A Digital Exploration of Place

A migratory artlab, broadcasting station and virtual gallery
At the Pen Centre in Sears Court
Thursday 26, Friday 27, Saturday 28 October

Between September 2006 and March 2007 Ian Birse and Laura Kavanaugh are travelling across Canada claiming unused space with a portable structure erected over a tent-like frame. Inside, the artists set up a media lab: laptops, audio mixers, contact pickups and microphones, webcams, and a video projector. Over two days they gather objects during walks in the vicinity of the site; on day three these objects are used as sound and image sources during a three-hour performance of electronic sound and live video that is streamed to the web. The website points visitors to active streams and is an ongoing archive of the project.

Visit: www.instantplaces.ca