The Writing Machine Collective 4th edition (Jan 14-30, 2011) promises to be a fresh and thrilling showcase of crème de la crème local media arts talents. 15 artists come together to offer us 12 unique works that explore how something so crucial to everyday life, the computer, can be an artistic medium. Utilizing no less than 100 pieces of electronic equipment (including huge LCD monitors, computers and projectors), and over 2 years of conceptualization and research, our exhibition aims at pinpointing the procedural operations as the computer’s basic, and rediscovering the generative and computational elements in existing art forms. Expect to see the awe-inspiring Scriptorium that mimics the production of books through a series of monitors; the eye-opening Gestus featuring an assemblage of 20 monitors; the hip jsut code that turns what you put on Twitter into an art work; the undeniably fun Mediated Facial, a 2-meter tall wooden sculpture where you are invited to tug and pull at to create your own masterpiece – just highlight a few. For a change, come, too, to view short videos showing ‘writing’ in the present continuous tense. And the best part is: there are loads more to see and learn at our exhibition. (Michelle Rocha)
