Exhibitions | Responsive Ecologies
by CaptinCaptin and Parag K Mital
6 December - 21 January 2011
A new interactive installation by captincaptin and Parag K
Mital, Responsive Ecologies explores notions of captivity,
collective behaviour and human-nature social relations. The forms
of interaction within the work take inspiration from the study of
ecology (the relations of organisms, and their interactions with
the environment) and reflect upon the possible implications of our
actions and activities on the sustainability of future ecologies.
As each individual visitor has the capability to expand or
constrain the experiences of others, a coordinated approach is
required in order to see the installation in its completed
form.
Responsive Ecologies is a multi-screened enclosed projection in
which a collection of videos are deconstructed and interlaced in
response to audience interaction within the space. This installaion
was produced through captincaptin's ongoing collaboration with ZSL
London Zoo and Musion Academy, and includes other works created
through this partnership.
Gareth Goodison and Jonathan Munro have been working
collaboratively as captincaptin since 2007, creating installations
and sculptures, which interact and respond to public presence, and
question the role of audience participation in the display and
creation of contemporary art. They have presented their work at
various new media events including Futuresonic Festival, Abandon
Normal Devices, Leeds Expo, and the V&A. Parag K Mital is
a computational visual artist and PhD student at Goldsmiths
Computing Dept. investigating questions of liminality, perception,
and attention in mixed reality environments.
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