Terminal Project Awards
TERMINALapsu.org has awarded four artists with small stipends to aid in the creation of new internet based artworks. This is the first year of an annual award process.
This year we are pleased to announce the four artists selected are Jody Zellen, Michael Demers, Benjamin Baker-Smith, and Scott Kildall.
Their proposals were selected from scores of entries.
This years jurors were:
Jodi Gresham, Director of the Space for New Media at Tennessee State University in Nashville, TN
Jessica Westbrook, Assistant Professor and Director of Technology, Contemporary Practices, School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Barry Jones, Associate Professor and Director of Terminal at Austin Peay State University in Clarksville, TN2010 – 2011
Jody Zellen
Lines of Life
"I am interested in drawing and how a computer algorithm traces an image turning it into a line drawing. In the "Lines of Life" I will begin with a grid of images that are computer traces of news imagery, that when rolled over display the source image. From this grid will be 72 different clickable squares each that takes you down a different life line. The subject for the pathways is the perils of war, as war imagery has predominated in the media over the last year. An integral part of this project will be a series of Flash animations that utilize clips of soldier's videos of the Iraq war uploaded to You Tube. The film footage is not credited as it is meant to fill in the background becoming the live action behind the line drawings and be the motivation for the movements within."
BIO
Jody Zellen is a Los Angeles based artist who works in many media simultaneously making net art, photographs, installations, public art and artists books. She employs media-generated representations as raw material for aesthetic and social investigations. Recent projects include "The Unemployed" a interactive data visualization at Cerritos College (Los Angles, 2009), a site specific interactive installation entitled "The Blackest Spot" at Fringe Exhibitions (Los Angles, 2008). Other interactive installations include "Trigger" (Pace University, NY, 2005) and "Disembodied Voices" (Los Angles, 2004). Zellen's interactive website "Ghost City" begun in 1997 is an ever changing meditation on the urban environment. "Crowds and Power" was the October 2002 portal for the Whitney Museum's artport. Other recent net art projects include "Without A Trace" (a 2009 turbulence.org commission), urbanfragments.net, allthenewsthatfittoprint.net, talking-walls.com and disembodiedvoices.com.
For documentation of these and other projects please visit www.jodyzellen.com
Michael Demers
The Sky is Falling
Using an HD PVR (I'm currently considering the Haupauge Personal Video Recorder), I will capture footage of the sky as depicted in Elder Scrolls IV Oblivion, a game for the Sony PlayStation 3 console. I'm using this game as the source material for the following reasons:- Game time takes place using a 24 hour clock, with each hour of game time equalling approximately 25 minutes of real time. Thus, when playing the game the character and player both experience the simulacra of time passing.
- The gamer has the choice of playing in the first or third person perspective. When first person is chosen, the screen represents what the character would see, devoid of any other identifying mark of that character (there is a small orientation marker at the bottom of the screen, however). In this perspective one can direct the character's gaze in any direction, including up, so that only the sky is visible in the screen.Once the video from an entire game day has been recorded, I will edit the video length to 24 real hours. This video will be broken down into 24 individual videos, each corresponding to an hour of the day.
The videos will be seen online -- using javascript, the web browser will call one of the specific 24 video clips based upon the users local time (ex: If someone is viewing the page at 3:40pm, video15, containing footage from 3:00 to 3:59pm, will be played). An additional piece of javascript will have the browser refresh itself every hour, to ensure that someone watching for a longer duration will see subsequent videos loading appropriately.
BIO
Michael Demers has taught Digital Art and New Media courses at College of the Holy Cross (Worcester, MA) since 2007. His own work incorporates culture and cultural identity in a synthesis of critical investigation and his own adolescent preoccupation with toys and other weird ephemera. He has exhibited internationally, most recently at the Los Angeles Center for Digital Art, Artists Space (New York), and the Arlington Arts Center (Arlington, VA), and is a member of the White Columns Artist Registry (New York) and the Rhizome Curated ArtBase (New Museum, New York). He received his BFA from Florida Atlantic University, an MFA from Ohio University, and a Staatliche Hochschule für Bildende Künste Diplom from the Akademie der Bildenden Künste, Munich, Germany.
Benjamin Baker-Smith
Infinite Glitch
An automatically generated, never-repeating, abstract glitch video constructed from the mass of new media uploaded to the web every day. Source audio, images, and video will be ripped daily from a variety of media hosting sites and then combined using collage and glitch techniques to create an organic, ever-changing stream of media. Only free and open source software will be used.
The stream will play 24/7 for 1 year on a public website.
BIO
Benjamin Baker-Smith is currently employed as a video editor, streaming media expert, and web developer at Backstar Creative Media in Chicago, IL. He maintains a website and active blog at bitsynthesis.com, and is a contributing writer for vagueterrain.net and the Backstar company blog (backstar.com/blog). He has done freelance web design for Statewide Software (statewidesoftware.com) and lectured on basic website creation to students at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. He is the creator and maintainer of Upflickr (Rubygems.org/gems/upflickr/), a Ruby gem that makes it easier to upload and organize images on flickr using the Ruby programming language.
Scott Kildall
Playing Duchamp
"I have come to the personal conclusion that while all artists are not chess players, all chess players are artists." — Marcel Duchamp
Marcel Duchamp is widely recognized for his contribution to conceptual art, but his lifelong obsession was the game of chess, in which he achieved the rank of Master. Working with the records of his chess matches, I have created a computer program to play chess as if it were Marcel Duchamp. In a series of open challenges, I invite all artists, both skilled and unskilled at this classic game, to play against a Duchampian ghost.
The game itself will be available for general play on the web. For the physical installation, I will work with a chess expert to identify the critical junctions then develop analysis with commentary. Additionally a table with a chessboard and a monitor of Duchamp (displaying a look-alike actor) will watch a game in-progress and with audio of breathing. In an absurd gesture, since most artists cannot defeat Duchamp or even know how to play chess, each game indicates a struggle with past legacies and constructed notations.
BIO
Scott Kildall is cross-disciplinary artist working with video, installation, prints, sculpture and performance. He gathers material from the public realm as the crux of his artwork in the form of interventions into various concepts of space.
He has a Bachelor of Arts in Political Philosophy from Brown University and a Master of Fine Arts from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago through the Art & Technology Studies Department. He exhibits his work internationally in galleries and museums. He has received fellowships and awards from organizations including the Kala Art Institute, The Banff Centre for the Arts and Turbulence.org and the Eyebeam Art + Technology Center.
Recent Events
April 30, 2010
Low Lives
curated by Jorge Rojas
Now in its second year, Low Lives is a one-night exhibition of live performance-based works transmitted via the internet and projected in real time at numerous venues throughout the U.S. and around the world. Low Lives 2 will be presented as part of Fusebox Festival in partnership with Co-Lab, Austin, TX; Galeria de La Raza, San Francisco, CA; Diaspora Vibe Gallery, Miami, FL; The Temporary Space in Houston, TX; and Terminal, APSU, Clarksville, TN. Additional presenting partners T.B.A.
Low Lives examines works that critically investigate, challenge, and extend the potential of performance practice presented live through online broadcasting networks. These networks provide a new alternative and efficient medium for presenting and viewing performances. Low Lives is about not simply the presentation of performative gestures at a particular place and time but also about the transmission of these moments and what gets lost, conveyed, blurred, and reconfigured when utilizing this medium. Low Lives embraces works with a lo-fi aesthetic such as low pixel image and sound quality, contributing to a raw, DIY and sometimes voyeuristic quality in the transmission and reception of the work.
Artists’ Links:
Amelia Winger-Bearskin- http://www.studioamelia.com/
Lawrence Graham-Brown- Co-presented by Aljira and El Museo del Barrio
http://www.cawmagazine.com/articles/interviews/lawrence-graham-brown/index.php
Hector Canonge- http://www.hectorcanonge.net/
Alexis Caputo- Presented by Diaspora Vibe Gallery
http://www.alexiscaputo.com/
Vienne Chan- http://www.artreview.com/profile/Vienne
Osvaldo Cibils- http://osvaldocibils.com/
Gabrielle Civil- Presented by Obsidian Arts
http://www.gabriellecivil.com/
Marcus Civin- Presented by The Temporary Space
http://www.artslant.com/global/artists/show/12238-marcus-civin
Chris Coy- http://www.seecoy.com/
The Bridge Club- http://www.thebridgeclub.net/
Francesca Fini- http://www.francescafini.com/
Linda Ford- http://lindafordart.com/art/welcome.html
Lynne Heller- http://lynneheller.com/
Anni Holm- http://anniholm.com/
Gigi Otalvaro-Hormillosa AKA Devil Bunny- Presented by Galeria de la Raza
http://www.devilbunny.org/
Las Hermanas Iglesias- http://www.lashermanasiglesias.com/
Michelle Isava- http://www.michelleisava.blogspot.com/
Tina La Porta- http://www.tinalaporta.net
Elizabeth Leister- http://www.elizabethleister.com/
Luke Munn- http://www.lukemunn.com/
Olek- http://agataolek.com/home.html
Wanda Ortiz- http://ps1.org/studio-visit/artist/wanda-raimundi-ortiz
Jacklyn Soo- http://www.youtube.com/jacklynsoo
Michael Smith- Co-presented by Co-Lab and Fusebox Festival
http://www.mikes-world.org/
Sam Trubridge with Rob Appierdo & Stuart Foster- http://www.stratacreative.co.nz/121349/html/page.html
Migdalia Luz Barens-Vera- http://migdalialuz.carbonmade.com/
Marcus Vinicius- http://www.marcusvinicius.tk/
Martin Zet- http://3.alytusbiennial.com/index.php/biennial/203-the-artists-trade-union-constitution.html
Agni Zotis- http://agnizotis.com/Home.html
April 15, 2010
2nd Annual Terminal Short Video Festival
On April 15, 2010 TERMINALapsu.org, The APSU Department of Art, and the Center of Excellence in the Creative Arts were pleased to present the “2nd Annual Terminal Short Video Festival”
The event took place outdoors (in the Trahern building’s front lawn) and included the work of 13 artists from around the world.
The festival includes work by:
Arielle FalkJorge Rojas.
Body Politik
by Alessandro ImperatoDecember 15, 2009 9:30 PM Central
online vj performance
Afterbirth Spectacular
by Jessica Westbrook and Adam Trowbridge
AfterBirth Spectacular is networked based art that invites users to participate in a birthing process through interactive video accessible on the web. The intention is a visceral, interactive experience with a real, and intensely personal moment. A user can give birth too, interactively, forwards and backwards, using a scrubbing gesture.
The Center of Excellence for the Creative Arts, the Department of Art, and Terminal at Austin Peay State University are pleased to announce the launch of From Red Paint Hill by Phillip Andrew Lewis.
