Genetic Moo. PAPAY GYRO NIGHTS ART FESTIVAL 2012. papa westray. orkney

Star Maker was a science fiction novel written by Olaf Stapledon in 1937 which described the history of the entire universe and the fantastical alien species and civilizations that live in the future. One species called the Nautiloids evolved their snail like bodies into interstellar rowing boats and sailing ships. Our work consists of two elements:

THE NAUTILUS
An interactive video installation where the audience activates coloured particles which accumulate into the shell of a digital Nautilus. Over the course of the festival the shell records the Island's activity. Whatever its colour, the grotesque Nautilus will continue to scavenge for food.

THE NAUTILOID
With the help of the Islanders we will build a three dimensional boat shaped spiral surface in latex, string and wood. This will act as the screen for a carousel projector. The slides will also be made from found Island materials.

We're interested in the breadth of evolutionary development, the spirals of imagination and the slow accretion of detail. The work attempts to mine a rich seam between the physical and digital realms.

Genetic Moo

Nicola Schauerman graduated with an MA from the Lansdown Centre for Electronic Arts, Middlesex University in 2006. She is the founding member of the art group Genetic Moo, who have presented work at numerous British venues including the Tate Modern, Whitechapel Gallery, Exploding Cinema, Area10 and the Bargehouse, and at international film festivals in Venice, Munich and New York. Nicola has taught film and video production in Further Education since 2000.

Tim Pickup has worked in multi-media art and programming for over 10 years. He has produced short films, games and toys for the internet, electronic music and radio programmes. He received an MA in Digital Arts from Camberwell College of Arts in 2009.

Since 2006, Schauerman and Pickup have worked on a series of interactive video installations which have been presented at a number of UK venues, including the De La Warr Pavilion. One of the works, Becoming Starfish, received a John Lansdown Award for Interactive Digital Art at Eurographics 2007. We live in Peckham.

www.geneticmoo.com

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