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Jack Straw New Media Gallery
The Network Is a Blind Space is a distributed, micro-telematic, site-specific sound installation that explores the physical yet invisible electromagnetic spaces created by Wireless Local Area Networks (WLANs). Two computers installed in opposite parts of Jack Straw, one in the gallery and another in the main studio, create an electromagnetic line-space that can be transversed and examined perhaps broken. The piece spreads out from the gallery space, extending as far as the installation’s WLAN can reach. Sound is generated and modified in real time by visitors logging into the network with ordinary, wifi-enabled, mobile electronic devices (smartphones, iPods, tablets, laptops, etc). ~~~
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Blue.Hour explores the high contrast colors created in the landscape during "l'heure bleue," the period of twilight each evening when there is neither full daylight nor complete darkness. Directly preceding the 'Golden Hour,' known for its diffused yet powerful light, the Blue Hour retains the diffusion but lacks the strong light source, giving this period of the day an especially melancholic and meditative atmosphere. Blue.Hour is presented here in a darkened room with 4 channels of sound paired with a large scale video projection. The piece is formed from photographs and sounds collected in Joshua Tree National Park in June 2010.
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Jack Straw Productions received a 2011 Mayor's Arts Award. Thank you to the Mayor and the community members who nominated us!
Each week we will make a new audio piece created through the Jack Straw Artist Program available for free download. Subscribe at jackstraw.org/artistoftheweek, via itunes, or listen right here:
Foster High School: Listen to the poems recorded by our 2011 Foster High School group for the Stories of Arrival project.
Green ACRE Radio Jack Straw and Martha Baskin have partnered on this weekly radio series on KBCS FM, focusing on Agriculture, conservation, restoration & environmental issues. Read about the series and listen to past episodes on the Green ACRE Blog. The Seattle Channel features the Jack Straw Blind Youth Audio Program on its "Community Stories" Program. Watch the program online. These podcasts feature interviews and readings by Jack Straw Writers such as Michael Spence, Merna Ann Hecht, and Wendy Call. Click here to listen.
Special Projects Jack Straw Productions works with various organizations and communities to create oral histories, museum audio guides, and neighborhood audio tours. Click here to learn more. |
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