Kate’s post last Friday about virtual landscapes reminded me of a little project created by ceramicist Ann Ferguson. The first iteration of this project was a series called Eye Spy. The collection included miniature houses, factories, trees, and boats made from terra cotta, and encouraged viewers to examine their connection to environment and landscape. Ann’s friend, Sue McCauley, had a collection of houses and trees from the Eye Spy collection on display in her kitchen. The reactions of visitors to her home—according to Sue, “People love them. They always want to pick them up, they always want to steal them!”—told Sue they would be perfect for an interactive exhibit.
The Housing Project is an inventive collaboration with sound artist Chris Knowles and interactive designer Keith Deverell, incorporating Ann’s miniatures. It was curated by Sue McCauley for her studio, Greyspace. Ann created pieces of an urban landscape—houses, factories, trees, apartments—each of which was coded to respond when placed on the exhibit table. Visitors selected elements from the shelves built into the table and created their own urban landscape, triggering voices and sounds to go along with their specific creation. Unfortunately for us, this exhibit happened last summer (and in Australia!) so we’ll just have to enjoy it through the pictures. (If you want to hear more about this exhibit, it was featured on radio program The Night Air.)
{Images above from Pan Gallery}
{Images above from Craft-Victoria}
{Images above from Pin-up}
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Very Nice! Alexis I hope you keep writing more blogs like this one. Thank you for the article Alexis.