project title
FLOTSPOT
project description
FLOTSPOT
Flicker Occasioned Trance Spot
a project dispersed
The human flicker fusion threshold is gauged at 16 Hertz (cycles per second): The observer can visually perceive the pulsation of light occurring 16 times per second or less. Carefully observed light flicker encourages human brainwave (hz) synchronization rates for Deep Relaxation (Alpha 8-13 hz), Semi-consciousness (Theta 4-7 hz), and Deep Unconsciousness (Delta .5-3.5 hz).
FLOTSPOT asks participants to place stickers at locations where light flicker is observed, such as a malfunctioning light bulb, occasioning an opportunity for individual or group trance states. FLOTSPOT enables individuals to mark the sites of their own trance experiences while inviting those who see the stickers to obtain their own semi-conscious states. It is hoped that the public display of FLOTSPOT stickers will suggest the viability and productivity of collective trance states.
name
Laurel Beckman
location
Carpinteria, California
profile
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS, PRINT AND ELECTRONIC PUBLISHING
2004-5
Day Tripper- Gold Coast, solo exhibition, Contemporary Arts Forum, Santa Barbara, CA
2004
OnBoard and Awake, public project on 2 LED scrolling displays on the theme of consciousness, exhibited at the University Art Museum, UCSB, and Toward a Science of Consciousness 2004 conference, Tucson, AZ
Empathy Room, Post Gallery, solo exhibition, Los Angeles, CA
2003
The Canal Street Projection Project, public projections, part of the premiere of New Orleans Media Experience, New Orleans, LA
AMODA Digital Showcase, Austin Museum of Digital Art, Austin, Texas
Psy-Geo-Conflux, exhibition, event, conference on Pyschogeography, curated by Glowlab Mulitmedia Arts Lab, visual art exhibit and walk leader, Incidental Tripping, New York city, New York
Day Tripper-TriBeCa, solo exhibition, Tamad, New York, New York
Slowtime?........:[Quicktime (.mov) as an artistic medium], presented at the new space of "Cinema_B", Cinematheque at MediaCentre -->Le Musee di-visioniste"
Originate, exhibition, Refocus Now Gallery, London, United Kingdom
Artists project for SiteStreeton-line journal, Arthur Aghajanian and Eric Beltz, eds.
OnBoard, electronic sign board, two projects, UCSB
Project MOBILIVRE-BOOKMOBILE, New York, Philadelphia, North Carolina, Georgia, Louisiana, Arkansas, Missouri, Iowa, Wisconsin, Illinois, Michigan, Ohio, Massachusetts, Quebec, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Alberta, British Columbia, Washington, Oregon, California, Utah, Nevada, Indiana- over 60 cities across the United States and Canada
2002-3
TV or Not TV, LA Freewaves 8 Biennial Celebration of Experimental Media Arts, video billboard project, on three boards throughout Los Angeles
2002
Dry and Cerebral, curated by Habib Kheradyar, The Stray Show, Chicago, Illinois,
Relative Objects, Post Gallery, Los Angeles, CA,
Artist project for Half Witno.2, edited by Bakken, Merk, Waardigheid, Holland
Majority Rules, organized by Tara McDowell and Letha Wilson, Free Gallery, Glasgow, Scotland
Clean Surface.org, an international in scope web site based in Australia, survey of recent non-sanctioned public work
International Velvet, animation web project, ubu.com, curated by Kenneth Goldsmith
Transmissions, bus bench postings series, Los Angeles, CA
Roden Crater Disc, commissioned multiple for Jessica Irish and Stephen Metts
2001
Billboard Project, I Want To Love You commissioned by G. Zone, the intersection of Sunset and Hollywood Boulevards, Los Angeles, CA
Ephemeral, curated by Patrick Merril, W. Keith and Janet Kellogg University Art Gallery, California State University Pomona
Artists Writing Reading Room III, curated by Annetta Kapon, Side Street Projects, Los Angeles, CA
Saturation, curated by Ryan Hill and Kyungmi Shin, The Project at the Brewery, Los Angeles, CA
Artists project for LOG Illustratedissue 12, The Dirty Dozen Pink and Blue Number, edited by Tessa Laird and Gwynneth Porter, LOG Illustratedis the journal of The Physics Room art space in Christchurch, New Zealand
2000-1
International...National...Regional...Local Love, bus benches series installed throughout Los Angeles
2000
Downtown, curated by Joy Silverman and Karen Atkinson, historical survey of artist initiated projects in downtown Los Angeles over the past 40 years, Side Street Projects, Los Angeles, CA
Detours: downtown, curated by Jane Jenny, site specific outdoor installation, Side Street Projects, Los Angeles, CA
The Last Wave, E.54, Emigre Magazine, an exhibition in form of catalog/publication
Continuous Fiction, Waiheke Community Art Gallery, Waiheke Island, Auckland, New Zealand
The Four Conditions of Transformation Through Time, dynamic text project on Site Streetweb journal, Travel Issue, edited by Kaucylia Brooke and Jody Zellen
CAFinated, Contemporary Arts Forum, Santa Barbara, CA
Ghost Machine, a print/internet exhibition, Arizona State University
The Ghost Machine Print Project, Harry Wood Art Gallery, School of Art, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona
Ghost Machine, 28th Annual Southern Graphics Council conference, held at the University of Miami, Florida
Swap n Shop, A.K.A. NewTown, live event 3/00 and curated exhibition of multiples 4/00 Pasadena, California
Meta-Talk #3 Stabilize..., street posting series, Los Angeles, San Francisco, CA
1999
Artists Project for X-Tra magazine volume II, issue 4, edited by the
Editorial Board, published by Ellen Birrell & Steven Berens, summer 1999
Maps, curated by Chloe Ziegler at Coppos Films, Los Angeles, CA
Sonopticon, a live 24 hour event of light and sound collaborative installations sponsored by The Foundation For Art Resources (FAR), Action:Space Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Untitled (4 Kathy, Bob, Christine, and where they all speak together), artists visual project commissioned for in Terminals2, edited by Victoria Vesna and Connie Samaras, (T2 consists of a book, web site and CDROM, (also pagedesign for book project)
Wherever you find it, commisioned artists project jewel case for the Foundation for Art Resources (FAR) 20th anniversary archive CD-Rom, concept, design and limited edition printing
links
ghostmachine.asu.edu
www.sidestreet.org/sitestreet
www.le-musee-divisioniste.org/mediacentre
