Published by Kate at August 15, 2009 12:56 pm under Story
By Rachel Beaney
12.16pm.
OK, so I didn’t make it to Decipher Code 2020 at 11am. I’m in line for another session now. Instead, I ran to a few other friends and we headed to a few other Creative Nexus exhibitions which were really cool.
The first of which was a HeartBeat monitor. Accompanied with a video art installation, where Natasha Nolan, who created the project, was lying on a bed of nails, having recorded her heartbeat. We went into the room and, using an ultrasound device, had our heartbeat amplified throughout the room.
Bed of nails vid installation
I was hoping to see if we could sync our heartbeats due to the influence of the louder, more dominant heartbeat, but due to my heart murmur, all I could hear was this wishy-washy noise not unlike a whale dying. Continue Reading »
Published by Kate at August 11, 2009 11:43 am under Story
By Rachel Beaney
Rachel Beaney is a writer, geek and internerd, who has been working on the LiveFutures2020 site.
I’ll admit it: I’m a geek. I love robots, dinosaurs, comics, science, environmental science, Star Wars, and sci-fi (although, I confess, I haven’t seen the new Star Trek movie yet).
But, by nature, I’m more creative: I love to draw, write and just get messy with things like cardboard, glue and glitter. The combination of these two urges is why I’m personally so excited about the Live Futures Festival happening on August 15th. It appeals to the outright geek and the creative hands-on person in me.
The Live Futures Festival looks at the future: science, technology, environment, design – and zeroes in on the most innovative and creative ways we should be thinking now, to get ready for the future. So, what aspects am I really excited about Live Futures? Continue Reading »
