frequency clock - gallery installation - [ eaf v.0.0.2 ]

 

in september 1999 a full version of the frequency clock was installed at the experimental art foundation in adelaide, australia. the installation formed a part of the UNIVERSE exhibition.

in this manifestation, r a d i o q u a l i a wished to create a map of timezones, represented by radio. each net.radio stream was from a different part of the world. each link in the chain of computer + transmitters was intended as a physical representation of a discrete step in time zones.

the space between transmitters, represented the transition between time zones. by traversing this space while wearing an FM radio receiver headset tuned to the mini-FM broadcast frequency, the audience participants becomes part of a global net.radio tuning mechanism.

 

 

the installation was installed on 6 director series power macintoshes. distributed throughout the gallery. 6 transmitter-receiver modules transmitting locally on high-frequency radio were utlised, providing more reliable transmission than in previous beta phases of the installation.

 

 

the installation was funded by the new media arts fund of the australia council and artsSA, and received additional support from ngapartji multimedia centre.

featured net.radio stations in frequency clock [eaf v.0.0.2] were:

- l'audible, australia

- radio ozone, latvia

- convex tv, germany

- interface pirate radio, uk

- backspace radio, uk

- r a d i o q u a l i a , australia

 
[ aec98 v.0.0.1 beta ]   Ars Electronica, Linz, Austria, 98  
[ vp00 v.0.0.3 ]   Video Positive, Liverpool, UK, 00  
[ sNr v.0.1 ]   Sonar, Barcelona, Spain, 01