A lecture by Marek Choloniewski
GPS-Art is a new art domain, is a new field of artistic activity based on the motion in an open, outdoor space. GPS-Art is the global interactive instrument used for setting up and processing of audio and video material. It integrates elements of audio-visual installation to be used for intermedia communication. All projects of GPS-Art are based on a large urban and open spaces. Projects are ready to be arranged and performed on land, water, air, underwater, as well as in outer space. All GPS-Art projects use GPS-12 device (Global Positioning System used for navigation), Internet, as a large net-instrument, as well as mobile phone technology. GPS-12 describes its own location reflected from the position of 12 satellites hanging above the Northern hemisphere of the globe. Originally GPS-12 is used for navigation and measures in an interactive was many topographic parameters, among others: latitude (from 10 meters through tousands of miles), speed and many others. All measurements are used as a starting points for many art projects of GPS-Art.
Since 2001 throuigh 2005 GPS-Art idea was realized by series of six GPS-Trans net-mobile-GPS performances.
The GPS-Trans 1 (part of http://krakow.cafe9.net) was realized on December 16 and 17, 2000 in form of online, live Internet composition. It combined four 3-hours blocks of 12 hours webcasting. Sixteen mobile phones transmitted sounds from different sectors of the very center of Krakow city. All of them were mixed and transformed live in a studio and sent individually through dedicated audio channel on web to be received with 14-16 seconds Internet Delay. Adding certain amount of audio feedback arranged Internet Wave. Those particular processes were used as a two principles of GPS-Trans 1 for DSP Internet manipulation. The project was also introduction to non-commercial web/radio station, using free and shareware software for art activity.
The GPS-Trans 2 has been performed on August 9, 2001 inbetween 9-10 P.M. and has formed the second part of the city sound and visual exploration, called „Audiovisual map of Krakow city“. Map of the town was used as a graphic score of the audio-visual composition. Position of the car moving through the city with the GPS-mobilephone system installaed was an original invention of the project. The car were used as a immanent element of the city, a large audio instrument. Selected regions between small (Planty) and big ring (Aleje) of the Krakow city was the field of GPS-Trans 2 exploration. Selected part of the city were divided for 63 small regions. Hundrets of most characteristic audio recordings from each region were loaded to the smapler/server to be captured live during the performance of the project. GPS-Trans 2 was webcasted live through Czech Internet Radio Jeleni.
GPS-Trans 3 was performed on December 2, 2002, with similar priniciples as GPS-Trans 2. However new visual forms were included to the project. The car moving over selected sectors of the city controlled live sounds from the passing places. The new element was the series of photos controlled live by the speed of the car. The interactive slide-show appeared on the webside of the project available for all web receivers of the performance of the car activity. The similar mirror system was installed in Chicago and running twin performances webcasted live inbetween Krakow and Chicago. GPS-Trans 3 was one of three European projects, part of Cathedral, multicontinental Internet project composed and performed over years by Williams Duckworth. (www.monroestreet.com/Cathedral).
All GPS-Trans 1-3 were projected live at the Bunkier Sztuki city gallery, public space.
GPS-Trans 4 was the turnng point in the whole GPS-Art series of performances. The Internet as a main projection and receiving area was exchanged to public space with live webcast over Internet. GPS-Trans 4 was prepared and performed at Krzysztofory Gallery in Krakow on June 30, 2003. The new video material was recorded through the set of four, synchronized digital moving cameras, fastened in the car, capturing front, back and both sides of the moving car. All synchronized recordings were interactively playing back through four video projectings on the four screens located in form of regular rectangular imitating the internal form of the car in the gallery. The audience get the opportunity to be active receiver of the interactive projection, controlled live by the car with its own coordinates obtained from GPS-laptop-mobilephone system inside the car.
Similar idea were arranged and performed during GPS-Ttrans 6 at the Ujazdowski Castle in Warsaw on December 9, 2005. Four video recordings (front, back, left and right sides of the car) were obtained by 4 synchronized digital movie cameras installaed inside the car moving over the streets of Warsaw city. The video and audio materials were projected on four screens (in form of rectagular block with front and back projection) exhibited at the Center for Contemporary Art Ujazdowski Castle next evening. All video and audio material were controlled live through GPS/mobile system isnatllaed in the same car exploring center of Warsaw city. Interaction between past and real recording resulted in the original and unique video and audio phase shifting, multichannel illusion of real/non-real space, continues overlap between prerecorded and live material. The GPS-Trans 6 team: Marek Chołoniewski, Marcin Wierzbicki, Jan Chołoniewski, Maciej Walczak.
GPS-Trans 5 was based on live video and live transmission from the car exploring Luxembourg city on January 2005. All the material were used in form of active 3-dimensional, audiovisual score for the live, semi-improvised performance of the ensemble of nine musicians performing concert live at the Bunkier Sztuki city gallery.
The following musicians and artists consisted the GPS-Trans 5 team:
Marek Choloniewski, Marcin Wierzbicki, Jan Choloniewski, Keir Neuringer, Gilad Roth, Sacha Pecaric, Tomek Choloniewski, Tomasz Nazarewicz, Krzysztof Iwanicki, Rafal Mazur, Lukasz Szlankiewicz.
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