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1. The Aberration of the Translator

   The Aberration of the Translator considers virtual reality as a social space, one with its own rules of presentation and communication. Gloria Anzaldua’s “How to Tame a Wild Tongue” is sampled and celebrated to create a microcosm of colliding quotations that break and collide across the virtual space of the CAVE. Every language is a foreign language, learned through memorized rules and societal agreements. In Walter Benjamin’s “The Task of the Translator,” refastening shards of a shattered vessel is compared to the act of translation; writing must be fragmented and then reassembled to traverse barriers of language. The Aberration of The Translator acknowledges the world which utilizes linguistic tools to order, colonize, and develop architectural space, specifically interrogating the act of code-switching and the multilingual experience.

   Jane Lausten - 26.09.2018 - 15:52

2. Audiographe In Situ #1

   First the Audiographe computes the poet’s voice waveform in order to let the voice draw itself a geolocalized itinerary in Montreal. Once anchored in a geolocalized soundscape, the text comes to life according to the intensity and the rhythm of the voice. Realtime video exhibited here in a video capture form. Length : 21 minutes divided in 7 chapters.

   Susanne Årflot Løtvedt - 26.09.2018 - 15:53

3. Blocked Connections

   Using visual QR codes embedded into combinations of traditional quilt blocks drawing on piecing and applique, the reader will discover fragments of a quilter’s story using any QR-reader capable smart phone. The primary object of installation is an original quilt, designed using high-contrast panels of fabric to allow the QR reader to decode additional meaning in what will appear to the human eye as an abstract piece steeped in traditions of pieced and quilted textile art. This installation thus combines two traditions of meaning: one analog, the language and traditions of quilt blocks, and one digital, the interconnected hypertext trails of communication unlocked through finding the QR codes. By providing a tangible interface to a re-imagined, oft-forgotten, and somewhat "broken" era of the web, the quilt tells the story of its imagined creator, a quilter working during the “early” days of the web in 1999.

   Carlos Muñoz - 26.09.2018 - 15:55

4. Tech-illa Sunrise: Un/A Remix

   After nearly ten years, the themes dealt with in Tech-illa Sunrise: Un/A Remix are
   still as relevant as ever. Salvador Barajas examines the issues of borders,
   identities, and xenophobia through the lens of technology. The website is a
   collage of archival images, texts and elements taken from popular culture. The
   diversity of Chicano identity is also explored and takes shape within the text. The
   user navigates in a frenetic environment, reminiscent of the beginnings of
   cyberspace. Moving from hyperlink to hyperlink, the threat becomes palpable as
   "warning" signs abound and alert the user of a mysterious virus that will not only
   attack their computer but also their preconceived ideas.

   June Hovdenakk - 26.09.2018 - 15:56

5. TimeTraveller™

   Covering 600 years of history, from pre-Colombian America to a present in 2121,
   TimeTraveller™ follows the journey of Hunter, a Montreal Mohawk who wishes to
   learn about his ancestors and to seek an alternative to his consumerist world. In
   this science-fiction narrative, combining factual history and hypothetical futures,
   the main protagonist travels through time by logging on his edutainment system,
   his TimeTraveller™. His multiple immersions in indigenous history, from the
   Minnesota Massacre in 1875 to the Oka Crisis in 1990, leads him to meet
   Karahkwenhawi at the occupation of Alcatraz Island in 1969 with whom he falls in
   love. The work comprises a website and nine machinima episodes created in
   Second Life.

   Kamilla Idrisova - 30.09.2018 - 20:57

6. Style Guide for Erasing Human Dignity

   Style Guide for Erasing Human Dignity responds to the current political climate in America through a facetious writing guide mixed with poetry. The images within it trigger more text when viewed through an augmented reality app.

   This “style guide” was inspired by a recent news article about the suggestion to modify language when applying for White House funding. This prospect is incredibly dangerous; what protections disappear when language is changed or erased? Spanish-language and LGBT resources were removed from WhiteHouse.gov, for example. Style Guide for Erasing Human Dignity comments on contemporary political issues (the current attack on immigration, environmental protections and journalism) with the proposal of new linguistic strategies. The guide suggests conflating words (Could ‘weather’ be the same as ‘climate’? Could ‘credible’ be replaced with ‘retweeted’?) and provides alternative definitions (Accountability: An account, and the ability to run it effectively. Also see: Social media).

   This satirical writing guide is mixed with poetry and images of burning books.

   Hannah Ackermans - 05.10.2018 - 12:40

7. The Thing of Shapes to Come

   The Thing of Shapes to Come

   Caitlin Fisher - 28.07.2023 - 22:46

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