Cellphonia
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MissionCellphonia explores the social, technological, and creative possibilities of cell phones with bias to encourage new applications for cultural growth.
Projects
Cellphonia: Tempo Variabile (2008) Tempo variabile is Italian for "changable weather" and a memorial concert for John Cage and David Tudor. This cellphone interactive sound/video performance installation takes place at Stevens Institute of Technology on April 5th . Telephone +1 212-937-7725 to add you voice to the performance.
Cellphonia: WET (2007) is a cellphone interactive sound/video installation at NIME 2007. Visitors will experience a 6-minute looping vocals of naiads lamenting the loss of the world's fresh water with projected video accompaniment. Telephone +1 212-937-7725 to add you voice to the performance.
Cellphonia: In The News (2006) is a locative-based karaoke opera cued and performed by the cell phone with lyrics daily RSS newsfeeds which generate both the score and moving images, available anytime anywhere small groups gather, and also allowing outside users to contribute as a remote chorus. - details -
Conferences
June 6-10, 2007 - NIME 2007 - Cellphonia: WET
The Seventh International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression, New York, NY
August 7-13, 2006 - ISEA 2006 - Cellphonia: In The News
ZeroOne San Jose: A Global Festival of Art on the Edge & the Thirteenth International Symposium of Electronic Art, San Jose, CA
March 2-3, 2006 - Mobile Music Technology - Cellphonia: Work-in-Progress
3rd International Mobile Music Workshop, Brighton UK
Support
Cellphonia was awarded grants from NYSCA (2005) and the Experiemental Televsion Center (2006).