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 will experience a real-time manipulation of live exterior video and audio taken from a camera and microphone mounted in the taxi. The taxi is also equipped with a GPS that feeds an onboard computer data such as speed and direction. This computer is running custom audio/video manipulation software and uses the GPS data to make decisions about how the live video/audio feed is manipulated and seen by the passenger. The manipulations of the live feed is displayed on two LCD screens and heard through the cars 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. The software also records this performance and at the end of the drive the passenger receives a CD with a QuickTime movie file of his or her recorded performance.

News

11.29.05-12.02.05 Invited to participate at 404 International Festival of Electronic Art, Rosario, Argentina

11.19.05 Invited to participate at Links Hall Chicago, IL

10.31.05-11.05.05 Invited to participate at FILE - Electronic Language International Festival, Sao Paulo, Brazil

05.27.05-05.28.05 Transfers will be presented at ProvFlux 2005, Providence, RI. USA. Rides will begin around 6:00pm please call 386.453.4577 for more info.

03.03.05-03.05.05- Transfers will be presented at the subtropics festival, Miami, FL USA

01.21.05 -Transfers will be presented at the Duncan Gallery Stetson University DeLand, FL. USA

12.02.04-12.05.04 Miami, FL USA- Transfers will be roaming around Miami during Art Basel. Need a ride? Call us 386.235.7322 or flag us down

Quicktime excerpt from recorded trips

Images from Miami FL. 12.02.04-12.05.04

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Transfers was created by Matt Roberts http://www.mattroberts.info
info@transfersproject.com