Ars Electronica Futurelab Residency
Squaretangle were awarded an artist in residency at Ars Electronica Futurelab in January/February 2010. The project is a persistent realtime 3D virtual environment with evolving audiovisual performative entities spawned in response to human presence. Using motion capture and tracking, we will interactively perform improvisatory dance and music pieces with the evolving virtual entities. Follow the link for a detailed description.Details...
ASX_e_Dancer
ASX_e_Dancer is a mixed-reality contemporary dance piece using motion capture to create dynamically constructed emotion-led dances in Second Life, based on data from the Australian Stock Exchange. It is a whimsical yet serious work on the cutting edge of dance technology and media art. Follow the link for a detailed description.Details...
FMODUnity Plugin
As part of the Connections Residency with Hidden Cove Solutions, we have developed a plugin to allow the FMOD sound design event system to be used within the Unity 3D game development environment. This allows Sound Designers to easily work within Unity. We have released this plugin to the wider community for free. Follow the link for details and downloads.Details...
Inflatable Dome
As part of the Connections Residency with Hidden Cove Solutions, we have developed an inflatable dome that can easily be constructed from lightweight PVC and inflated with a domestic fan. We have released the pattern and instructions as Open Source. Follow the link for details and downloads.Details...
Inter-Arts Connections Residency
SquareTangle were awarded a Connections Residency by the Australia Council Inter-Arts Office for the second half of 2009. We will be artists in residence at Hidden Cove Solutions in Melbourne, Australia. The aim of the 6-month residency is to develop a reliable technical framework for creating live, immersive ‘mixed reality’ performances and installations. Follow the link for a detailed description, or check the blog for latest news with the project.Details...
Cloud Cabinet
Cloud Cabinet is a set of network-aware, interactive, audiovisual physical sculptures made from glass, aluminium, wood and electronics. Each sculpture creates sound and vision in repsonse to user manipulation, transmitting the changes over wireless network to the other sculptures, all of which respond in kind. This creates a unique meta-artwork that operates at both the local, physical location and in the "cloud" of the internet. THe projects is supported by a grant from the Australia Council Inter-Arts Office. Follow the link for details.Details...
Ways To Wave
Ways To Wave was a mixed-reality audiovisual installation involving a physical sculpture made from acrylic, aluminium and electronics, and a virtual interactive audiovisual 'sculpture' in Second Life. It was commissioned by ZERO1SJ 2008 and presented at the San Jose Museum of Art as part of the Superlight exhbition. Follow the link for details and images.Details...