tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-85435242012-01-19T21:05:45.167+01:00This is an archive blog with an overview of the wanderings of sofiesaufage and bartaku in the entangled worlds of (hyper)threads & computers. It is dedicated to the ancient andean developpers and contemporary researchers of the tactile laptop aka Khipu. Sofiesaufage (Sofie Hanegreefs) work continues in the realm of foim documentary. More info on her facebook account. Bartaku's work > www.bartaku.netBartakunoreply@blogger.comBlogger301100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8543524.post-1168903017717893472006-12-25T00:16:00.005+01:002008-04-07T22:40:18.318+02:00

An Sms, a phone call & an e-mail. Madrice Imbujo lost his life in the killing fields of Kinshasa: traffic.Articles in Congolese media:- L’Institut national des arts pleure Madrice Imbujo- Hommage à Madrice Imbujo, chorégraphe inlassable

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This x-med-k workshop took place from nov 01 till nov 04 at okno, Brussels. It was given by Johannes Taelman who focussed at the artistic exploration of the possibilities of physical computing, of connecting the physical world to the realm of the computer in order to create artworks. By using sensors and the Arduino interface board (15-20€), we created individually a sound device consisting

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After almost 3 months still in this kaleidoscopic town of extremes Kinshasa, capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo. A lot of intersections of which one led to a collaboration with Thérèse Muyumba Odito, sculptress, for an installation created for "Maturité", a contemporary dance piece of choreographer Madrice Imbujo. It was presented at the "Centre Wallonie Bruxelles" in Kinshasa on the 25/

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event: okno public01 - May 24-2624/5: Experimental media art in belgium: a focus on the media arts in belgiumWith: Guy van Belle (Society of Algorithm, mxHz.org), Auriea Harvey (Tale of Tales), Lawrence Malstaf and Bartaku.Moderators: Maja Kuzmanovic (FoAM) and Michael Samyn (Tale of Tales)Beauty in the age of digital artLet's talk about aesthetics - a term that became a taboo in many

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'Nesting' is a biomimicry-based work where the weaver bird's love-life is being exploredand applied in the human context.The male weaver bird literally weaves his nest using plant fibers. He starts with a single-eight knot and from there on constructs the rest of the nest. When the nest is ready, he attracts the female. She inspects and judges the nest. If she doesn't apporve it, she moves on to

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The openLAB archives are on line with images and more then 30 minutes video. www.imal.org/OpenLabProjects/During this lab-environment we created the installation:Wind Upturn left/rightforward/backwardthe clouds have silver linings until they too, snapMax/MSP/Jitter, cords and drills, 2 camerasMany tx to Bart Vandeput (Napoleontic)who - patiently- did the MAX/Jitter programming.Watch the video:

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Stills of video made at 'Threaded' performance at the opening night of art centre Z33's NR.11 at in Hasselt (B), September 2005.Performance by sofiesaufage, Sarah Gerats, Ellen Zoete and Bartaku.Video by Gosie Vervloesem.

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swirla drill to kill built to spin

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ReCords is presented at 'Métissages', Art & Textile Biennale, from March 26th till May 16th 2005 at the Museum of Industrial Archeology and Textiles (Miat) in Ghent, Belgium. The Biennale is a group exhibition of contemporary textile art with the works of 30 young and reputated international and Belgian artists.The name ‘Métissages’ originates from the French ‘tissage’, which litteraly means ‘the

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RondHangen ReCords Recuerdas was presented at Generative Art 2004 , Milan, Politecnico di Milano University (Dec. 14-16).It was impossible to exhibit the whole installation in the expo area of the Politecnico's Architecture Department, so we only mounted the cords and screens hereby creating a space reflecting the ground surface of the tent.On the second day of the event we gave a detailed

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At Generative Art we connected with the Thread Spider Web of Brasilian artist Sylvia Titotto...

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These pictures have been taken during the try out of a performance.It is based on techniques that we applied during the production process of our threads.

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After the hardware hacking, I participated at the next workshop in the X-Med-K series: Responsive Environments: sensor data analysis and interpretation, perceptual modelling - 15 November - 21 November, FoAM. Interesting theoretical stuff, by Maja Kuzmanovic (methodology) and Yon Vistell (sensor stuff) and time and space for practice, the developing of a concept for -and the making of- a

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This week Bartaku participated at the Hardware Hacking workshop at Nadine. The 5th of the X-Med-K Series, interesting workshops organised by the Brussels based arts organisations FoAM, nadine & looking glass.The hacker sensei was Nicolas Collins who has the rare gift to combine profound knowledge with humour and wit. The mix consisted of some theory and heaps of practice. From the basics of

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ReCords will be presented at Generative Art 2004, organized by the Department of Architecture of the Politecnico di Milano University (Milan, Italy, Dec. 14-16). This international event consists of a conference, exhibition and performance 'festival'. Program "GA2004, as the last 6 previous annual conferences, is a meeting place to exchange ideas, theorical approaches,

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After having placed our tent with the two most 'spiritual' cords (the white Salar and the black Return) in the garden of the former convent, we created the multimedia part of the installation in a transitory part of Gerkenberg's basement. Between a former meditation room and some ateliers for the more creative monks, we hung up in a straight line the all but two cords, mounted the screens and

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As sofiesaufage's placenta is buried there, the second place where RondHangen ReCords ReCuerdas has to show up, is the Northeastern border town Bree. Not exactly Tijuana, but the site itself, Gerkenberg has its charm being a former convent filled with some male (1) spirits. After Z33, the installation hereby ends up for the 2nd time in a place with a religeous past. the Beguinage in Hasselt was

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Creation, Co-ordination & Production: bartaku (bartaku(at)yahoo.co.uk) & sofiesaufage (sofiesaufage(at)hotmail.com)With Financial Support of: Vlaams Audiovisueel Fonds - http://www.vaf.be/Co-production: Z33 - http://www.z33.be/Threads created with the collaboration of: Sarah Gerats (saar7saar(at)hotmail.com) & Ellen Zoete (ellen_zoete(at)hotmail.com)Electronics & ICT: Di2 - http://www.di2.be/

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Software programming & hardware development in collaboration with di2.

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RondHangen ReCords Recuerdas had it's première at Feel (Nr.6.03, Feel The Young), exhibiton of Tactile Media Art at Z33, Contemporary Art Centre in Hasselt, Belgium.inside view content spaceoutside view content space Short project description Redundant but nice: Feel The Young is the favorite expo of 2004 of Nicky Aerts, reporter of Neon, arts program on Belgian Radio1.

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code extract

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bartaku & sofiesaufage gathered atoms, digital & mental bits during and after 350 days of wandering through Latin America, from Ushuaia (the End of the World) till Mexico (hyper)City. ReCords is a multimedia installation that attempts to evoke this multi-sensory experience using a database of sounds, texts, images, memories and emotions 'controlled' by Pre-Colombian and 21st-century ICT, media &

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Dry Tail A subsidiary cord that refers to our dwellings throughout the Patagonian desert. One of the stories it contains, refers to a night in a tent near Baja Caracoles, a very tiny settlement - a total of 21 buildings, lost in the Patagonian pampa, literally in the middle of nowhere. Many wild horses and sofiesaufage's imagination on the loose... (Spec.: Geocluster 2, Patagonia;

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These images show the development of the production of the content space.. It's design is based on the visual representation of the path that bartaku and sofiesaufage created whilst wandering throughout Latin America. 1st drawings final technical drawing - metal structure; back, side and top view of the content space (tent) content space

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thread production at Z33 content space production at DNA, Antwerp

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This is the visual representation of the path that bartaku and sofiesaufage created whilst wandering throughout Latin America. Upper left is the starting point: Santiago de Chile. Top right is Mexico City, the point of return to Belgium. The design of the content space (tent) has been based on this shape.

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In order to prepare the creation of our textile medium, we went to Chinchero Peru. With the help of Nilda Callañaupa, director of The Center for Traditional Textiles of Cusco and the local weaving community we were able to produce 20 kilo of mainly natural dyed woolen threads of Alpaca, Lama and Sheep. Hereby we tried to stick as close as possible to our colour code, a result of encoding our

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