VIEWERS FLIP THROUGH THE PAGES OF AN ARTIST'S NOTEBOOK TRANSFORMED INTO WALL-SIZED PROJECTED IMAGES

The Notebook Project

CREATED BY
ISABELLA STEFANESCU (ARTISTIC DIRECTOR)
NICK STORRING (COMPOSER & INTERFACE PROGRAMMER)
ROB GORBET (INTERFACE DESIGNER)
NATHAN SALIWONCHYCK (ANIMATOR & VIDEOGRAPHER)

The Notebook Project began in Isabella Stefanescu's studio during a discussion with KW|AG curator Allan MacKay regarding the content and significance of notebooks to an artist's practice. From these initial musings a collaborative project was born under the artistic direction of Isabella Stefanescu. This collaborative image, sound and interactive project creates a public context for the private mark-making and notations of an artist and provides a window into the artistic process.

An image-sound-viewer interface was developed that allows the notebook to become an architectural space. The narrative sequence and sound are controlled and influenced by the viewer. The notebook page becomes a wall and the sense of touch is replaced by the self-awareness of the viewer's presence in architectural space.