We Are Stardust is one of more than 40 digital art installations announced today as part of CODE Live. The landmark 18-day digital arts event, held in February as part of the larger Vancouver 2010 Cultural Olympiad festival, will feature free visual art exhibitions by top Canadian and international cutting-edge artists, including those announced today, as well as night-time ticketed performances by such outstanding musicians as scratch video phenom Mike Relm, British duo Addictive TV, Kid Koala, Chromeo, and the Hard Rubber Orchestra’s Drum & Light Festival.
CODE Live starts on February 4, 2010 in three main locations in Vancouver known for fostering creativity and opening minds. They are: the Great Northern Way Campus (577 Great Northern Way), Emily Carr University(1399 Johnston St.) and the downtown central location of the Vancouver Public Library (350 West Georgia St.). Individual installations will also be located throughout the city and at the Surrey Art Gallery.
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Great Northern Way Campus, visitors are welcomed into the space by reed-like LED lights in a Dutch project called Dune 4.0 by Studio Roosegaarde. The reeds glow brighter and bend towards people as they walk past into the gallery like a field of wheat waving in the wind. Once inside the audience will experience everything from the vastness of space in We Are Stardust by George Legrady to a panoramic worldwide journey only they control in Vested by Don Ritter.
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Emily Carr University, the audience can try out electronic garments that respond to touch or act unpredictably in the group show Electromode, or take a turn around Granville Island to discover how they are being observed by the installations created for CODE.lab by Simon Levin, Jer Thorpe and Emily Carr students.
Adventurous audiences can also venture into a miniature theatre for the Canadian international award-winning piece The Paradise Institute by Janet Cardiff and Georges Bures Miller, organized by the National Gallery of Canada. As viewers watch a short film they will unexpectedly encounter a twist on the real and surreal created by the artists and complementary soundtracks.
The main floor atrium and lower floor moat at the
Vancouver Public Library are a perfect setting for artworks that focus on culture, movement and community. Seen by David Rokeby will record the movement of passersby and feed them onto adjacent screens in a series of overlays that reveal unexpected patterns. Visitors will also find Room to Make your Peace, a participatory art project where visitors can collaborate with online contributors, reflecting on what it takes to make peace as part of the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Truce initiative.
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