TOM HEENE (Bru, Bel)

audio visual artist (researcher ?)

> cinema> cinema> digital arts / new media> visual art projects> member of iMAL

TOM HEENE (Bru, Bel)

audio visual artist (researcher ?)

> digital arts / new media> visual art projects> member of iMAL

DIGITAL ARTS, CINEMA &IMMERSIVE ENVIRONMENT

> immersive environment in film & arts> reality – virtual reality > new technologies for the immersive > new technologies for the immersive experience (D cinema, digit arts, …)> communicate & exchange ideas> open the 'frame' of classical cinema> film making & digital arts = collaboration

DIGITAL ARTS, CINEMA &IMMERSIVE ENVIRONMENT

> immersive environment in film & artsvirtual reality – fiction

> new technologies for the immersive > new technologies for the immersive cinema, digit arts, …)

> communicate & exchange ideas> open the 'frame' of classical cinema> film making & digital arts = collaboration

SUBJECTS & ISSUES

> we consume & work with media> my story : TV slave & net addict ?> continuous change of ICT> growth of accessible data> growth of accessible data> human < > new media & data> media overkill < > media desolation> sensory / physical experience> immersion

SUBJECTS & ISSUES

> we consume & work with media> my story : TV slave & net addict ?> continuous change of ICT> growth of accessible data> growth of accessible data> human < > new media & data> media overkill < > media desolation> sensory / physical experience

SALT LAKE

SALT LAKE

> made with Yacine Sebti

> immersive 'sensible' environment> dark room / one-on-> image & light as only reference> image & light as only reference> you influence the machine ?> an A/V data harvest from the net> media overkill and it's opposite

> shows in Ghent, Brussels, Santiago, ...

made with Yacine Sebti

> immersive 'sensible' environment-one installation

> image & light as only reference> image & light as only reference> you influence the machine ?> an A/V data harvest from the net> media overkill and it's opposite

> shows in Ghent, Brussels, Santiago, ...

SALT LAKE

SALT LAKE

DARK MATR

DARK MATR

> an installation> “Where do we, human beings, position ourselves in relation to all the data on the internet ?”> ”Dark matter, this void between words, > ”Dark matter, this void between words, audio, video, definitions, graphics, pictures, ...”> create your own AV environment> data mining becomes cinematic adventure

“Where do we, human beings, position ourselves in relation to all the data on the

”Dark matter, this void between words, ”Dark matter, this void between words, audio, video, definitions, graphics, pictures,

> create your own AV environment> data mining becomes cinematic adventure

DARK MATR –

> one of the four Art&D programs> CUO, Dries De Roeck & Dirk Bollen> Nodebox, Wica & Lahaag > core developpers: Pieter Heremans, Lievn Menschaert, Lionel Maes & Olivier MeunierMenschaert, Lionel Maes & Olivier Meunier

> open source: Proce55ing, Pure Data, Python> open data bases: wordnet, flickr, freesound

> 4 residencies @ iMAL & r> work in progress @ Vooruit, iMAL & V2_

who & how

> one of the four Art&D programs> CUO, Dries De Roeck & Dirk Bollen> Nodebox, Wica & Lahaag > core developpers: Pieter Heremans, Lievn Menschaert, Lionel Maes & Olivier MeunierMenschaert, Lionel Maes & Olivier Meunier

> open source: Proce55ing, Pure Data, Python> open data bases: wordnet, flickr, freesound

> 4 residencies @ iMAL & r-omh> work in progress @ Vooruit, iMAL & V2_

DARK MATR

DARK MATR - research

> CUO issue> Human Body Interface> silhouette as interface> stronger immersion> “... user is part of the system...”> “... user is part of the system...”

research - HBI

> Human Body Interface> silhouette as interface

“... user is part of the system...”“... user is part of the system...”

DARK MATR –

> human size screen> limit set up space> High Definition image projection> look through the screen (!)> IR camera (thermal imaging) by Xenics> IR camera (thermal imaging) by Xenics> thin PE or Biofilm screen (Jemaco)

research – TECH

> High Definition image projection> look through the screen (!)> IR camera (thermal imaging) by Xenics> IR camera (thermal imaging) by Xenics> thin PE or Biofilm screen (Jemaco)

DARK MATR –

> the net = unlimited stock of AV material> retrieving & stocking data (WICA)> scenario: semantic relations between words, images & sounds (through tags)> wordnet.princeton.edu> wordnet.princeton.edu> flickr.com & freesound.org

research – DATA

> the net = unlimited stock of AV material> retrieving & stocking data (WICA)> scenario: semantic relations between words, images & sounds (through tags)> wordnet.princeton.edu> wordnet.princeton.edu

flickr.com & freesound.org

DARK MATR

DARK MATR –

> 1 human < > 1 machine> tunnel & wide screen of 4m> silhouette = interface with letters & words> hand & body trigger action (new words)> word history becomes word cloud> word history becomes word cloud> word cloud becomes sound & image> the cloud grows and becomes an organic sensible environment> stay or run away!

experience

> 1 human < > 1 machine> tunnel & wide screen of 4m> silhouette = interface with letters & words> hand & body trigger action (new words)> word history becomes word cloud> word history becomes word cloud> word cloud becomes sound & image> the cloud grows and becomes an organic

DARK MATR – recent images

DARK MATR @ iMAL 16 > 19 Dec 09

> darkmatr.be> imal.org> theoumek@gmail.com> (theoumek.wordpress.org)

@ iMAL 16 > 19 Dec 09

> (theoumek.wordpress.org)