Salon: Den Haag, <>TAG
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Eco-Visualisation
Salon on Environmental Awareness
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20 Mar 08 19:00
Mediamatic / Post CS Oosterdokskade 5, 1011 AD Amsterdam (view on map)organised by: <>TAG T +31 703468500 www.tag004.nl Mediamatic / Post CS T +31206389901 www.mediamatic.net
An evening on environmental awareness through the visualisation of power consumption and CO2 footprint. Featuring Tiffany Holmes, Beatriz da Costa, Michael Mandiberg, Yolande Harris, Esther Polak and Oorbeek.
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How can artists translate everyday information visually or sonically? What are innovative artists and designers doing to promote conservation of resources using innovative technology and creative thinking? How can art make us more aware of the kilowatts we consume or the carbon we emit? Can artists significantly inspire observers to be more environmentally sensitive by giving information a particular form or sound? Furthermore, can art increase our ability to analyze and relate spiritually and emotionally to the natural world we live in?
These questions will be addressed by the speakers.
Program
19.25 - 19.45 Tiffany Holmes - www.tiffanyholmes.com/ en www.ecoviz.org
19.50 - 21.10 Beatriz da Costa - www.beatrizdacosta.net/
20.15 -20.35 Eco-visualisatie concert door Oorbeek
20.35 - 20.55 pauze
20.55 - 21.15 Michael Mandiberg - mandiberg.com/
21.20- 21.40 Yolande Harris - yolande.janvaneyck.nl/
21.45 - 22.05 Esther Polak - www.nomadicmilk.net/
This evening is organised by <> TAG, Den Haag (www.tag004.nl) and Mediamatic
Location: Mediamatic, Post CS Gebouw, Oosterdokskade 5, Amsterdam
Free entrance




Related projects, a quick sum-up
Quickly some related information (art, DIY and even already commercial) projects that pop into my mind.
Brooke Singer - AIR is a public, social experiment in which people are invited to use Preemptive Media's portable air monitoring devices to explore their neighborhoods and urban environments for pollution and fossil fuel burning hotspots.
www.pm-air.net/
Charles Gaines' - Greenhouse contains a satellite photograph of Los Angeles and each light represents a different airborne pollutant with the light levels computer controlled using live data on Los Angeles air quality.
query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=950DE5DC143DF933A05757C0A9629C8B63
LAst but not least - a list of projects of Helen Evans, Heiko Hansen (HeHe)
- Nuage Vert, Champs d'ozone, Bruit Rose
hehe.org.free.fr/hehe/index.html
Besides artist we also many DIY projects emerging. The most recent one is the winner of the winner of the 'Greener Gadgets' design competition. EnerJar is an easy-to-build device that accurately measures and reveals the power draw of electrical appliances.
www.enerjar.net/
Proor to the EnrJar one commercial product appeared on the (UK) market. With both numbers and colours, wattson shows you how much electricity your home is using at any given moment.
www.diykyoto.com/
best,
Auke Touwslager
www.informationlab.org