fenlandia

fenlandia

http://www.susan-collins.net/fenlandia

a new online work by Susan Collins

Over 12 months from May 2004, images will be recorded from various sites -
rural and technological - in the Silicon Fen area of East Anglia (UK).

The first site is Sutton Gault in Cambridgeshire
(from the chimney of a 17C coaching inn).

The webcam records images pixel by pixel. Each image is collected from top
to bottom and left to right in horizontal bands continuously, recording
fluctuations in light and movement throughout the day (and night).
It will record at different rates over the course of the year and is
currently set to record a pixel a second, so that the whole image is made up
of individual pixels collected over 21.33 hours.

A selection of these images are displayed in the archive section of this
website, which will be added to as the year progresses.

fenlandia is being developed as a distributable artwork which can be viewed
full screen and updated live to your computer in real time.
Currently the (beta version) display software is available for Mac OS X.
PC and Mac OS9 versions will follow shortly.

fenlandia has been commissioned for Silicon Fen
http://www.silicon-fen.net
By Film and Video Umbrella and Norwich School of Art and Design

Comments

, Rachel Greene

Begin forwarded message:

> From: Susan Collins <[email protected]>
> Date: June 15, 2004 5:33:47 AM EDT
> To: fenlandia <[email protected]>
> Subject: fenlandia
>
> fenlandia
>
> http://www.susan-collins.net/fenlandia
>
> a new online work by Susan Collins
>
> Over 12 months from May 2004, images will be recorded from various
> sites -
> rural and technological - in the Silicon Fen area of East Anglia.
>
> The first site is Sutton Gault in Cambridgeshire
> (from the chimney of a 17C coaching inn).
>
> The webcam records images pixel by pixel. Each image is collected from
> top
> to bottom and left to right in horizontal bands continuously, recording
> fluctuations in light and movement throughout the day (and night).
> It will record at different rates over the course of the year and is
> currently set to record a pixel a second, so that the whole image is
> made up
> of individual pixels collected over 21.33 hours.
>
> A selection of these images are displayed in the archive section of
> this
> website, which will be added to as the year progresses.
>
> fenlandia is also being developed as a distributable artwork which can
> be
> viewed full screen and updated live to your computer in real time.
> Currently the (beta version) display software is available for Mac OS X
> only.
> PC and Mac OS9 versions will follow shortly.
>
> fenlandia has been commissioned for Silicon Fen
> http://www.silicon-fen.net
> By Film and Video Umbrella and Norwich School of Art and Design
>
>
>
>
>
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