Finsbury Park Radiation Walk
Alessandra Scapin | 18.07.2012 10:43
Come to Finsbury Park this Saturday, 21 July, to explore radiation levels and discover what type of radiations we are exposed to on a daily basis.
You're invited to the Finsbury Park Radiation Walk this Saturday, 21 July, from 2-5pm.
Finsbury Park Radiation Walk
Dave Miller
Saturday 21 July 2012, 2-5pm
Futherfield Gallery, McKenzie Pavilion
Public exploratory radiation walk around Finsbury Park, measuring mobile phone radiation levels and discovering what type of radiations we are exposed to on a daily basis. As we walk, we will unravel a parallel, hidden story of the local area along with technical data and possible medical effects of the radiation. Participants will measure radiation levels, GPS positions and marked levels on a large map of the area, creating a collaborative artwork (poster sized map of local radiation) to be made available for display as part of the exhibition after the event.
About the Artist: Dave Miller is a South London based artist and currently a Research Fellow in Augmented Reality at the University of Bedfordshire. Through his art practice Dave draws out the invisible forces that make life difficult. His work is about caring and being angry, as an artist. His art enables him to express feelings about the world, to attempt to explain things in a meaningful, yet subjective way, and make complexed information accessible. Recurrent themes in his work are: human stories, injustices, contentious issues and campaigning. Recently he's been very bothered by the financial crisis.
Finsbury Park Radiation Walk is part of Invisible Forces at Furtherfield Gallery
http://www.furtherfield.org/programmes/events/finsbury-park-radiation-walk
Finsbury Park Radiation Walk
Dave Miller
Saturday 21 July 2012, 2-5pm
Futherfield Gallery, McKenzie Pavilion
Public exploratory radiation walk around Finsbury Park, measuring mobile phone radiation levels and discovering what type of radiations we are exposed to on a daily basis. As we walk, we will unravel a parallel, hidden story of the local area along with technical data and possible medical effects of the radiation. Participants will measure radiation levels, GPS positions and marked levels on a large map of the area, creating a collaborative artwork (poster sized map of local radiation) to be made available for display as part of the exhibition after the event.
About the Artist: Dave Miller is a South London based artist and currently a Research Fellow in Augmented Reality at the University of Bedfordshire. Through his art practice Dave draws out the invisible forces that make life difficult. His work is about caring and being angry, as an artist. His art enables him to express feelings about the world, to attempt to explain things in a meaningful, yet subjective way, and make complexed information accessible. Recurrent themes in his work are: human stories, injustices, contentious issues and campaigning. Recently he's been very bothered by the financial crisis.
Finsbury Park Radiation Walk is part of Invisible Forces at Furtherfield Gallery
http://www.furtherfield.org/programmes/events/finsbury-park-radiation-walk
Alessandra Scapin
e-mail:
info@furtherfield.org
Homepage:
http://furtherfield.org
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Pointer!
18.07.2012 11:27
Never will I purchase one!
Just as cigarette producers never marked their packets with the harm they cause,so too now with our new cancer addiction mobile phones.
Been around for a fair while campaigning,and back in the day we never needed mobiles before they existed!
Does not the site of a phone mast in beautiful areas cause any reaction to you the activists?
And what about the resources to produce them and the waste there after?
Good l;uck and nice one Dave Miller!!
Radio Active
danger
19.07.2012 20:14
Maybe we should ban Alarm clocks while we are at it, afterall 12 people died turning off alarm clocks last year. Thats 12 lives that could of been saved
Max
@ Max
22.07.2012 16:04
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