WEEK 10 - Innovation in Presentation

The link to 'Roaming Sweets' by Anita Bacic & Natalie Woodlock, provided as inspiration for the development of our animation, was connected to a traveling exhibition called Portable Worlds 2nd Edition 2010, presented by Country Arts SA in partnership with The Australian Network for Art and Technology.

All works within the exhibition 'utilised mobile phones for both display and creation, exploring connection and intimacy, portability and community, scale and distance' (http://portableworlds.anat.org.au/). The mobile phone enables a vast proportion of human interactions as is an integral component of everyday life. In addition to this, the mobile phone is increasingly changing the landscape of digital art and how it is viewed. A mobile phone now has the necessary functions for creating and viewing digital artworks.

The mobile phone, as a means of presentation to an audience, negotiates any issues associated with getting the general public to physically attend galleries, especially small privately own galleries. This essentially enables any digitally produced artwork to be highly accessible to an audience of considerable breadth, with no constrained time period.

The mobile phone additionally holds a connection with the user, with individuals constantly interaction with the device it's almost like a relationship forms. This is an interesting environment for artists to consider when presenting their work.

Bellow is an image off the ANAP website that reveals the sense of intimacy when viewing artwork from a mobile phone: