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Swarm And Flicker - Exhibition Catalogue Essay, Su Ballard
Swarm And Flicker - Exhibition Catalogue Essay, Su Ballard
Su Ballard
Locusts have no need for network technologies. For a locust to connect iphones, facebook and twitter are irrelevant. A day can start off pretty normal but in overcrowded conditions suddenly something totally new can be imagined and a swarm can amass momentum. Scientists now think that it is the overproduction of serotonin that causes this transformation and inspires the locusts to become mutually attracted, to gather, breed and eat.
Susan Norrie - Exhibition Catalogue Essay: Taking Time, Su Ballard
Susan Norrie - Exhibition Catalogue Essay: Taking Time, Su Ballard
Su Ballard
In ENOLA this shifted perception is multiplied many times over. We see the camera as it sees, we see the visitors to the themepark looking at the world below them as they step carefully between its buildings, we watch the tour guides watching that scene, we see the spaces of the installation, we see the stools which stand mutely before the screen, we see ourselves amidst others watching the screen. At no point do any of these levels of vision refer back to reality, but instead keep us aware of the multiple and material structures of the architectures of the …