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Articles by Giles Lane

Giles Lane is founder and co-director of Proboscis. He conceived of and developed the Diffusion eBook format with Paul Farrington and designed the Proboscis StoryCube.

Experiencing Democracy Workshop eBook by Year 4, Jenny Hammond Primary School
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Experiencing Democracy Workshop eBook by Year 4, Jenny Hammond Primary School

Experiencing Democracy Workshop eBook

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About : an eBook recording the activities and outcomes of the experiencing Democracy Workshop, Jenny Hammond Primary School, London June 2007. The contents were selected by the students of Year 4.

Published July 2007

Student Learning Diary for Experiencing Democracy Workshop by Loren Chasse, Giles Lane & Orlagh Woods
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Student Learning Diary for Experiencing Democracy Workshop by Loren Chasse, Giles Lane & Orlagh Woods

Student Learning Diary

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About : A learning diary for Year 4 students at Jenny Hammond Primary School to keep during the Experiencing Democracy Workshop, June 2007.

Published June 2007

Loren Chasse is a sound artist and educator based in San Francisco, California.

Giles Lane is founder and Co-Director of Proboscis.

Orlagh Woods works for Proboscis as part of the core team with particular responsibility for creative development and evaluation.

Dawson City Journals 2 by Alice Angus & Joyce Majiski
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Dawson City Journals 2 by Alice Angus & Joyce Majiski

Dawson City Journals 2

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About : Part 2 of a journal kept by Alice Angus and Joyce Majiski during their residency at Klondike International Arts Centre, Dawson, Yukon, Canada (January-February 2005).

Published June 2007

Alice Angus is an artist and is Co-Director of Proboscis.

Joyce Majiski is an artist, biologist, naturalist and guide whose work with printmaking, installations, artists books and video focuses on the natural world and relationships between nature and humans. Her recent projects include the groundbreaking Three Rivers project where the Canadian Parks and Wilderness Service invited prominent artists, writers and journalists to join native people on three simultaneous journeys along the Snake, the Wind, and the Bonnet Plume rivers. www.joycemajiski.com

Dawson City Journals 1 by Alice Angus & Joyce Majiski
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Dawson City Journals 1 by Alice Angus & Joyce Majiski

Dawson City Journals 1

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About : Part 1 of a journal kept by Alice Angus and Joyce Majiski during their residency at Klondike International Arts Centre, Dawson, Yukon, Canada (January-February 2005).

Published June 2007

Alice Angus is an artist and is Co-Director of Proboscis.

Joyce Majiski is an artist, biologist, naturalist and guide whose work with printmaking, installations, artists books and video focuses on the natural world and relationships between nature and humans. Her recent projects include the groundbreaking Three Rivers project where the Canadian Parks and Wilderness Service invited prominent artists, writers and journalists to join native people on three simultaneous journeys along the Snake, the Wind, and the Bonnet Plume rivers. www.joycemajiski.com

Enter Conference Day 1 Blog Posts by Sean Dodson
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Enter Conference Day 1 Blog Posts by Sean Dodson

Enter Conference Day 1 Blog Posts

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About : blog posts by Guardian writer, Sean Dodson collated from the first day of the Enter Conference, Cambridge, April 2007 as part of Proboscis’ Public Authoring Zone.

Published April 2007

Sean Dodson is a writer and journalist for The Guardian.

Enter Conference Participant eNotebook by Proboscis
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Enter Conference Participant eNotebook by Proboscis

Enter Conference Participant eNotebook

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About : a participant eNotebook for conference delegates to record and share their experiences at Enter Conference, Cambridge, April 2007 made by Proboscis as part of the Public Authoring Zone.

Published April 2007

Proboscis is an artist-led creative studio based in London, UK.

My Learning eNotebook by Kevin Harris
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My Learning eNotebook by Kevin Harris

My Learning eNotebook

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About : a sample learning eNotebook for a UK Online Centre project.

Published April 2007

Kevin Harris is a community development consultant and writer (Local Level). He blogs on neighbourhoods, neighbourliness, social capital and life at local level.

MA Spatial Design Workshop, Ravensbourne College by Giles Lane
November 11, 2006 – 11:33 am | One Comment
MA Spatial Design Workshop, Ravensbourne College by Giles Lane

MA Spatial Design Workshop

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About : a visual record of a spatial design workshop run by Giles Lane with MA students at Ravensbourne College of Design, London in November 2006

Published November 2006

Giles Lane is the founder and Co-Director of Proboscis.

Landscape: Return • Dispersal • Circulation by Kathryn Yusoff
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Landscape: Return • Dispersal • Circulation by Kathryn Yusoff

Landscape

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About to come

Published October 2006

Kathryn Yusoff is an artist and Lecturer in Human (and Non-Human) Geography at Exeter University.

Constructing Place: When artists and archaeologists meet by John Schofield
October 11, 2006 – 10:36 am | One Comment
Constructing Place: When artists and archaeologists meet by John Schofield

Constructing Place

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About : Art and archaeological practice are closer than some might think. Some artists work with archaeological material, and will interpret archaeological sites through a diversity of approaches and media – musical composition, performance, photography and video installations for example. For some archaeologists, landscape art and sculpture is (or quickly becomes) archaeological. Even the processes overlap: archaeological fieldwork can be considered performance art; while the very creation of artistic works reflects that of archaeological records, of material cultures – ‘incavation’, as well as excavation. In this book, these areas of overlap are assessed specifically in the context of artists and archaeologists working with and from places of recent conflict, places which are now widely accepted as part of the cultural heritage, and as archaeological sites and landscapes.

Published October 2006

John Schofield – Following a PhD in prehistoric archaeology, John Schofield has turned his archaeological lens on the ‘contemporary past’, the world we ourselves have helped shape and form in our everyday lives. Much of this work has concerned military archaeology – from individual bunkers to vast militarised landscapes. But more recently these interests have extended to the wider social and political landscapes. In undertaking this work John has developed a particular interest in the close proximity of archaeological and artistic practices, and in anthropology and cultural geography. Numerous of his projects – in Nevada, Malta and Berlin – include elements of all of these. John has worked for English Heritage since 1989. He is also a visiting lecturer in archaeology at the University of Southampton, and a visiting fellow at the University of Bristol.

Urban Time Travel: Odd-Lots and Floating Islands by Lisa LeFeuvre
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Urban Time Travel: Odd-Lots and Floating Islands by Lisa LeFeuvre

Urban Time Travel

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About : an essay about Gordon Matta-Clark and Robert Smithson’s urban intervention projects.

Published October 2006

Lisa LeFeuvre is a writer and curator.

No Words by David Key
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No Words by David Key

No Words

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About to come

Published October 2006

David Key biog to come

Caesura: Cyprus • Kibris • Kypros by Jim Harold
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Caesura: Cyprus • Kibris • Kypros by Jim Harold

Caesura

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About to come

Published October 2006

Jim Harold is an artist.

Spaces and Places of Convergence by Anne Galloway
October 10, 2006 – 9:50 pm | One Comment
Spaces and Places of Convergence by Anne Galloway

Spaces and Places of Convergence

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About to come

Published October 2006

Anne Galloway is an anthropologist and teaches at Carleton University, Ottowa, Canada.

Paths for a Listener by Loren Chasse
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Paths for a Listener by Loren Chasse

Paths for a Listener

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About to come

Published October 2006

Loren Chasse is a sound artist and educator based in San Francisco.

Single Step Guide to Success – Day Planning by Heath Bunting
October 10, 2006 – 7:55 pm | One Comment
Single Step Guide to Success – Day Planning by Heath Bunting

Single Step Guide to Success

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About : a guide to day planning.

Published October 2006

Heath Bunting was born a Buddhist in Wood Green, London, UK and is able to make himself laugh. He is a co-founder of both net.art and sport-art movements and is banned for life from entering the USA for his anti GM work. His self taught and authentically independent work is direct and uncomplicated and has never been awarded a prize or been bought or sold. He is both Britain’s most important practising artist and The World’s most famous computer artist. He aspires to be a skillful member of the public and is producing an expert system for identity mutation.
http://irational.org/heath/

Everyday Archaeology Student Learning Diary by Loren Chasse, Giles Lane & Orlagh Woods
June 8, 2006 – 3:40 pm | One Comment
Everyday Archaeology Student Learning Diary by Loren Chasse, Giles Lane & Orlagh Woods

Everyday Archaeology Student Learning Diary

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Abstract : an eNotebook learning diary created for Year 4 students at Jenny Hammond Primary school during the Everyday Archaeology project, June 2006, as part of Social Tapestries.

Published June 2006

Loren Chasse is a sound artist and educator based in San Francisco, California.

Giles Lane is founder and Co-Director of Proboscis.

Orlagh Woods works for Proboscis as part of the core team with particular responsibility for creative development and evaluation.

Design Management: a reinterpretation on the theme of Modes of Production and Design Hacking by Otto von Busch & Karl Palmas
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Design Management: a reinterpretation on the theme of Modes of Production and Design Hacking by Otto von Busch & Karl Palmas

Design Management

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About to come

Published May 2006

bios to come

St Marks Housing Coop eNotebook by Proboscis
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St Marks Housing Coop eNotebook by Proboscis

St Marks Housing Coop eNotebook

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About : an eNotebook created for the St Marks Housing Coop Social Tapestries project.

Published January 2006

Proboscis is an artist-led creative studio. The creative team on this project included Alice Angus, Camilla Brueton, Giles Lane and Orlagh Woods.

Robotic Feral Public Authoring: Pollution Mapping Workshop by Proboscis
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Robotic Feral Public Authoring: Pollution Mapping Workshop by Proboscis

Pollution Mapping Workshop

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About : an eBook documenting the outcomes of the Pollution Mapping Workshop on London Fields held at Space Media in November 2005. Created for the Social Tapestries project, Robotic Feral Public Authoring.

Published November 2005

Proboscis is an artist-led studio. The creative team on this project included Alice Angus, Camilla Brueton, Giles Lane & Orlagh Woods.

Havelock Community Mapping eNoteBook by Proboscis
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Havelock Community Mapping eNoteBook by Proboscis

Havelock eNoteBook

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About : an eNotebook for residents of the Havelock Estate to record and share information, stories or memories etc about the local environment. Created by Proboscis as part of our Social Tapestries project, Conversations and Connections (2005-06), funded by the Ministry of Justice.

Published November 2005

Proboscis is an artist-led studio. The creative team on this project included Alice Angus, Camilla Brueton, Kevin Harris, Giles Lane & Orlagh Woods.

Robotic Feral Public Authoring: Pollution Sensing eNotebook by Proboscis
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Robotic Feral Public Authoring: Pollution Sensing eNotebook by Proboscis

Pollution Sensing eNotebook

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About : an eNotebook created by Proboscis for a community workshop on pollution sensing in London Fields, held at Space Media in November 2005. The workshop was part of the Social Tapestries project, Robotic Feral Public Authoring.

Published November 2005

Proboscis is an artist-led studio. The creative team on this project included Alice Angus, Camilla Brueton, Giles Lane & Orlagh Woods.

Aerial Stories: notes about gravity, bodies and the view out the window by Louise K Wilson
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Aerial Stories: notes about gravity, bodies and the view out the window by Louise K Wilson

Aerial Stories:

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Published November 2005

Louise K Wilson is a visual artist, whose work includes installations, sound pieces and videos. Recent works spring from a curiosity about how flight affects our physiological states and psychological selves. She has participated in an experiment in zero gravity, co-opted a team of air traffic controllers in formation cycling on the runway at Newcastle Airport and been a passenger in an aerobatics plane looping the loop. Her research has involved associations with Montreal Neurological Institute, the Science Museum, the Yuri Gagarin Cosmonaut Training facility in Moscow, the RSPB and the Tyne and Wear Fire and Rescue Service.

Confluences, Influences, Passages by Joyce Majiski
November 11, 2005 – 10:22 am | One Comment
Confluences, Influences, Passages by Joyce Majiski

Confluences, Influences, Passages

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About : Confluences, Interfaces and Passages, on the meeting of things and the spaces between
This eBook by Canadian visual artist Joyce Majiski, is a glimpse of her musings, observations and far fetched connections made between the Yukon wild landscape and inner city London, England.

Published November 2005

Joyce Majiski is an artist, biologist, naturalist and guide whose work with printmaking, installations, artists books and video focuses on the natural world and relationships between nature and humans. Her recent projects include the groundbreaking Three Rivers project where the Canadian Parks and Wilderness Service invited prominent artists, writers and journalists to join native people on three simultaneous journeys along the Snake, the Wind, and the Bonnet Plume rivers. www.joycemajiski.com

Cross-bills by Hayden Lorimer & Kate Foster
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Cross-bills by Hayden Lorimer & Kate Foster

Cross-bills

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Published November 2005

Kate Foster is the Leverhulme Artist in Residence in the Department of Geographical and Earth Sciences at the University of Glasgow. In addition to her practice as an artist she is also a lay member of the University Biodiversity Working Party. Her research involves making tangential environmental histories, mainly through the recoverable biographies of particular specimens in natural history collections; re-working classic museum habitat dioramas in the context of current human and physical geographical thinking. Her current projects include “BioGeoGraphies” a project drawing upon concerns within Geographical and Earth Sciences as well as Biological Science.

Dr Hayden Lorimer is a lecturer in the Department of Geographical and Earth Sciences at the University of Glasgow whose research focuses on Scotland in the past century exploring the geographical dimensions of landscape, nature, fieldwork, science, memory, mobility and biography. His ongoing research projects include; Hinterland: a cultural geography of biography, supported by an award from the AHRB, drawing the concept of biography into dialogue with cultural geography: and Pedestrian geographies: walking, knowing and placing Scotland’s mountains, supported by the ESRC, casts Scotland’s mountains as complex, hybrid spaces where people negotiate relationships with the natural environment.

Sound Scavenger eNotebook by Loren Chasse, Giles Lane & Orlagh Woods
July 8, 2005 – 4:05 pm | One Comment
Sound Scavenger eNotebook by Loren Chasse, Giles Lane & Orlagh Woods

Sound Scavenger eNotebook

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About : an eNotebook created for students at Jenny Hammond Primary School for the Sound Scavenging Social Tapestries project, June 2005.

Published July 2005

Loren Chasse is a sound artist and educator based in San Francisco, California.

Giles Lane is founder and Co-Director of Proboscis.

Orlagh Woods works for Proboscis as part of the core team with particular responsibility for creative development and evaluation.

Labours of Location: acting in the pervasive media space by Minna Tarkka
June 11, 2005 – 10:43 am | 2 Comments
Labours of Location: acting in the pervasive media space by Minna Tarkka

Labours of Location

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Published June 2005

Minna Tarkka is a researcher, critic and producer. She is director of m-cult, centre for new media culture in Helsinki. This article is a work-in-progress version of a chapter in her doctoral dissertation Performing new media.

Separate Spaces: some cognitive dimensions of movement by Scott deLahunta
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Separate Spaces: some cognitive dimensions of movement by Scott deLahunta

Separate Spaces

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About : Drawing observations from a pilot arts and science research project (Choreography and Cognition 2004/05) this essay explores connections between choreographic processes and the study of movement and the brain/ mind. It describes some of the productive relationships that emerged from the intersection between the different perspectives, vocabularies and understandings shared during this project, and how these can inform creative thinking in a range of practices.

Published June 2005

Scott deLahunta works from his base in Amsterdam as a researcher, writer, consultant and organiser on a wide range of international projects bringing performing arts into conjunction with other disciplines and practices. He is an Associate Research Fellow at Dartington College of Arts, Research Fellow with the Art Theory and Research and Art Practice and Development Research Group, Amsterdam School for the Arts, and Affiliated Researcher with Crucible (Cambridge University Network for Interdisciplinary Research). He lectures on the Amsterdam Master in Choreography and serves on the editorial boards of Performance Research, Dance Theatre Journal and the International Journal of Performance and Digital Media.

On Spatial Perception by Nina Czegledy
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On Spatial Perception by Nina Czegledy

On Spatial Perception

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Published June 2005

Nina Czegledy, media artist, curator and writer, has collaborated on international projects, produced digital works and has lead and participated in workshops, forums and festivals worldwide. Resonance Electromagenticbodies, Digitized Bodies Virtual Spectacles and the Aurora projects reflect her art and science interest. She exhibited as part of ICOLS and showed with the Girls and Guns Collective. Czegledy curated and presented internationally numerous media art programs. Points of Entry an Australian/New Zealand digital arts collaboration was initiated by Czegledy. Her academic lectures lead to publications in books and journals in Europe, North and South America and Asia. Czegledy is the president of Critical Media, Senior Fellow of KMDI, University of Toronto, Assooiate Adjunct Professor, Studio Arts, Concordia University, Honorary Fellow of the Moholy Nagy University of Art & Design, co-chair of the Leonardo Education Forum and member of Leonardo SpaceArt Network. She has been appointed by the UNESCO DigiArts Portal as a Key Advisor and is a moderator of Leonardo’s Yasmin group. Nina Czegledy is the outgoing Chair of the Inter Society for Electronic Arts.

Stirring Still – The city soul and its metaspaces by Raoul Bunschoten
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Stirring Still – The city soul and its metaspaces by Raoul Bunschoten

Stirring Still

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Published June 2005

Raoul Bunschoten is an architect, educator and director of Chora Research.