[dorkbotsea-blabber] Turbulence, FYI

[Steve Peters]

Not sure if the Sea Dorks are aware of Turbulence, an org that 
commissions various kinds of interactive web/media art. It's run by 
Helen Thorington (of New American Radio) and they do some cool stuff. 
Here is their latest:

November 3, 2006
Turbulence Commission: "Cell Tagging" by Brooke A. Knight
http://turbulence.org/Works/cell_tagging

The mobile phone occupies a space that is both connecting and 
distancing. Seemingly ubiquitous, it has become an increasingly 
powerful tool, functioning as a phone, PDA, browser, and camera. With 
"Cell Tagging" it becomes a remote control that allows users to dial, 
draw, and speak. After dialing the number posted on the website, users 
are asked to enter a zip/city code that is significant to them. An 
aerial map of that place loads onto the screen. After choosing a color 
and brush size from the palette, users can use their cell phone keypads 
to draw directly onto the map. They are asked to speak into the phone 
and say why that place and drawing is meaningful to them. Users can 
save their drawings to the "Cell Tagging" database where others may 
view them. Cell phone users "graffiti" the sound-space around them, 
making every place their own. "Cell Tagging" literalizes this act of 
marking.

"Cell Tagging" is a 2006 commission of New Radio and Performing Arts, 
Inc., (aka Ether-Ore) for its Turbulence web site. It was made possible 
with funding from the LEF Foundation.

BIOGRAPHY

Brooke A. Knight is an artist and educator who has been working with 
digital media for over a dozen years. He has exhibited in over 40 
international and regional venues, including Art Interactive, 
Photographic Resource Center, Mediaterra 2001, and Experimenta 02. His 
current areas of interest include webcams, the landscape, and text in 
all forms. Knight’s writings have been published in Art Journal and 
Sandbox. He is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Visual and 
Media Arts at Emerson College, where he teaches classes in interactive 
media.

For more information about Turbulence please visit http://turbulence.org