The latest Kuuki project, e Menura Superba, will be shown in the Juried Exhibition at the 2009 International Symposium of Electronic Art. The exhibition runs from the 7th of August through to the 2rd of September, at the Ormeau Baths Gallery in Belfast.

e. Menura Superba is an interactive artwork, that work hybridises 17th to early 20th century aesthetics with refined post consumer waste materials, to create a simulacra of a lyre-bird.

For more details see: http://www.kuuki.com.au/eMenuraSuperba

Finally we have published some photographic and video documentation of Distracted. The work is a luminous, interactive, computational media installation of sound, light and translucent sculptural materials. The work is inspired by scientific ice core samples taken in Antarctica.

The software created for the project transforms bitmap graphics into data packets that can be sent over a TCP/IP network to an array of controllable lighting fixtures. The software also allows us to use data from a range of sources to control illumination in real time, such as external sensors (using the arduino physical computing platform) to data sources available online. The outcome is a robust system that allows us to combine existing skills in generative screen based interactive works with controllable lighting systems.

Whilst the form of the work is clearly inspired by ice core samples, we have created technology that gives us a blank 'canvas' that we can sculpt into any form (depending on the data from which inspiration is drawn). That data can be from scientific or historical sources, or can even be drawn in realtime from the network. We will now explore these possibilities through future works.

See the documentation here: http://kuuki.com.au/distracted/

New video documentation of Charmed has been published, and includes footage recorded at ISEA 2008. There is also footage of Charmed at Performance Space, Sydney, May 2008, courtesy of Experimenta and Steve McDonald.

Back by popular demand, bigger and better than ever, Disco Puppy: Stayin' Alive !

Showing at the Ipswich Art Gallery from 22 November 2008 to 1 February 2009.

http://www.ipswichartgallery.qld.gov.au/current_exhibitions/

Escape into Experimenta Playground, an exhibition of art that begs to be touched and invites your interaction. Experimenta Playground is a free exhibition that promises an unforgettable experience. This is contemporary art with a difference!

Presented by AWESOME Arts and the Western Australian Museum. Proudly supported by Wesfarmers Arts.

Free. All welcome.
Perth Cultural Centre, James Street
Saturday 15 Nov 2008 – 27 Jan 2009
Open daily: 9.30am – 5.00pm

Launch & opening night party
Friday 14 November, 6-8pm
All welcome
T: 08 9212 3700

Experimenta Playground National Tour 2008 - 2009
Performance Space@CarriageWorks, Sydney:: 8 May-7June 08
Samstag Museum of Art, Adelaide ::30 Aug- 17 Oct 08
Western Australian Museum, Perth:: 15 Nov 08 - 27 Jan 09
Bendigo Art Gallery, Victoria :: 25 April - 7 June 09
Albury Library Museum, 25 July- 7 Sept 09

Visit the National Tour website

Visit the Melbourne Premiere website

Episode 2 of Not Quite Art, Unpopular Culture, aired this week on the ABC and included a short clip of Charmed. There is also a short an interview / vox pop shot at the opening of the Experimenta Play ++ exhibition in Singapore as part of the 2008 International Symposium of Electronic Arts.

The episode also includes interviews with other ISEA artists and presenters, then turns to discuss creative commons and social creation of culture...

A version of the episode can be downloaded from the Not Quite Art web site : http://www.abc.net.au/tv/notquiteart/

After being exhibited in Play++ at ISEA 2008 Charmed will be shown in the Experimenta Playground exhibition at the Samstag Museum in Adelaide

The Samstag media release can be found at:http://www.unisa.edu.au/samstagmuseum/exhibitions/2008/experimenta.asp. The opening is on Friday the 29th of August, and the exhibition runs till the 17th of October.

Charmed can next be seen in Experimenta Play ++ - an exhibition of recent Australian media artworks which is part of the 2008 International Symposium of Electronic Arts in Singapore between the 25th of July and the 2rd of August.

"Experimenta Play ++ is an exhibition of five recent exemplary Australian media artworks curated by Experimenta around the theme of 'Ludic Interfaces' as part of ISEA2008. All of the works chosen for the exhibition utilise playful methods of interaction in order to involve the gallery visitor in the artwork. Touch, movement, sound, shadow, and pressure are used in innovative ways to trigger responses in the works, to generate narrative within fictional worlds and create sonic compositions." (http://www.isea2008singapore.org/exhibitions/pe_experimentaplay.html)

Venue: Sculpture Square (Chapel Gallery), Singapore
Dates: 25 July – 2 August 2008
Sculpture Square Ltd
155 Middle Road, Singapore
Monday - Friday, 11am - 6pm / Saturday - Sunday, 12pm - 6pm

Download the Experimenta Play++ media release in .pdf format.

As part of the Experimenta Playground National Tour, Charmed will be exhibited in Sydney at Performance Space from the 7th of May to the 7th of June.