TIWWA – A QUORUM PROJECT @ TATE MODERN

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A technological fusion of interactive light and sound, this dynamic data driven artwork asks audiences to consider the data they generate and the algorithms that increasingly influence their behaviour. This Is Where We Are offers a glimpse into a future where we work rest and play with and through algorithms.◯ ◯ ◯
This Is Where We Are (TIWWA) is an immersive and interactive algorithmic sculpture fuelled by the data we collectively generate.

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This Is Where We Are (TIWWA) is an immersive and interactive algorithmic sculpture fuelled by the data we collectively generate. Engage, interact and play with the swarm algorithms that generate this dynamic digital artwork created by i-DAT working with Tate Collective London for the opening of the new Tate Modern building on the 17 – 19 June 2016.

Data is created all around us – from our interactions with social media to our movements through a city. TIWWA invites audiences into a sculptural space where they can see, hear and interact with the data of our everyday lives, contributing to an evolving art work which questions the influence of algorithms on our behaviour.

The artwork explored:

  • Behavioural data: individual and collective movement and touch. Sensors will capture our collective movements through the studio space.
  • Social media data: Hashtags #Tatemodern will help collect the ideas and sentiment of present and distant audiences.
  • Environmental data: Temperature, Co2, Humidity and Energy Consumption, captured by the Buildings Energy Management System, representing the life of the building and the collective behaviour of its inhabitants.

Taking over the North East corner of Tate Exchange in the new Switch House building, this evolving piece will immerse people in a collective algorithmic experience, teasing them to contribute to the swarm behaviour and sing the body electric.

TIWWA has been created by i-DAT with Tate Collective in partnership with Plymouth University/Affinity, InterCity, GaiaNova, Immersive, The Picture Works and TR2, through support from Arts Council England and Tate.

 

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[Inside…]

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“TIWWA was a great opportunity to make a piece of work that actively engages with audiences. But there is also a kind of ecology of creativity around a piece of work like this that involves not only artists but computer programmers, architects, roboticists and sonic artists, it’s really interesting mix of skills and indicates a way of making art in the future.”
Dr Rebecca Sinker, Convenor of Digital Learning at the Tate.
For more information please go to the TIWWA and  the Quorum website.
The interdisciplinary artists, scientists and technologists collaborating on the project:
i-DAT:
Birgitte Aga, Michael Blow, Guido Bugmann, Luke Christenson, Mathew Emmett, Chris Hunt, Simon Lock, Cameron Micallef, Lee Nutbean, Mike Phillips, Michael Straeubig,
Tate Collective London:
Ernest, Tara, Tanya,
Tate:
Jen Aarvold, Tate Collectives Producer, Tate Digital
Rebecca Sinker, Digital Learning Convenor, Tate Learning
Intercity:
Nathan Gale, William Hibberd, Trystan Thompson,
TIWWA is made possible through generous support from:

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