Artist Presentation - Artists using free Software
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Nancy Mauro-Flude | sister0
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A performer who works with experimental media and fine art. She manifests in Europe and Australasia and sometimes Sth-America. Her research includes meme-hacking, metaphysical networks, giving homage to the late 19th-early 20th century manifestations of the paranormal, political cabaret and the experiential worlds they carry in their wake. One of her latest projects *paraphernalia* exemplifies this, Gamepads are transformed into sensitive sonic objects, talisman, that among other things, control and triggers sound, like a radio transmission coming from elsewhere....
'a generative collision of net technology, riot grrl, dance, open source programming, vaudeville and the concerns of the psyche, her work weaves together transcendent practices of many kinds while feeding from the rot and beauty of contemporary daily life'. -Filter Magazine #59. 2005. Linda Dement
She is an Honorary Researcher at the School for Electronic Media, Slade School of Fine Art in London and founding member of Moddr_artlab WORM Rotterdam and currently doing a residency at SUBOTRON in MQ, Vienna.
**working methods:** In general I am working with free software because it removes the strict barrier between users and developers so therefore this software is very open to completely wild configurations, can be much more tailor made, much more specifically deployed, installed, configured than most proprietary software. You don't have to be a hardcore developer or programmer to build a custom application with free software.
I'll talk about the particular work *paraphernalia*, where I made a hardware and software application from Pure Data. I am performing with these tools at Cafe Storm in Linz on the eve of the 18 April !
I amalgamate unusual objects commonly seen as trash or paraphernalia, I take everyday objects and transform them,to act not only as theatrical props but functional tactile sonic emulators. I piece together odd things to perpetrate its mystery, but also give homage to the subjugated womens' history of paraphernalia.2.4ghz wireless circuit boards and game-pad stamps are hacked with analogue sensors then embedded into curiosa. These HID's interface with Pure Data graphical programming language, a live processing tool that is programmed to switch through sound tracks, trigger FX and cause glitches that is allowed by the information coming in from the motion sensors.
