April 25, 2005
Turbulence Commission: "Itinerant" by Teri Rueb
Judi Rotenberg Gallery, Boston; April 22 to May 7, 2005
http://turbulence.org/works/itinerant/index.htm
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"Itinerant" is a site-specific sound installation in Boston,
Massachusetts. It invites people to take a walk through Boston Common
and surrounding neighborhoods to experience an interactive sound work
that re-frames Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, the classic tale of conflict
between techno-scientific hubris and the human spirit. The project
engages a search for an elusive character who is doppleganger to both
the doctor and the creature. Sounds, 'played' by visitors as they move
through the city, create a series of frames within which to reflect upon
our highly mobile, technologically saturated society and issues of
identity, place, and displacement. Mobile and locational media (GPS)
formally underscore themes in the work. The sonic overlay is also
presented as an interactive map on the web, creating a formal re-framing
and displacement of this site-specific work.

"Itinerant" is a 2005 commission of New Radio and Performing Arts, Inc.
(aka Ether-Ore). It was made possible with funding from the Jerome
Foundation and the LEF Foundation.

BIOGRAPHY

Teri Rueb's large-scale responsive spaces and site-specific sound
installations explore issues of architecture and urbanism, landscape and
the body, and sonic and acoustic space. She has used GPS and wireless
technologies in her work since 1996 when she developed her first
interactive sound installation, "Trace," along a network of hiking
trails near the Banff Centre for the Arts. Rueb has since presented her
works worldwide at conferences and exhibitions including "Ohne Schnur:
Art and Wireless Communication," Cuxhaven, Germany; ISEA; SIGGRAPH; and
Transmediale, Berlin. She is a professor in the Department of Digital
Media at the Rhode Island School of Design.
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