Feedback Loop spent the first part of this year producing a solo show for presentation at the Brunswick Mechanics Institute. It was a bold show based around the concept of Data Jamming. Data Jamming involves using data from different sources to influence the media in our show - lighting, sound, projections. We used both realtime data (stock market quotes, Twitter Feeds, Blog Data) and "mined" data (Flickr tags, Amnesty International research papers, BBC podcasts). The show was episodic and broad in its scope, but maintained a consistant inspiring message that the information age is a democractic moevement, where power is built through access to information - the very definition of the internet.
Below are some photos from the production and two videos. The first is a mini documentary outlining the themes and concepts of the work, the second is selected scenes from the production.
FeedBack Presents, featuring ArtHause
Feedback Loop perform at Electundra
Unfortunately we couldn't perform our stockmarket show at the Electundra audio visual festival - as the markets are closed on the weekend when the festival was held!! Instead we were asked to put something original together anyway. So the result was a mix of politics, parody and retextualisation! The music and visuals are all original and produced by myself, the video was shot by Nick and graded and edited by myself. Thanks to the willing actors and other helpers! The visuals were mixed solely by Nick on the night. He had the help of the ipod touch, and audio feed from the mixing console, and various other controllers. Here are a couple of images from the piece.
Its been quite a big month for my Audio Visual partnership Feedback Loop. Firstly we did a second showing of our stockmarket driven documentary/DJ mix on the 18th of November at Loop Bar. This work is dependent on a stock market feed driving the sound and visuals in certain ways. I produced the music and visuals and Nick provided the accompaning words and mix the visuals on the night.
Here are some screen shots, and a link to a segment from the work.
Just completed my application for the Next Wave festival Kick Start Program.
I am working with a director friend of mine on a multimedia , conceptual theatre piece revolving around the stock market. Each ticket to the should would be an investment into our portfolio of stock, and the fortunes of the stock directly effect the narrative being played out on stage. We will here back soon enough, so hopefully it will be a 'kick start' to the project (oh dear).
This is an image of a possible narrative arc.
Here is a link to the Pdf, with a project summary if your interested!
