Project:
The Notebook Project,
Isabella Stefanescu, artistic director
Nick Storring, composer and interface programmer
Rob Gorbet, interface designer
Nathan Saliwonchyck, animator, videographer
The pages of an artist’s notebook are transformed into wall-sized projected images with the viewer controlling the sequence of the content
"The artist's notebook can be viewed as a tool of creation while it is
being used: or as a place, very similar to a studio, for thinking,
musing and doodling."
- Isabella Stefanescu
The genesis for The Notebook Project began in Isabella Stefanescu's studio during a discussion with KW|AG curator Allan MacKay regarding the particular 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. An image-sound-viewer interface was developed that allows the notebook to become an architectural space whose narrative sequence and sound is controlled and influenced by the viewer.
The pages of the notebook are transformed into wall-sized projected images with the viewer controlling the sequence of the content. The intimate notebook page becomes a wall and the sense of touch is replaced by the self-awareness of the viewer's presence in architectural space.
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.
