Template | SightSonic
tem·plate also tem·plet
n.
2 Computer Science. A document or file having a preset format, used as a starting point for a particular application so that the format does not have to be recreated each time it is used.
‘Template’ presents current tendencies in visual media by interdisciplinary artists working in the fields of digital music, generative art and graphic design. The exhibition features an exclusive edition of high quality Giclée fine art prints alongside supported digital imagery exhibited on digital photo frames.
Curated by Joe Gilmore and Christopher Murphy.
- 3.14... | 0.20787 95763 50761 90854 6955… [Japan, 2007]
- alorenz, Berlin/Vienna | Tweed [Germany, 2002/Austria, 2008]
- Dextro | k456_g8 [Austria, 2007]
- Mark Fell | Attack on Silence [UK, 2008]
- Tina Frank | Vergence [Austria, 2008]
- Nicholas Kove | Basic English [UK, 2007–08]
- Lia/Miguel Carvalhais/Pedro Tudela | Because Someone Said “So” [Austria, 2008]
- Fairchild Semiconductor | I6368GD904 [Switzerland, 2008]
![3.14... | 0.20787 95763 50761 90854 6955… [2007]](/assets/template_01_3.14....jpg)
3.14... | 0.20787 95763 50761 90854 6955… [2007]
Template – T.001
‘0.20787 95763 50761 90854 6955…’ is one of a set of details from a much larger work entitled ‘142,857’ created at 1.59 p.m. on March 14, 2007. The series deals with the visualisation and sonification of data. In this case SoundHack is used to apply a sound header to a PDF. The soundfile header is then converted into a Raw pixel image.
.PDF > .AIF (header change: 44100hz, 2 ch., 16 bit linear) > .RAW > .TIF
![alorenz, Berlin/Vienna | Tweed [2002/2008]](/assets/template_02_alorenz.jpg)
alorenz, Berlin/Vienna | Tweed [2002/2008]
Template – T.002
tweed: 1847 (perhaps as early as 1831), a trade name said to have developed from a misreading of ‘tweel’, Scottish variant of ‘twill’, “cloth woven in parallel diagonal lines”.
Derived from ‘Untitled (Mutek 2002)’, a generative application written in Max/MSP. The basic principle of it is that of a broken dotmatrix printer: a small irregular pattern is written line by line in gradually shifting colours, and due to a programming error – a wrong offset in its local matrix – slowly-changing interferences emerge where the pattern overwrites itself.
![Dextro | k456_g8 [2007]](/assets/template_03_dextro.jpg)
Dextro | k456_g8 [2007]
Template – T.003
Algorithmic image, programmed in Macromedia Director.
![Mark Fell | Attack on Silence [2008]](/assets/template_04_fell.jpg)
![Tina Frank | Vergence [2008]](/assets/template_05_frank.jpg)
Tina Frank | Vergence [2008]
Template – T.005
‘Vergence’ is a still from an audiovisual piece featuring music by Florian Hecker.
![Nicholas Kove | Basic English [2007–08]](/assets/template_06_kove.jpg)
Nicholas Kove | Basic English [2007–08]
Template – T.006
‘Basic English’ uses Charles K. Ogden’s 850 word Basic English Vocabulary to communicate through the submission of hourly automated requests, similar to those of a computer virus or spyware application.
The responses, found paragraphs devoid of their original context, are re-purposed and publicly broadcast at http://twitter.com/kove
Lia/Miguel Carvalhais/Pedro Tudela | Because Someone Said "So" [2008]
Template – T.007
Artwork by MC, PT and Lia from the files of the ‘Up, Down, Charm, Strange, Top, Bottom’ CD by @c, Crónica 031~2008.
![Fairchild Semiconductor | I6368GD904 [2008]](/assets/template_08_semiconductor.jpg)
Fairchild Semiconductor | I6368GD904 [2008]
Template – T.008
One of a series of works exploring imagery associated with unsolicited bulk email. The series has a particular focus on distressed imagery, recognisable fragments buried under clouds and strata of digital noise. ‘I6368GD904’ suggests a contemporary, found form of impressionism.