by: Paul Kaiser & Shelley Eshkar, film still from
Hide-and-seek, 2005
www.openendedgroup.com
Hide-and-seek runs daily from dark until sunrise.
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Atlanta Celebrates Photography (ACP) supports the Atlanta art community by working to establish Atlanta as one of the top international cities for photography. ACP presents an annual photography festival with a series of programs designed to nurture and support photographers, educate and engage collectors, promote diverse photography venues, and enrich the city’s overall cultural scene. This year’s festival will be held throughout the month of October.
Starting on Oct. 20, Hide-and-Seek, a public art installation that explores the city of Atlanta not as it is seen but as it is imagined, will be on display in Atlantic Station. The work evokes two children as they play hide-and-seek in the make-believe urban geography of their imaginations, bringing the city to a new kind of life. Each child has a camera to frame and capture the city, and each other, as they cavort among the city's landmarks. The virtual children are constructed in digital 3D and animated by motion-captured movement. The city, also virtual, is built from 3D models of the topography and architecture of Atlanta. The imagery balances abstraction and recognition in a kind of perceptual hide-and-seek of its own. It will be on display until Nov. 20.
| Atlanta Celebrates Photography announces two special events with Paul Kaiser and Shelley Eshkar, creators of the public art project Hide-and-seek.
Thursday, November 17, 5:00 p.m.
Georgia Tech campus
Check ACP website for final location
Paul Kaiser, Shelley Eshkar, and Marc Downie, known collectively as OpenEnded Group, will discuss their public art works, their collaboration, and their use of technology. After the presentation, Georgia Tech professors Andrew Uroskie and Michael Mateas will lead a discussion on art, technology, and the possibilities of artificial intelligence in art.
Friday, November 18, 6:30 p.m.
Atlantic Station
The intersection of Atlantic Drive and 19th Street. Visible from the cinema.
Gather in front of the installation to hear Paul Kaiser and Shelley Eshkar discuss their experience researching and creating Hide-and-seek, as well as their final ideas about the project.
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Hide-and-seek was sponsored by the Fulton County Arts Council Public Art Program and Atlantic Station. |
