Installation by
Chris Salter (CA/QC), 2010, in collaboration with
Marjie Baalman (NL) and
Harry Smoak (US/QC/CA)
// Project Space of Kunstraum Kreuzberg/Bethanien
// 28.01.05.02. daily 1219:00
Just Noticeable Difference (JND) is a sensory environment for one person at a time lying in total darkness. The installation is based on Gustav Fechners concept of the Just Noticeable Difference: the ability to perceptually detect the smallest changes in sensory stimuli. During a set time period, visitors experience an extraordinarily wide range of visual, auditory and tactile sensations that challenge how we perceive the smallest degrees of change in sensory stimuli over different levels of intensities. Just Noticeable Difference explores the gaps in seeing, hearing and feeling, the fluctuation of noise and order and the play between sensation and sense making directly taking place at the level of bodily experience.
Credits:
Concept/Direction: Chris Salter
Sound Design: Marije Baalman/Chris Salter
Sensing/Programming: Marije Baalman
Light: Harry Smoak
Production Management/Artistic Assistance: Brett Bergmann and Matthieu Tremblay
Installation Construction: Jan Ohl (Holzwerkstatt, Berlin), Duncan Swain and Justine Chibuk (Montrιal)
Technical Direction (Europe): Thomas Spier, Marije Baalman, Bram Giebels
Funded with support from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada and the Conseil des arts et des lettres du Quιbec.
Chris Salter (US/QC/CA) is an artist, Associate Professor for Design + Computation Arts at Concordia University in Montreal and a researcher with the Hexagram Institute for Research-Creation in Media Arts. Salter studied economics and philosophy at Emory University and received his Ph.D. in the areas of theater and computer-generated sound from Stanford University. He was also visiting professor in music, graduate studies and digital media at Brown University, the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) and the Kunsthochschule fόr Medien in Cologne, Germany. After collaborating with Peter Sellars and William Forsythe/Ballett Frankfurt, he co-founded and directed the art and research organization Sponge (1997-2003), whose works stretched between performance, installation, scientific research and publication. His solo and collaborative work has been seen at major international exhibitions and presentation venues in over a dozen countries including the Venice Architecture Biennale (Venice), Ars Electronica (Linz), Villette Numerique (Paris), EMPAC (USA), Transmediale (Berlin), EXIT Festival (Maison des Arts, Creteil-Paris), Place des Arts (Montrιal), Elektra (Montrιal), Todays Art (The Hague, Netherlands), PACT Zollverein (Essen, Germany), Shanghai Dance Festival (Shanghai), v2 (Rotterdam), among many others. He regularly presents at national and international conferences, has given invited talks at universities and festivals worldwide and has sat on numerous juries including NIME, ISEA and the Prix Ars Electronica. His first book Entangled: Technology and the Transformation of Performance was published in Spring 2010 by the MIT Press.
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Collaborators:
Marije Baalman (NL) studied Applied Physics at the Technical University in Delft and graduated in February 2002 on the topic of Perceptual Acoustics. In 2001/2002 she followed the Sonology Course at the Royal Conservatory in The Hague. She completed her Ph.D. on Wave Field Synthesis and electro-acoustic music in 2007 at the Electronic Studio of the Technical University of Berlin. Currently she is a post-doctoral researcher in Computation Arts at Concordia University in Montreal. Her research goes into the use of wireless networks for live performance (such as dance and music), and installations. She has performed and exhibited work across Europe (STEIM, WORM (NL), EXIT festival (F), Club Transmediale (D)) and beyond (Electrofringe (AU)). She is a contributor to The SuperCollider Book (MIT Press, forthcoming 2011).
Harry Smoak (US/QC/CA) is a media researcher and producer presently based in Montrιal, Canada. He is a doctoral candidate in Fine Arts at Concordia University where he is also an adjunct faculty in the Department of Design and Computation Arts. His current research interests lie in phenomenology of lighting, networked sensor technologies, urban media ecologies, and technologies of performance. Recently he founded the LiveMatter project to pursue opportunities in developing the new forms of content and capabilities necessary to the digital-physical convergence in the entertainment, culture, and architectural design sectors.
RESERVE YOUR TIME SLOT
Since the installation may be experienced by one person at a time only, visitors are advised to reserve their time slot beforehand. Please choose your prefered free slot from the list below and reserve
by sending an email or calling 0176 96349686 till 20:00 the day before the chosen slot. Or just come to the Kunstraum for available slots and try your luck waiting times possible.
Please give your full name, date and requested time. You will recieve a confirmation email.
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