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taraus, originally uploaded by digtem.

How do you want to experience your local atmosphere?

Modernism, Death of an Ideology

IMG_1444.JPG, originally uploaded by digtem.

Modernism as an American ideology from the 50's was very positive. It was believed that our creations would stop hunger, cure disease and house everyone. We built skyscrapers, bridges, water towers and dams. Places to work & live, an ability to connect to people in other places and control of nature to our advantage. As it turned out people are still hungry and the quality of food is decresing. We have new deadly diseases and many people go with out adquate shelter. The dams are bursting (think New Orleans), air travel is becoming unbearable and most everything we have done has helped to destroy the environment. Now all that is left is decaying buildings, fragil bridges and rusted water towers as monuments to the death of an idea.

An Easter Moment

Light & Sound Reactive Installation

FA435 class installation, originally uploaded by digtem.

If you happen to find yourself in Richland Washington over the month of April, stop on by the gallery at Washington State University and check out the Reactive Light & Sound Art Installation. The piece contains ten televisions playing video created by the students from the Richland WSU campus. The televisions are used as light projectors so they are faced away from the viewer towards the walls. The over all concept for the show and the sound pieces were created by the students from the WSU Pullman campus. The audio is broken into four areas: natural sounds, man made sounds, television background noise and TV commericials. Each area is controlled by a sensor that turns on or off the audio when someone walks by. This piece gives the viewer the ability to control the audio environment while moving around the piece. The sensor that controls the TV commericials audio has been placed out side the gallery walls, making the people in the hallway a part of the piece.

directions to obey

plane04.jpg, originally uploaded by digtem.

If the plane lands safely, open escape hatch, pull cord to activate inflatable slide, escape safely. If the plane does not land safely, then kiss your arse good bye.