Breathe On Me Live Webcam Installation

Opening Telepresently and in Situ:
8.00-9.30 PM, Pacific Standard Time
Friday, February 4, 2005
Continuing live through February 6
INTERACTIVE FUTURES 05:
Technology in the Life World
Victoria, BC
@ Open Space Artist-Run Centre

Breathe On Me is an installation/internet work consisting of a three-walled space with a number of hybrid fan/webcam devices affixed to the walls. The fan/webcam devices are modified netcams such that Internet users can control the direction of a fan from the remote webcam view combined with pan and tilt controls. Internet users can choose one of the devices in the space, log onto the “FanCam”, visually locate visitors in the physical space and then turn on the fan and "breathe" towards the person. Visitors in the physical space are invited to enter a space where they will be remotely seen and will not know who is telepresent. Once seen by internet participants, they will receive an offer of fan “breath’ as a fundamental form of communication. Visitors who enter the space are asking to receive a telepresent stranger’s glance and touch in the form of wind. Internet users reach out to physical visitors in the simple offer of moving air.

To visit in telepresence:
http://www.willpap-projects.com/Breathe_On_Me/BreatheOnMeMain.html
Links will to the live performance will be available at the live site within 24hrs.

Will Pappenheimer
willpap-projects.com