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Description
The work uses remote visual sensing techniques to track the viewer. The position of the viewer in front of the image controls the activity of the figures across the bottom of the screens. The figures are all independently interactive, and are programmed with conflicting needs. From two very simple rules - that they wish to stay where they are, but also fear the approach of viewers and will run away when approached - a complex behaviour emerges. The gender and identity of the figures are also fluid, as when interacted with they also morph into other characters. Exhibited at the Living Room, Whitechapel, London and the Centre for Contemporary Arts, Warsaw, Poland .
(source: http://www.littlepig.org.uk/)
Keywords
  • subjects
    • Body and Psychology
      • senses
  • technology
    • interfaces
      • biological sensors
Technology & Material
Installation Requirements / Space
Book of Shadows

by
Simon Biggs

CD-ROM with book version published by Ellipsis, London
copyright 1994
A CD-ROM and book (64 pages b&w) titled "Book of Shadows" released March 1996. The book includes essays on the artist by Steven Bode, Sean Cubitt and Rudolf Frieling as well as pages designed by the artist. The CD-ROM is cross platform (Mac 68040 or Power PC running System 7.0 or better or PC compatable 486 or Pentium CPU running Windows 3.1 or Windows 95 or later - it has a zero system footprint, so no special software or system extensions are required. The book and CD costs GB £20.00 and is available via Ellipsis or through a wide range of bookshops.

Produced by Film and Video Umbrella London, UK.
Funded by the Arts Council of England
Published by Ellipsis, London UK 1996.
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