FACT - Services for Artists - Artist's Development

ITEM is a pilot research and development programme aimed at exploring and developing the potential of new media tools for exhibition and exposition. Organised by FACT and supported by NESTA (National Endowment for Science, technology and the Arts) and Arts Council England, the programme is supporting a small cluster of research projects that bring together artists and technologists to explore the possible future directions of new media technologies.

All participants are part of a year-long programme cohort, meeting periodically for presentations and demonstrations in areas relevant to new media research and each working to a common deadline and participation in the final publication of the ITEM Programme review ; a substantial document detailing all of the projects together with essays on research and exhibition technology.

The projects selected will highlight new ways of experiencing and understanding the world around us, articulated by new and emerging technological opportunities.

All the projects taking place within the ITEM programme have been assessed against three main goals. These are;

1. The development of the individual participants practice
2. The development of tools for exhibition and exposition
3. The enhancement of the creative use of technology

The ITEM projects are:

Towards a Museum of Zeroes and Ones
Ben Coode-Adams with Hilary Kahn and Intellident

Elsewhere In Between
Julie Myers with BT Exact

Dynamic Multi-User GPS Drawing Tool for Participatory Exhibitions
Jen Southern with Onteca

Development and installation of a 'self-powered' outdoor video installation
Dr. Chris Meigh-Andrews with Dr. John Calderbank

Investigating aspects of presence through responsive 3D audio environments
Susan Collins with Paul Gillieron Acoustic Design

Virtually FACTicious
Mathias Fuchs and Wibke Hott with Darkhorse Venture and BT Exact

The ITEM project is led by Wibke Hott, ITEM Project Manager at FACT. Contact : 0151 707 4423