not(e)Allowed

ENG:
50 years ago, the cartoonist Bruno Bozzetto published “Life in a Box”, suggesting a representation of human life as a continuous movement inside limited spaces, or boxes.
Starting from this concept, not(e)Allowed takes the abstract idea of “box” as a set of edges, limits and borders that we encounter in every day life and often made by others, regardless of the will and thoughts of whom lives within them.
The movement inside these borders is allowed but what happens if one of the edges is reached? Is it possible to go beyond it? What happens when the passive interaction that is happening within the allowed area is not enough? Are we able to set ourselves in a position of “active” interaction and to gain control over the edges of our box?

ITA:
Esattamente 50 anni fa, Bruno Bozzetto pubblica “Una Vita in Scatola” proponendo una rappresentazione della vita come un continuo muoversi all’interno di “scatole”. In Not(e)allowed, viene ripreso il concetto ma estrapolando l’idea astratta di “scatola”, ovvero un insieme di confini e limiti con i quali ci si scontra quotidianamente e che spesso sono stati realizzati da altri, al di là delle volontà di chi si muove all’interno di essi (in questo caso l’artista stesso che decide il posizionamento fisico dell’opera).
Il movimento all’interno dei confini è consentito ma cosa succede quando un limite viene raggiunto? E’ possibile spingersi oltre? Cosa accade quando l’interazione passiva che avviene all’interno dello spazio concesso non è più sufficiente? Siamo in grado di porci in una modalità interattiva “attiva” e di acquisire controllo sui bordi della nostra scatola?

23 – 26 May 2017, via Montanari 5 – Verona, in ABAVerona (Accademia di Belle Arti) premises.

27 May – 02 June 2017, via Carducci 32 – Verona, in Never Game Over ASD premises.

Creativity, Extended Cognition and Artificial Intelligence

On Friday the 3rd of February 2017 I will be presenting the paper “Brain and Creativity: a cognitive approach” at the “Creativity, Extended Cognition and Artificial Intelligence” conference that will be held at Università degli Studi di Milano (Milan, IT).

I will also showcase the installation Mind the Chair which is part of the research I will present during the event.

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Mind the Chair @ AV DEPOT #2

Mind the Chair will be at AV DEPOT #2 in London, the 25th June 2016.

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The video of the event

Mind the Chair @ Terni Festival

Mind the Chair will partecipate at the Terni Festival in Terni, 18 to 27 september.

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Mind the Chair @ Dancity Festival

Mind the Chair will be part of the Dancity Festival that will take place in Foligno 3-4-5 of July.

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Mind the Chair @ LPM 2015

Mind the Chair will be at the LPM FESTIVAL that will take place in Rome from 28 to 31 of May. Note that the installation will be exposed only in the days 28 and 29.

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Mind the Chair

Mind the Chair is an interactive installation which focuses on giving a real time audio/visual representation of the activity of our brain, and to show how it can be possible to control it. In fact, the installation allows to visualize the level of concentration of a person, through an audio/visual answer (LED lights and sounds generation/manipulation). While using the headset it is easy to understand how it is possible to ‘control’ our brain and therefore to intervene on our level of concentration, to modify light intensity or filtering the sound.
[A project by Francesco Soave and Marco Civolani. All rights reserved.]

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AudioPainting

https://vimeo.com/122275990

 

AudioPainting is an interactive installation, based on the Kinect, which allows to draw colors and generate sounds by moving the arms

AudioPainting was used in these events:
TouchTechnology, during the Milan Games Week
Thrapeutical Tech, at CLUB 27
Touch Technology Workshop, at Mixart in Pisa

Gallery:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bkp-0Gw-FWk