SEARCH ENGINE
1 cycle of open-residencies and workshops, 3 artists groups, 1 place of arrival and departure, 3 ongoing research projects and works.
A 6-week programme of new research, contexts of collaboration, creation and distribution.
16 April – 30 April
GOTO10, /!POP!: points of presence/
Using Wi-Fi signals to create a semi-hidden textual web, GOTO10 will intervene in the public spaces of Digbeth by creating “hacked” spaces.
GOTO10 artists will be exploring the surroundings of Grand Union and collecting information from notice billboards, and other communication nodes. The collected data will subsequently be "remixed and retransmitted" into the gallery locale in the form of a series of 32-character text strings.
By creating multiple simultaneous WLAN access points (Wi-Fi hotspots), these strings will combine to create a constantly evolving poetic structure. This will be transmitted and visible to residents in the Digbeth area as well as being unconsciously collected in the device memory of passers-by. These access points will also act as portals to a series of site-specific galleries only accessible through the local wireless intranet.
EVENT:
Thursday 28 April, 12 - 8 pm: Open studio day and project presentation.
6.30 - 8 pm: Project presentation by Rob Canning and Barbara Kukovec.
More details soon.
Gallery opening hours:
Thu 21 - Sat 23 April, 12 - 5 pm
Thu 28 - Sat 30 April, 12 - 5 pm
Technical set-up
The router creating "hacked" spaces
Antenna transmitting WLAN access points
Barbara Kukovec working in the space
Rob Canning and Barbara Kukovec setting up projection of the access points
Puredyne DVDs
Equipment for night projection
Night window projection
Project talk by Rob Canning
Project talk by Rob Canning
Project Talk by Rob Canning
Barbara Kukovec's photos taken during her explorations of Digbeth area
Barbara Kukovec's photos taken during her explorations of Digbeth area
Barbara Kukovec's photos taken during her explorations of Digbeth area
List of Wi-Fi hotspots on mobile device
List of Wi-Fi hotspots on mobile device
List of Wi-Fi hotspots on mobile device
One of the intranet websites
One of the intranet websites
Visitor browsing the access points
Gallery visitor browsing the Wi-Fi network list on her mobile device