https://amyboulton.info Amy Boulton Tue, 17 Mar 2026 07:50:54 +0000 https://amyboulton.info en https://amyboulton.info/Home Wed, 27 Mar 2019 19:18:43 +0000 Amy Boulton https://amyboulton.info/Home ︎ ︎ ︎&nbsp;︎ ︎ Amy Boulton &nbsp;&nbsp; About&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;CV&nbsp; https://amyboulton.info/CULT-of-the-Cyberpunks Tue, 17 Mar 2026 07:50:54 +0000 Amy Boulton https://amyboulton.info/CULT-of-the-Cyberpunks ︎︎︎ CULT of the Cyberpunks: Exploring drag performance in XR Currently ongoing (March-April 2026) click through image to read more <img width="2000" height="1125" width_o="2000" height_o="1125" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/657d93766110dfc0c419487cee4b498d9a75c79fd6e2e4d3cc7eeaae94f6d292/FBBanner_CyberPunks.png" data-mid="246138551" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/657d93766110dfc0c419487cee4b498d9a75c79fd6e2e4d3cc7eeaae94f6d292/FBBanner_CyberPunks.png" /> https://amyboulton.info/De-alskande-The-Lovers Tue, 03 Feb 2026 09:09:54 +0000 Amy Boulton https://amyboulton.info/De-alskande-The-Lovers ︎︎︎ De älskande / The Lovers (2026) Location-based mobile AR Digital re-memorialisation of the young women depicted in the 1945 sculpture Systrarna in Södermalm&nbsp; Download the free Meadow app to see on-site Mosebacke Torg, Stockholm. Click through the title or image to see the full project page on Meadow. <img width="963" height="720" width_o="963" height_o="720" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/44e370c02c7223753da1b41411f1b251e6df11e3f88c7007d0ebee8c789b6c91/Lovers-UI-mockup.png" data-mid="244362611" border="0" data-scale="100" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/963/i/44e370c02c7223753da1b41411f1b251e6df11e3f88c7007d0ebee8c789b6c91/Lovers-UI-mockup.png" /> https://amyboulton.info/Data-Intimacies Tue, 24 Nov 2020 18:11:37 +0000 Amy Boulton https://amyboulton.info/Data-Intimacies ︎︎︎ Data Intimacies is an ongoing artistic research project with multiple outputs. Click through the links to read more: Training Set (2022)&nbsp; <img width="3863" height="3869" width_o="3863" height_o="3869" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/3bdb5fe0d87453e00474b3f4d49a03f2e508dd314a2e891ce103b5b1ed979cbd/OH-NOVEMBER-2022c-Elisa-Georgi-2022-28square.jpg" data-mid="222894956" border="0" data-scale="48" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/3bdb5fe0d87453e00474b3f4d49a03f2e508dd314a2e891ce103b5b1ed979cbd/OH-NOVEMBER-2022c-Elisa-Georgi-2022-28square.jpg" /> Mia - Your personal Assistant (2023) <img width="424" height="424" width_o="424" height_o="424" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/6043575715502ce04d112b5ab7ce5e62ddc903699105fd9b7e5dde7e091d27df/lips-in-circle-XS.jpg" data-mid="186129462" border="0" data-scale="100" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/424/i/6043575715502ce04d112b5ab7ce5e62ddc903699105fd9b7e5dde7e091d27df/lips-in-circle-XS.jpg" /> My Companion (2024) <img width="1441" height="1441" width_o="1441" height_o="1441" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/edb980ace570eb83df2b8a723c36b239bcc99fc58a8525f28925717c42898002/MyCompanionInstallationViewSquare.jpg" data-mid="222894280" border="0" data-scale="56" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/edb980ace570eb83df2b8a723c36b239bcc99fc58a8525f28925717c42898002/MyCompanionInstallationViewSquare.jpg" /> Your Tough Love Friend - a therapy bot (2024) <img width="1032" height="1032" width_o="1032" height_o="1032" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ca55db1ae9680b313bd8459c9181734f5b470e36533d04679aaa152b21d6f693/toughlovefriendregular.png" data-mid="218869672" border="0" data-scale="49" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/ca55db1ae9680b313bd8459c9181734f5b470e36533d04679aaa152b21d6f693/toughlovefriendregular.png" /> Data Intimacies: Love and self-help in an age of automation (2024) <img width="555" height="790" width_o="555" height_o="790" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/9631bf578bd60b189eee42de2e229acdaee5b635322692e9d73a3f9799bf4b71/Screenshot-2025-01-09-134958.png" data-mid="239206098" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/555/i/9631bf578bd60b189eee42de2e229acdaee5b635322692e9d73a3f9799bf4b71/Screenshot-2025-01-09-134958.png" /> https://amyboulton.info/Emotional-Support-Karaoke-Bot Mon, 02 Dec 2024 09:04:44 +0000 Amy Boulton https://amyboulton.info/Emotional-Support-Karaoke-Bot ︎︎︎ Emotional Support Karaoke Bot (2024) Interactive performance shown at 1,2,3 Playtime! Group exhibition, Inter Arts Center, Malmö 2024 By Amy Boulton, Inês A. Sério and Jon Nicklas Lundberg &nbsp; As your body double duet partner, the Emotional Support Karaoke bot helps overcome karaoke stage fright one step at a time. Choose a level of difficulty to start your session with: easy-peasy, peek-a-boo (medium) or showtime! (hard).&nbsp; <img width="3508" height="4961" width_o="3508" height_o="4961" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f5e6855c2e7699a60ad75d8c7f86d76ac696a2607f29f53aa863d9ab08508e3b/Poster-Epi-for-publication.png" data-mid="222725954" border="0" data-scale="84" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/f5e6855c2e7699a60ad75d8c7f86d76ac696a2607f29f53aa863d9ab08508e3b/Poster-Epi-for-publication.png" /> The project’s catalyst was the 1, 2, 3 Playtime session at IAC “Introduction to the use of the humanoid robot Epi in ongoing cognitive research” by Birger Johansson, Director of the Cognitive Robotics Lab at Lund University. Epi’s humanoid design is quite loveable and childlike, with a disproportionately large head and eyes. These physical attributes worked well for our recasting of Epi as an “emotional support” karaoke companion, as its likeable appearance signals to the audience/performers that it is trustworthy and friendly. <img width="4912" height="7360" width_o="4912" height_o="7360" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c696a4d865290ca44d2c93aebb0d589d96477f1ba0d318b0ad8d06fa68b4dddc/10_MA230142.JPG" data-mid="222726117" border="0" data-scale="95" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/c696a4d865290ca44d2c93aebb0d589d96477f1ba0d318b0ad8d06fa68b4dddc/10_MA230142.JPG" /> The robot itself gains animacy and personality when it moves to the beat and appears to sing in a dramatic way, occasionally throwing its head back in the heat of the moment as if it is experiencing the emotions of the song. <img src="https://lh7-rt.googleusercontent.com/docsz/AD_4nXdE_wEHWrJ--tXxiyoBd7zF2LZDMWnX3Z6hoI5FrwgHavjapbrmIaex5IBWam537tnf6IgOurwwbrI9ocj-KY9zkZx8C6ex_MuvRvppUS3vf5YPmwEZWRdzqKzDF5rrTQwODnWR-YGuthwAgcOZjy4?key=kcCCioyErZg9T-Fl9EBSAnTD" width="440" height="656" style="width: 440px; height: 656px;" data-scale="100"> In the first level, Easy-Peasy, the participant can choose to be completely hidden while the humanoid bot mimes along to their voice in front of the crowd. Sound from the singer’s mic acts as a data input that causes the bot’s mouth to light up. Likewise, the input was customised so that sustaining a loud note causes the bot’s eyes to glow red, and it would bop its head along to the music. <img src="https://lh7-rt.googleusercontent.com/docsz/AD_4nXfm-AkgY6kGQ_qyeyf3IK59ipK0o_fLALSH7iA9CNJWCy_lynJ6niU5-ZKP6sprNKqtV0OGNXuUFUaUhLfjH6RRVHZy_f5dttual0NgZRuVqs463XNZ65tIGn0f0PC7vBfkkSx62VaJ3Zla48kITzQ?key=kcCCioyErZg9T-Fl9EBSAnTD" width="696" height="391" style="width: 442.854px; height: 248.787px;" data-scale="100"> <img src="https://lh7-rt.googleusercontent.com/docsz/AD_4nXe6xFsv-arz7vk66EAvbZCmEPNH9kF-Mm6BXTjj6DQC96QZtmEM9pm63mAU4tetGxWvK9IIkDjOnkQX7ufafQ_gzq_0F2pKt-LCeiOuM5TcKmtxXnIKKEaGnfAFicD7hjyrBWYutjId4DEEezBBRLk?key=kcCCioyErZg9T-Fl9EBSAnTD" width="459" height="686" style="width: 438.426px; height: 655.251px;" data-scale="99"> If the participant feels a bit braver, they can progress to Peek-a-Boo, an intermediate level where the participant is almost hidden, only the head pokes out from behind the curtain. All this training leads to the ultimate level: Showtime! Here, the participant takes centre stage and sings alongside the emotional support karaoke bot, appearing as a duo. <img src="https://lh7-rt.googleusercontent.com/docsz/AD_4nXcbxL2XmuJ_--70ltgtSN0xVnVhsCMWc55P08nxi3sj0kxjvufNzlumvUPtRkGZOaHJ4cCB9wubJrQR5sT34NRKmFuyWCX0DNwvM-h8qdkYcAad7WfIWI7y-x14XjEEH-njszVwypNesDY__BqMf-I?key=kcCCioyErZg9T-Fl9EBSAnTD" width="579" height="384" style="width: 371.998px; height: 246.713px;" data-scale="84"> Featured in Lundagård newspaper: “Forskare testar robot för att bota scenskräck”, Lundagård, April 23, 2024 <img width="7360" height="4912" width_o="7360" height_o="4912" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/734d918a8035194892e10d2e3f141c51aaba0b6f39d9b21d4322e5f292c35781/11_MA23014.JPG" data-mid="222726967" border="0" data-scale="86" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/734d918a8035194892e10d2e3f141c51aaba0b6f39d9b21d4322e5f292c35781/11_MA23014.JPG" /> Images courtesty of Magnus Pålsson https://amyboulton.info/Life-Loops Tue, 06 Jun 2023 17:41:48 +0000 Amy Boulton https://amyboulton.info/Life-Loops ︎︎︎ Life Loops (2023) A collective non-human journey Urban role-play game by artists and social/game designers and researchers: Alex Brown, Johannes Equizi, Matilde Patuelli, Ludwig Küster, Amy Boulton, Balint Mark Turi, Kiprianos Skafidas&nbsp; Video by Matilde Patuelli &nbsp; <img width="2000" height="1334" width_o="2000" height_o="1334" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/12de3845adc3b939b017a2c028e139e381e7dd4022377ad356bd85640552b2cd/lifeloops-elevsis.jpg" data-mid="186421138" border="0" data-scale="100" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/12de3845adc3b939b017a2c028e139e381e7dd4022377ad356bd85640552b2cd/lifeloops-elevsis.jpg" /> Life Loops is a short urban role-play game about how ecosystems interact and change through time. The game encourages players to de-centre the human perspective and to embrace complexity, chance and non-binary thinking. It is played around a public square or a block with four stops in a loop, starting and ending at the same place. Participants play a character while walking down a street with others, using prompts to explore and interact as that character. Prompts relate to how their character moves, communicates, and interacts with space. To start, all players randomly select a character from the container who they will play until the first stop. The prompts can be held and looked at during play and character badges are attached to player’s clothes. Each part of the journey ends when the facilitator announces: “A long period of time passes”. When you players hear this, they walk to the next stop, put character badges back into the container and randomly select a new one for the next part of the journey until the full loop is completed. The game is open source: it can be played and edited by any group in any urban space. Download a full set of printable instructions, character badges and prompt cards here: English Greek <img width="960" height="640" width_o="960" height_o="640" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c1bd8ed413fbf1edacec5b1f13b7f00a3461c9431f6ecc2c80f6d3473ea234b7/lifeloops-elevsis2.jpg" data-mid="186421139" border="0" data-scale="100" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/960/i/c1bd8ed413fbf1edacec5b1f13b7f00a3461c9431f6ecc2c80f6d3473ea234b7/lifeloops-elevsis2.jpg" /><img width="2000" height="1334" width_o="2000" height_o="1334" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/6a4efce38d4334b5bcd8fec89b27c3843148d60ebbde22d4ee472e544657b296/20230722_TrustInPlay_286.jpg" data-mid="186764101" border="0" data-scale="74" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/6a4efce38d4334b5bcd8fec89b27c3843148d60ebbde22d4ee472e544657b296/20230722_TrustInPlay_286.jpg" /> <img width="2000" height="1334" width_o="2000" height_o="1334" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/612a9be6dcbc24614073e6c56bb86542fa181f5f3ca5c444865d849845296bc7/20230722_TrustInPlay_288.jpg" data-mid="186764102" border="0" data-scale="74" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/612a9be6dcbc24614073e6c56bb86542fa181f5f3ca5c444865d849845296bc7/20230722_TrustInPlay_288.jpg" /> Doucumentation of playtest in Elevsis courtesy of Trust in Play / Aris Kamarotos. Creative Commons Licensed <img width="2000" height="1334" width_o="2000" height_o="1334" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/6f9d0197808a43574a162d610bbf18084a75552c5b3868e89701155fb92336ea/20230722_TrustInPlay_205.jpg" data-mid="186764571" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/6f9d0197808a43574a162d610bbf18084a75552c5b3868e89701155fb92336ea/20230722_TrustInPlay_205.jpg" />&nbsp;Image courtesy of Trust in Play and Aris Kamarotos with Creative Commons. This work was created in Athens in the context of Trust in Play school of urban game design: The Elefsina Cycles for Elevsis European capital of culture 2023. A full game set in Greek and English was gifted as part of an urban games “Pommegrenade” bundle to the people of Elevsis after presenting and playtesting our games with them. https://amyboulton.info/Sun-Prints Wed, 26 Jul 2023 11:12:34 +0000 Amy Boulton https://amyboulton.info/Sun-Prints ︎︎︎ Sun prints (2023) Series of cyanotype and solarfast prints on deadstock/upcycled fabrics and paper: Dent de Lion / Tooth of the Lion Water Winter Wonderland Spirit of Detroit <img width="2048" height="1369" width_o="2048" height_o="1369" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c6db358e88bbd88bb3e376206db015308b2622101cfbc40b3f3523d45b62ee46/Shared-from-Lightroom-mobile30.jpg" data-mid="186139025" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/c6db358e88bbd88bb3e376206db015308b2622101cfbc40b3f3523d45b62ee46/Shared-from-Lightroom-mobile30.jpg" />Popps Emporium, Hamtramck Michigan In Michigan people use the palm of their hand to indicate the location of places, since the largest land mass of the state resembles a hand. The palm image, the “Spirit of Detroit” city logo, the old English style Detroit “D” typeface, Michigan’s licence plate slogan “Water Winter Wonderland” as well as local wild plant life were used as source material and remixed in this series of one-off cyanotype and solarfast prints, produced in the style of tourist merchandise. <img width="1369" height="2048" width_o="1369" height_o="2048" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/df21e771a6c727c061cc9038ff28d5cef2bfdab9b9514d9bacb0ad13ae6d5539/Shared-from-Lightroom-mobile22.jpg" data-mid="186140538" border="0" data-scale="64" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/df21e771a6c727c061cc9038ff28d5cef2bfdab9b9514d9bacb0ad13ae6d5539/Shared-from-Lightroom-mobile22.jpg" /><img width="2048" height="1369" width_o="2048" height_o="1369" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d6610fc507f74bc33cd048ded9a3841b2edf5f7de8b0d930550e7abaebaffe0c/Water_Winter_Wonderland_Paper.jpg" data-mid="189297041" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/d6610fc507f74bc33cd048ded9a3841b2edf5f7de8b0d930550e7abaebaffe0c/Water_Winter_Wonderland_Paper.jpg" />Guests at the open studio were invited to complete their own “Water Winter Wonderland” Michigan-themed cyanotype print using their left hand. <img width="2048" height="1369" width_o="2048" height_o="1369" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/134996d7130ed13b8999a2dc5a961cc7e75863ff3008113031a2a9263291b3bb/Shared-from-Lightroom-mobile13.jpg" data-mid="186140833" border="0" data-scale="73" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/134996d7130ed13b8999a2dc5a961cc7e75863ff3008113031a2a9263291b3bb/Shared-from-Lightroom-mobile13.jpg" /> <img width="2048" height="1369" width_o="2048" height_o="1369" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/175ffc862349bfcfbd82f98b1ac0c7f97483e7b4d580467454eedffa310d5e2e/Shared-from-Lightroom-mobile27.jpg" data-mid="186140872" border="0" data-scale="73" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/175ffc862349bfcfbd82f98b1ac0c7f97483e7b4d580467454eedffa310d5e2e/Shared-from-Lightroom-mobile27.jpg" /> <img width="2048" height="1369" width_o="2048" height_o="1369" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/8894dbfcbf0dbadc1060bf25915f599e7aa5f4e79e88a06ebf51e1e52e4b5af3/Shared-from-Lightroom-mobile18.jpg" data-mid="186140720" border="0" data-scale="73" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/8894dbfcbf0dbadc1060bf25915f599e7aa5f4e79e88a06ebf51e1e52e4b5af3/Shared-from-Lightroom-mobile18.jpg" /><img width="2048" height="1369" width_o="2048" height_o="1369" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ab91624b3208d1b6e4188e42c76f0f1534e652f90760e71f9f613a54a7b51427/Shared-from-Lightroom-mobile4.jpg" data-mid="186140867" border="0" data-scale="73" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/ab91624b3208d1b6e4188e42c76f0f1534e652f90760e71f9f613a54a7b51427/Shared-from-Lightroom-mobile4.jpg" /><img width="2048" height="1369" width_o="2048" height_o="1369" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/06bd48e7aab35a783494f639ecb47045073ac51af85ffe8f84358546c4deaa76/Shared-from-Lightroom-mobile26.jpg" data-mid="186140929" border="0" data-scale="73" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/06bd48e7aab35a783494f639ecb47045073ac51af85ffe8f84358546c4deaa76/Shared-from-Lightroom-mobile26.jpg" /> <img width="2048" height="1369" width_o="2048" height_o="1369" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f9cc7d23068db8a8734da25e097159853683b7bef176eb2ee133c003b27c9120/Shared-from-Lightroom-mobile3.jpg" data-mid="186140866" border="0" data-scale="73" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/f9cc7d23068db8a8734da25e097159853683b7bef176eb2ee133c003b27c9120/Shared-from-Lightroom-mobile3.jpg" /><img width="2048" height="1369" width_o="2048" height_o="1369" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/1b6d67fd361fd743fc8b22d98ec5b9dc040186e4f8f365537ff5e5752b037299/Shared-from-Lightroom-mobile29.jpg" data-mid="186140931" border="0" data-scale="73" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/1b6d67fd361fd743fc8b22d98ec5b9dc040186e4f8f365537ff5e5752b037299/Shared-from-Lightroom-mobile29.jpg" /> <img width="2048" height="1369" width_o="2048" height_o="1369" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/972b37ebcec732400aadecdb4396623f92dc87c5b472117838c7832df2446d7d/Shared-from-Lightroom-mobile31.jpg" data-mid="186140853" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/972b37ebcec732400aadecdb4396623f92dc87c5b472117838c7832df2446d7d/Shared-from-Lightroom-mobile31.jpg" /> Images courtesy of Jesse Fenlin <img width="1537" height="2048" width_o="1537" height_o="2048" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4d21efd5277177b2d30d7a8069f779e16450552e5833b94f9192c9c1bb1f97a1/zines.jpeg" data-mid="186252190" border="0" data-scale="75" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/4d21efd5277177b2d30d7a8069f779e16450552e5833b94f9192c9c1bb1f97a1/zines.jpeg" /> The sun prints were accompanied by a zine that describes the ideas, processes and reflections developed during the residency period in Detroit. Available to read&nbsp;here&nbsp; International residency at Popps Packing Detroit was supported by Västra Götalands Regionen https://amyboulton.info/The-New-Neighbourliness Thu, 23 Jun 2022 08:29:20 +0000 Amy Boulton https://amyboulton.info/The-New-Neighbourliness ︎ The New Neighbourliness&nbsp;/ Det nya grannskapet&nbsp;(2022) Collaboration with interior architect Cassandra Lorca Macchiavelli and architect Tobias Westerlund in the context of Of Public Interest transdisciplinary studio and lab.The New Neighbourliness is both prototype and proposal. Lövholmen is a post-industrial area of Stockholm that is in a transitional phase waiting for the new housing development, which is now in the planning phase, to begin. Prototype (Stockholm, June 2022) The door prototype was placed on a grassy patch beside a busy intersection on Gröndalsvägen.It may appear to be one of many construction components currently circulating and lingering around the area, but there is something strange about this one – every so often the handle mysteriously moves of its own accord, as if some frustrated presence is trying repeatedly to get in or out. The prototype can function as a premonition of what is to come or what will remain in the area, like a kind of ghost or oracle. <img width="1376" height="1272" width_o="1376" height_o="1272" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/dbe1e8a5fd721bdeec72de3a318d5535b796b478020600f1fb917b403a77daad/doorcrop.jpg" data-mid="199423991" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/dbe1e8a5fd721bdeec72de3a318d5535b796b478020600f1fb917b403a77daad/doorcrop.jpg" /> <img width="8192" height="5464" width_o="8192" height_o="5464" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ee8564d5e60cc706fdd8141d77a3ee928c0d930b1f8dc8a8059cb234992e1d1d/4E9A4091-small.jpg" data-mid="146185775" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/ee8564d5e60cc706fdd8141d77a3ee928c0d930b1f8dc8a8059cb234992e1d1d/4E9A4091-small.jpg" /> Proposal (for planned developments in Lövholmen, Stockholm ca. 2035) Accompanying the prototype is a proposal for a series of doors using sound, movement and visual components to focus on the political aspects of how accessible the new Lövholmen neighbourhood is. Through a proposed cooperation with property developers and architects, these performative doors would be integrated into the ground level facades of Lövholmen’s planned new residential buildings. As a gesture the proposal intends to question who will be welcomed as Lövholmen’s new inhabitants and what activities should or could be happening there that were not designed into the masterplan – underlining the vital position of ground-level activities to the quality of public spaces. <img width="7016" height="9684" width_o="7016" height_o="9684" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/319f2bc8a12dc8012d8d19d99bba58ef2a25c559388d4153cad1638b3bb6cc3e/Det-nya-grannskapet-1.png" data-mid="152109585" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/319f2bc8a12dc8012d8d19d99bba58ef2a25c559388d4153cad1638b3bb6cc3e/Det-nya-grannskapet-1.png" /><img width="6691" height="9483" width_o="6691" height_o="9483" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c0f57fec04b36bf15a9129bae52b844226a42374380aa61b7a69a235a25cb6b9/Det-nya-grannskapet-2.png" data-mid="152109587" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/c0f57fec04b36bf15a9129bae52b844226a42374380aa61b7a69a235a25cb6b9/Det-nya-grannskapet-2.png" /> Below: Images of posters on Gröndalsvägen on the construction hoarding of the new Lövholmen development site, at the same time as the door prototype was installed further down the street. <img width="8192" height="5464" width_o="8192" height_o="5464" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/6f45d093db0173aa659dca2c8f69f4f7621e4a363c6be1be42ea5deeaf64d7de/4E9A4152.JPG" data-mid="146185599" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/6f45d093db0173aa659dca2c8f69f4f7621e4a363c6be1be42ea5deeaf64d7de/4E9A4152.JPG" /> <img width="8192" height="5464" width_o="8192" height_o="5464" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/41fb65a70e2f724d1cc0807aa5fad8dc86b0b1cded187aca78f22e24f39ac92d/4E9A4122.JPG" data-mid="146185598" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/41fb65a70e2f724d1cc0807aa5fad8dc86b0b1cded187aca78f22e24f39ac92d/4E9A4122.JPG" /> <img width="3472" height="4624" width_o="3472" height_o="4624" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/6ca63c9abfdb9935957afa669633a28d1e46e2a5f312077af2d6bd8ca48b3b74/1655729650674---Copy.jpg" data-mid="146185600" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/6ca63c9abfdb9935957afa669633a28d1e46e2a5f312077af2d6bd8ca48b3b74/1655729650674---Copy.jpg" /> https://amyboulton.info/Reality-Harvester Thu, 23 Jun 2022 09:17:11 +0000 Amy Boulton https://amyboulton.info/Reality-Harvester ︎︎︎ Reality Harvester: Nature after Data after Nature (2020-22) In collaboration with Benj Gerdes, Lisa Trogen Devgun and Jacob Broms Engblom Reality Harvester is a research project culminating in a book and a website. <img width="1200" height="628" width_o="1200" height_o="628" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/553250ceab48d88cc563043cee5cfde9cd35b79ed129a1967ac30db7c2821f55/reality-harvester.jpg" data-mid="146188223" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/553250ceab48d88cc563043cee5cfde9cd35b79ed129a1967ac30db7c2821f55/reality-harvester.jpg" />Image credit: Persson Valijani This dual publication is the result of an investigation into the "data industrial complex", specifically the aesthetic and material lives of overlapping phenomena: big data and automation, labour, climate, finance and e-commerce, technological infrastructures, biometrics, behavioural science and surveillance. Over the two-year process, the group focused most specifically on the entangled representations and roles occupied by the natural world and networked digital communications in explanations of how the present is shaped. <img width="2131" height="1229" width_o="2131" height_o="1229" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d40cba50e6a629338cf85cff9c4c2ef98cd26bce64e3f704c419497be08d0b87/reality-harvester-bargains.jpg" data-mid="146188540" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/d40cba50e6a629338cf85cff9c4c2ef98cd26bce64e3f704c419497be08d0b87/reality-harvester-bargains.jpg" />Screenshot from web publication&nbsp;reality.harvester.bargains In a book-length collaboration with designers Persson Valijani, this pandemic-adjusted inquiry is modelled alongside contributions from fields including art, architecture, media theory, urbanism, activism, ethnography, environmental humanities, human ecology, poetry and curatorial practice. A parallel interactive website maps a 'data eco-system,' offering subjective navigations between the terrains of data flow, natural resource extraction, and financial and power relations. <img width="3024" height="3024" width_o="3024" height_o="3024" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a3a4654964cd9b9e2a82963a40dc838c963599f09e23b3e9870c2c8288c7a58b/booklaunch.JPG" data-mid="146190993" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/a3a4654964cd9b9e2a82963a40dc838c963599f09e23b3e9870c2c8288c7a58b/booklaunch.JPG" />&nbsp;Book launch event as a part of Bookshop Situation series at Index - the Swedish foundation for contemporary art, Stockholm. Panel conversation with contributors Carmen Lael Hines (middle) and Sophie Vitelli (right). Contributors to the publication include: Daniel Bodén, Michaela Casková, Sebastian Dahlqvist, Maryam Fanni, Carmen Lael Hines, Into the Black Box, Daniel Cardoso Llach, Jesse D. Peterson, Eugene S. von Rosen, Soni© Sagan, Aron Skoog, Nils Svensk, Slutty Urbanism, Sophie Vitelli &amp; Tess Takahashi. "Reality Harvester: Nature after Data after Nature" and the digital site https://reality.harvester.bargains are published by Skogen. Text in English. Perfect bound softcover, 666 pages. Works produced in the context of Kungliga Konsthögskolans konstnärliga forsknings- och utvecklingsprojekt (KFoU). https://amyboulton.info/Tracing-Flows Wed, 18 Aug 2021 12:24:08 +0000 Amy Boulton https://amyboulton.info/Tracing-Flows ︎ Tracing Flows (2021) Produced in collaboration with Benj Gerdes Tracing Flows is a two-sided A3 risograph poster highlighting Gothenburg's entangled logistical and infrastructural flows, made in collaboration with Benj Gerdes. Inspired by the late geographer Doreen Massey's assertion that time unfolds through change while space unfolds through interaction, one side of the print is dedicated to visible changes to the landscape over time while the other depicts interaction across space. <img width="4895" height="3510" width_o="4895" height_o="3510" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d1cc95699e83a245d477f7b04aed75af0ae021812683d0d6d77a5daf779aae33/small-time-colour-edit.jpg" data-mid="135442502" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/d1cc95699e83a245d477f7b04aed75af0ae021812683d0d6d77a5daf779aae33/small-time-colour-edit.jpg" /> The "time" side is minimalist, using two layers of colour to layer current open-source satellite imagery of Gothenburg over imagery of the same land area from the 1960's. Traces of changes to the landscape over time focus on the Göta Älv, the most prominent feature being the creation of a new land mass to relocate the port further out of the city centre. <img width="2611" height="1872" width_o="2611" height_o="1872" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/1d4c0e1d714c00f1b40139daf159c6a21380c0bc6997e0d46fb5a4e08ec2f189/smaller-space-colour-edit.jpg" data-mid="135442677" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/1d4c0e1d714c00f1b40139daf159c6a21380c0bc6997e0d46fb5a4e08ec2f189/smaller-space-colour-edit.jpg" /> The "space" side on the other hand is maximalist, featuring interacting flows of value including goods, labour, technology, migration, energy and transport that are illustrated using a mix of icons, both digitally created and appropriated from traffic signage, stock imagery, government agency logos, and a 1960's brochure by Göteborgs Hamnen. Quotes adapted from the academic field of critical logistics studies are woven into the picture to contextualise the imagery and deepen the reading. Printed by Fuzzy Logic Press&nbsp; Supported by Göteborgs Stad Pronto!&nbsp; If time unfolds as change then space unfolds as interaction (after Doreen Massey)&nbsp;(spring/summer 2022) Temporary installation of enlarged prints at the Haga construction site of Västlänken (”The West Link”- Gothenburg’s new underground subway system). Produced in collaboration with Kronotopia public art curatorial project by Skogen and Göteborgs Konst. 1.2m x 1.6m approx <img width="3072" height="4080" width_o="3072" height_o="4080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a1c8cf026b4794465f693741348b1f07b62e94721f308d84e459710607ec0b5f/PXL_20220305_123918947.jpg" data-mid="135442384" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/a1c8cf026b4794465f693741348b1f07b62e94721f308d84e459710607ec0b5f/PXL_20220305_123918947.jpg" /><img width="4080" height="3072" width_o="4080" height_o="3072" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/9c898f992dec5f11b1f9a44f35111dff7101f34a4c2137a684a62a94c456964b/PXL_20220305_124008571.jpg" data-mid="135442391" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/9c898f992dec5f11b1f9a44f35111dff7101f34a4c2137a684a62a94c456964b/PXL_20220305_124008571.jpg" /><img width="4080" height="3072" width_o="4080" height_o="3072" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a2c6b4cc043627ebf099954337634fb70bdc4d3393e7e12baef62b56e748aabc/7.jpg" data-mid="135442393" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/a2c6b4cc043627ebf099954337634fb70bdc4d3393e7e12baef62b56e748aabc/7.jpg" /> Images credit: Badou Jobe