Manchester Gallery Visit 4/11/2010
Exhibition by Raphael Lorenzo entitles 'Recorders'
This exhibition reflects a 21st century take on perceptions of art. All of the exhibits are interactive and some of them very complex in the way they respond to various types of interaction. A ceiling of lights pulse at different rates and this is stimulated by multiple participants whose heart beats are recorded by sensors.
Another exhibit was a circle of microphones set at various heights, visitors were able to speak into the microphone which then gave a random response from previous messages left. For instance; one person recorded 'God Bless the Pope' and a random response came back with 'Down with Papacy!'
There was a huge screen shown on a white wall which reflected shadows, and it was possible to place your shadow inside that of another with you, so that one was dwarfed by the other. A lot of the visitors spent a long time playing with the reactions of the cameras and the different sizes and angles of shadows which could be obtained.
Meg Parnell and Kate Day had organised this visit for us, and Fiona Corridon explained each of the exhibits to us in great detail, some of which were very complex and had been created by the artist and his large team of fellow workers. So many electronics were involved that the gallery had had to install a mini sub station in order to provide the considerable increased power required to mount this fascinating exhibition.
Readers of the Hello newsletter might sometimes wonder what the Zoomers group gets up to and they can catch up with our goings on by logging onto our blog at http://zoomers.blogspot.com/
We post a record of our visits to various museums and galleries organised by Mary Gifford and also posts by anybody with new information on the aids to helpful computer tips.
After a most enjoyable visit of interaction and participation in this exhibition we adjourned to the education suite for our usual yummy biscuits and cups of tea and coffee.
Our thanks to Ann Hornsby for her detailed descriptions and to Mary and her volunteers for getting us there.
This exhibition reflects a 21st century take on perceptions of art. All of the exhibits are interactive and some of them very complex in the way they respond to various types of interaction. A ceiling of lights pulse at different rates and this is stimulated by multiple participants whose heart beats are recorded by sensors.
Another exhibit was a circle of microphones set at various heights, visitors were able to speak into the microphone which then gave a random response from previous messages left. For instance; one person recorded 'God Bless the Pope' and a random response came back with 'Down with Papacy!'
There was a huge screen shown on a white wall which reflected shadows, and it was possible to place your shadow inside that of another with you, so that one was dwarfed by the other. A lot of the visitors spent a long time playing with the reactions of the cameras and the different sizes and angles of shadows which could be obtained.
Meg Parnell and Kate Day had organised this visit for us, and Fiona Corridon explained each of the exhibits to us in great detail, some of which were very complex and had been created by the artist and his large team of fellow workers. So many electronics were involved that the gallery had had to install a mini sub station in order to provide the considerable increased power required to mount this fascinating exhibition.
Readers of the Hello newsletter might sometimes wonder what the Zoomers group gets up to and they can catch up with our goings on by logging onto our blog at http://zoomers.blogspot.com/
We post a record of our visits to various museums and galleries organised by Mary Gifford and also posts by anybody with new information on the aids to helpful computer tips.
After a most enjoyable visit of interaction and participation in this exhibition we adjourned to the education suite for our usual yummy biscuits and cups of tea and coffee.
Our thanks to Ann Hornsby for her detailed descriptions and to Mary and her volunteers for getting us there.
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