PDCON:Exhibition/Alexandre Castonguay: Tafel - Revision history

Max at 15:36, 21 December 2011

2011-12-21T15:36:04Z

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	Artist: Alexandre Castonguay		Artist: Alexandre Castonguay

	Short Summary		=== Short Summary ===

	Tafel consists in a chalk drawing machine mounted on a blackboard. It		Tafel consists in a chalk drawing machine mounted on a blackboard. It
	takes its input from the texts produced by the participants for the		takes its input from the texts produced by the participants for the
	~~PureData~~ convention and creates schematics based on a comparison of these		Pure Data convention and creates schematics based on a comparison of these
	texts to a database of Joseph Beuys' writings. It puts into play the		texts to a database of Joseph Beuys' writings. It puts into play the
	diagrammatic representation of visual programming with the schematic		diagrammatic representation of visual programming with the schematic
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	http://artengine.ca/acastonguay/tafel		http://artengine.ca/acastonguay/tafel

	Bio		=== Bio ===

	Castonguay's practice is based in digital and conceptual art, his works		Castonguay's practice is based in digital and conceptual art, his works
	uses obsolete technology and open source software. His		uses obsolete technology and open source software. His

Hui.yuan at 09:59, 6 August 2011

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 Artist: Alexandre Castonguay
-Short description: ''Tafel'' is part of the ''inscriptions'' series of drawing machines.
+Short Summary
-'Inscriptions' consists in the development of artworks that analyze, inscribe and encode written information. At a time when the written form is undergoing a massive migration to a digital format that promises quick access to vast amounts of data but also shifts the mode of experience and attention given to its contents, the artworks tend to give a tangible form to information, to re-embody the digital through writing at the time of the disappearance of cultural forms perceived as obsolete.
+Tafel consists in a chalk drawing machine mounted on a blackboard.  It
+takes its input from the texts produced by the participants for the
-This occurs through a digital and electronic process that revives old protocols like HPGL (Hewlett Packard Graphics Language) and reclaimed stepper motors to augment a blackboard into a chalk drawing machine. It accepts texts sent by users via sms or email, processes them and inscribes a response in the form of written text or diagram in the hand of Joseph Beuys, whose ‘tafel’ lectures form the basis of this participative work.
+PureData convention and creates schematics based on a comparison of these
+texts to a database of Joseph Beuys' writings.  It puts into play the
-Beuys lectures-performances often made use of blackboards to record and illustrate their contents. Although some were famously erased by conscientious janitors (as they were meant to be), many survive in galleries and museums.  They record the artist’s thoughts on art and society. Through their idealism, they often mirror that of pioneers of electronic arts, but there seems to have been a disconnect between them.
+diagrammatic representation of visual programming with the schematic
+drawings produced by the artist during his Tafel lectures / performances.
-The uncanny hand gesture of the artist, re-embodied by the drawing mechanism, is an occasion to put into play the contents of these early and original writings. Spurred by the participation of the audience through their texts, the drawing machine is not subjected to their primary transcription but inscribes responses to them.
+The contents of the convention, while mostly technical and thus far

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== Tafel ==
[[File:Alexandre Castonguay Tafel.jpg|400px|thumb|Alexandre Castonguay: Tafel]]
Artist: Alexandre Castonguay

Short description: ''Tafel'' is part of the ''inscriptions'' series of drawing machines.

'Inscriptions' consists in the development of artworks that analyze, inscribe and encode written information. At a time when the written form is undergoing a massive migration to a digital format that promises quick access to vast amounts of data but also shifts the mode of experience and attention given to its contents, the artworks tend to give a tangible form to information, to re-embody the digital through writing at the time of the disappearance of cultural forms perceived as obsolete.

This occurs through a digital and electronic process that revives old protocols like HPGL (Hewlett Packard Graphics Language) and reclaimed stepper motors to augment a blackboard into a chalk drawing machine. It accepts texts sent by users via sms or email, processes them and inscribes a response in the form of written text or diagram in the hand of Joseph Beuys, whose ‘tafel’ lectures form the basis of this participative work.

Beuys lectures-performances often made use of blackboards to record and illustrate their contents. Although some were famously erased by conscientious janitors (as they were meant to be), many survive in galleries and museums. They record the artist’s thoughts on art and society. Through their idealism, they often mirror that of pioneers of electronic arts, but there seems to have been a disconnect between them.

The uncanny hand gesture of the artist, re-embodied by the drawing mechanism, is an occasion to put into play the contents of these early and original writings. Spurred by the participation of the audience through their texts, the drawing machine is not subjected to their primary transcription but inscribes responses to them.

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