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  • A tomb made of cardboard packing boxes. Inside, a primate-lab cage and a mechanism. That moves a computer controlled monkey's paw and a light source that slowly draw the face of Jim Pomeroy (1946-1992) in phosphorescent pigment.
  • Firebirds
    Flames, suitably modulated by electric fields, can be made to act as omnidirectional loudspeakers of surprising loudness and clarity. Each flame, captive within its cage, recites the words of a famous orator 1935-1936.
  • Romeo to Tripoli -
    Based on a hydraulic microphone and spark gap transmitter devised by Q.Majorana and G. Vanni in 1905. A stream of vitriolic acid, modulated by sound waves, controlled the flow of electricity to the transmitter and used to make the very first long
  • A memorial - and a warning - for the Jasmine Revolutions of the 2011 Arab Spring. A soft rain of jasmine flowers promises freedom - but the viewer is trapped in a golden cage.
  • ... experiences with the fantastic stage set of "The Travels of Mariko Horo," driven in realtime by Tamiko Thiel as the third partner in an improvisatory dance. The dancers derive inspiration both from Japanese mythology (Urashimataro, Musume Dojoji) and from...
  • Documentary
  • My Personal Universe -
    Interview
  • Documentary
  • ... who has skills and senses, but actually it had happened. Music composer Frank Lyons is a professor at school of Creative Arts at Maggie campus, University of Ulster. With his deep understanding from classical music to local traditional music, and of...
  • ...Short excerpt from the 2003 appropriation piece "Last Words," created by pioneering Chinese video artist Zhang Peili and showcased here by Saamlung, one of his collaborating spaces.