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In "inter / face" Rokeby continues his exploration of the relationship between the abstract world of language and the physical world of body. The work uses the expressions on the viewer's face as an interface to a responsive virtual world built

"Taken" is a surveillance installation that provides two readings of the activities in the gallery space. A large gallery space has one wall taken up by two very large projections. On the left hand side, gallery visitors are extracted from the

Keynote lecture at the 11th International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression. 30 May - 1 June 2011, Oslo, Norway.

Interactive acoustic sculpture and video Physical and virtual installation Act 14 of the "Mécanique des émotions" Still Moving is an experimental installation consisting of an interactive acoustic sculpture and a realtime video projection. The

Tessel is a kinetic installation investigating the perception of sound and space. Its name is derived from 'tessellation', a term applied to the geometric subdivision of a surface into plane units, also known as 'tiling'. It also describes a

Two fully functioning saunas are linked via the Internet, equipped with media streaming and interactive video tools. Though perhaps on different continents, the two saunas position their users in almost identical physical states, in a sense closer

"International Feel" was David Rokeby re-installation of his earlier work "Body Language." It took place in the context of the Strategic Arts Initiative 2.0, a re-installation of the seminal 1986 telepresence exhibition "Strategic Arts Initiative"

"San Marco Flow" layers all the actions of people and pigeons on Piazza San Marco in Venice into a pair of evolving images representing two views of the recent history of activities there. The images are, in effect, lit by animate presence; things

Based on footage of gannets diving for small fish off the coast of Newfoundland. This is the 4th in a series of works that explore patterns of movement over time.

The Visual Orchestra (2006/2007, 2 minutes, digital animation with original soundtrack) Using color and form, an original music score comes to life. The Visual Orchestra explores relationships between audio rhythms and visual rhythms through the