Animal Lover
interspecies art
co-creating art with other animals
Wait
Wait, 2011, interactive interspecies video installation
collaboration with Simon Lysander Overstall
in co-creation with Tom and Sugi
Wait explores the human-companion species relationship using installation techniques of computer vision and interactive video. As a gallery visitor enters the installation space, a life-size video projection shows a dog walking towards the visitor. If the visitor stands in position, the dog will also stand and wait, observing the visitor. If the visitor turns to leave, the dog will also walk away. In Wait, human states of consciousness are brought to bear in relation to the canine gaze.
team:
Julie Andreyev: video editing, effects
Simon Lysander Overstall: Max/MSP software
Tom and Sugi: concept, acting
Crew at the TV Studio, Banff New Media Institute: cinematography, sound recording
Brian Charles: compositing
supported by:
– a coproduction residency at Banff New Media Institute, The Banff Centre, Banff, Canada
exhibitions:
– 2011 “Animal Influence” Interactive Futures ’11: Animal Influence, Gallery Gachet, Vancouver. Curated by Carol Gigliotti.
– 2011 “Tracing Home – Selections from SIGGRAPH” Museum of Campbell River, Canada
– 2011 “Tracing Home” Art Gallery, SIGGRAPH, Vancouver
associated publications:
Andreyev, Julie and Simon Lysander Overstall. “Wait“, Leonardo, Special Issue Volume 44, Number 4, ACM SIGGRAPH, MIT Press, Leonardo/ISAST, Cambridge, MA, US.