:: transfers::

service citywide :: 5.27 - 5.29

documentation CUBE2 :: 5.19 - 6.4

website www.mattroberts.info/transfers/index2.html

Transfers is a project exploring real-time generation of art and user participation in a mobile environment. Transfers allows a passenger of a taxi to generate a unique piece of art by giving the taxi driver directions. As the taxi moves through the city, the passenger experiences a real-time manipulation of live exterior video and audio taken from a camera mounted outside the taxi. It will also be equipped with a GPS that feeds on an onboard computer data such as speed, direction, longitude, and latitude. This computer is running custon audio'video manipulation software that uses GPS data to make decisions about how the live video/audio feed is manipulated and then seen and heard by the passenger. The manipulations of the live feed are displayed on two LCD screens and heard through the cars's stereo system. As the user tells the driver where to go, the passenger becomes both performer and viewer as they experience a unique piece of art generated by their decisions. This software also records this performance and at the end of the drive the passenger receives a CD with a QuickTime movie file his or her recorded performance.

about the artist

Matt Roberts is a new media artist specializing in real-time video performance and new media applications. His work has been featured in international and national museums, galleries and new media festivals, including shows in New York, Miami, Atlanta, and Chicago. He is the founder of MPG: Mobile Performance Group http://www.mobileperformancegroup.com and an Assistant Professor of Digital Art at Stetson University. He received his MFA from The University of Illinois at Chicago and lives in Florida.