
that focus on the letter X while correlating historical concepts and  
characters in relation to our contemporary digital world. Appealing  
to the higher thinking functions of the Frontal Lobe, it explores  
concepts of mind, body, language, land, and law in a historical and  
informative way, while still being inventive, innovative, and inviting.

PJ Moskal's project, "Digital Sculptures for Analog Sounds," pertains  
to the Parietal Lobe which integrates sensory information from a  
variety of sources, as is where the body map resides. Inspired by  
analog sound artists of the Warsaw Electronic Festival, the work  
strives to engross its audience with a series of interactive audio- 
visual environments that reassesses our perceptions of space.  
Parietal Lobe stimulating, these digital sculptures capture your  
consciousness and immerse you in a world of dynamic sculpture.

Mikko Lautamo's work, "Brain," relates to the Temporal Lobe where the  
sense of hearing originates. Utilizing an incoherent soundscape, this  
work resembles the complex mechanism of a neural network, making  
connections and firing electronic energy back and forth through  
circular shapes. This interactive work requires moving the mouse to  
propel colorful and audible chain reactions, resonating in your  
Temporal Lobe with a neuron firing fury.

Tamar Schori and Oded Perry's "CycleScope" relates to the Occipital  
Lobe: the vision center. CycleScope is a mechanism and interactive  
work that allows the viewer to match up words and images to create  
kaleidoscopic concoctions, which also contributes to the project's  
local database. This visually stimulating work is a feast for your  
Occipital Lobe, demonstrating subtle beauty through repetition.

Serge Bouchardon and Vincent Volckaert's "Loss of Grasp" relates to  
the Midbrain on the Brainstem, the most basic structure of the brain  
that is preliminary to the rest of the functions. The work consists  
of six scenes that examine the notions of grasp and control while  
simultaneously mirroring the viewer¹s experience of an interactive  
digital work. Playing with the idea of one's grasp on reality, the  
work delves into the more primal notions of life, that which is  
associated with the Midbrain and Brainstem. The work requires a  
webcam for the fifth scene.

Experience the works at:
www.csuchico.edu/art/net/

chico.art.net is produced by Advanced level students in the Art  
Department's Digital Media/Electronic Arts Program at California  
State University Chico.

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