

Sana'a is an artist and mother who lives in Amman Jordan currently, after fleeing the insecurity of Baghdad's violent streets.Sana'a talks about life in Baghdad as an artist, and why she was forced to leave her country. She feels it is especially important for artists to stay true to Iraq and provide insight into Iraq's great history as a nation.* * * This interview was taken in Jordan, but we are currently focused on producing segments in Baghdad via our Iraqi correspondents. Because they do not work for free, if we are to continue our work for any length of time, it is necessary for us to raise the funds to pay their salaries.If you appreciate our work, please make a donation at www.aliveinbaghdad.org via the donation link on the frontpage. If you wish to make a donation that will be earmarked for a specific correspondent, please email me at aliveinbaghdad at gmail.comThanks, and we hope you keep watching!
Artificial life robotic series. They appear like spiders, see like bats, find their food like ants and twitter like birds. Created with a commission from the AV Festival England in 2006. Visit http://kenrinaldo.com for more information.
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A short animation based on an exerpt from the book Flatland. Created by Jeremy Baker OSU BFA Art and Tech.
James Gimzewski and Victoria Vesna's interactive work which allows a gallery visitor to interact with cells.
In this episode, Omar Abdullah takes you to an art gallery showing in Baghdad's Wazariyah neighborhood, which is located near the more well-known Adhamiya neighborhood, home of the Abu Hanifa Mosque.Mayada Ali discusses the impetus behind her work and sends a message to the American people. Some of the video is a bit jumpy, and perhaps the shots of art aren't as steady as you might desire.Omar is just learning, so please forgive his mistakes as you would any first-time video blogger!Alive in Baghdad has been totally funded by donations from our viewers. Now that we have correspondents working in Baghdad we must maintain a budget of about $3000.00 US per month, so if you appreciate the work our correspondents are doing, please consider making a donation to support them!visit http://aliveinbaghdad.org for more information about making a donation and to learn more about the project and the ongoing situation in Baghdad.
Untitled 5 is the fifth interactive installation in the External Measures Series, which Utterback has been developing since 2001. The goal of these works is to create an aesthetic system which responds fluidly and intriguingly to physical movement in the exhibit space. The installations respond to their environment via input from an overhead video camera. Custom video tracking and drawing software outputs a changing wall projection in response to the activities in the space. The existence, positions, and behaviors of various parts of the projected image depend entirely on people's presence and movement in the exhibit area.
The Liquid Time Series explores how the concept of 'point of view' is predicated on embodied existence. Initially, the piece was an attempt to create an interactive installation where users' physical positions in the gallery (tracked by an overhead camera) controlled different 'perspectives' in a collage-like projection. The result of this exploration, however, is a series of pieces in which imagery of time, as well as space, is disrupted by users' motions.