- This work, The Battle of Algiers, is an interactive work that uses a touch screen as the input and projects the scene onto a wall, as well. Without the directions, this exhibit would not have been able to stand alone. The system in which this exhibit worked was dependent on conflicts and accumulation of different cell groups. It was based on a film about Algerian nationalist struggle leading to independence from France. One of the artists, Marc Lafia, is focused on computation and algorithmic procedures as means of producing new structures of organizing images, as well as conveying emotion.
- It took me a moment to comprehend what was happening in the motion of the panel, because of the lack of detail and lines. I thought it was a simple animation (running and falling), but I felt that the red and black color scheme suggested a deeper and slightly ominous message. The purpose of the work was to explore the composition of digital images through converting them into a matrix of LED lights. The artist, Jim Campbell shows that meaning can be portrayed through little information. His works with custom electronics were inspired by a theory developed by the engineer Harry Nyquist that dealt with converting analog into digital, and digital into analog.
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