Laika’s Dérive is a new media locative data-mapping work about interspecies communication, collaboration and knowledge. Community participants and their dogs use an electronic mapping system (custom iPhone app-GPS, accelerometer, interval timed and geotagged photography) within their local area. The data collected is incorporated into the online mapping and visualisation system (website) together with the participant …
In 2010 I was invited to be an artist in residence at Kiss Club, a studio residency hosted by Performance Space in Carriageworks, Sydney, Australia. The residency (with its working space) allowed me time to focus on developing and delivering a new work. Up to that point I was producing works for predominantly gallery settings. …
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During this phase, software for visualisation and sonification of the sniff data was developed using Max/MSP. XYZ accelerometer data was read from log box data, then using jitter a line was continuously drawn in 3D. Photographs were selected from a folder based on the time and longitude /latitude stamp data to display on a plane …
During my time at the Blast Theory studio residency, I focussed on developing the project for other dog owners, and concentrated on an open and automated system design. The technical research was aimed at matching the requirements and specifications to existing technologies. Rather than developing a new technological solution, I aimed to use the location …
Laika’s Derive, 2011. Walk program, Performance Space, Carriageworks, Sydney, Australia The focus for this iteration was community development, engagement and mapping. I aimed to use the work to provide a framework for recording relationships as a way of placemaking. I also wanted to subvert, or at least provide an alternative to the mainstream art institution’s …
The Best in Show BBQ, where dogs and their collaborators shared their stories, happy snaps and trails of discovery was held as the culmination of this iteration of the project. This was well attended, with over 50 dogs and 100 people present. The event included a sausage sizzle (carnivore and vegan), a performance by Tess …
Laika’s Derive, 2012 – WWW: World Wild Web exhibition, Furtherfield, Finsbury Park, London, UK Laika’s Dérive version 2.1 toured to London as part of Furtherfield’s WWW: World Wild Web exhibition. For this iteration some refinements were made to the kit, and the app was updated to Android 2.2. The event was run by the gallery staff with an identical …