Technoculture Cumulonimbus
Amenda Tate
Iowa State University, USA
Technoculture Cumulonimbus is an experiential interactive audio-visual installation in which movement, dance, and presence alter the digital environment.
Through the use of an algorithm, the program detects movement by comparing the current pixels of a video frame to the pixels of the previous frame.
A vertical dashboard displays relevant data as it is gathered by the software system. A row of empty circular indicators “light up” to display each color in succession as movement thresholds are reached activating pen-color changes in the drawing process.
Through Technoculture Cumulonimbus, viewers can see traces of their own physical presence as abstract manifestations that exceed the limitations of standard mirrors and video.
Amenda Tate
Interdisciplinary Artist with a background in metalsmithing, engineering, and art. She is an Iowa Arts Council Fellow and graduate student at Iowa State University. Her works explore themes of authorship, legacy, and technology in sociocultural interaction. Tate was an Artist-In-Residence with New York Mills Cultural Center, and Ballet Des Moines. Her works have been featured in NYTimes, Denver Post, Better Homes & Gardens, and Popular Science. Special honors include commission by Arrow Electronics with the Colorado Ballet, two Editor’s Choice Awards at the NY International Maker Faire, and special recognition in the 2017 International RobotArt competition.
RECODE Online Exhibition
RECODE has admitted a resonance of the culture of the creative coding community as a plural movement of interpretation, reclaim, revisit, and/or resignification of artworks and fundamental practices of early computer graphics and art and its subsequent works through the usage of contemporary media, tools, and technologies.
We invite you to explore how artists, academics, researchers, and practitioners explored and interpreted the notion of recode in their works.
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