Bitquid

source: jeroenholthuisnl

It was hard work, but finally it is there. From the 2nd of Arpil till the 13th Bitquid is exhibited at the STRP Festival in Eindhoven, The Netherlands. So far the system works really great and I already have got lots of positive feedback.

The concept:

“Jeroen Holthuis tries to explore the relationships between two parallel worlds, our digital and analogue environment. Bitquid explores the relationship between these environments by transforming bits to atoms. It is a system with parallel hoses through which, in turn, coloured and colourless fluids are pumped, in order to represend the liquid ones and zeros. The computer features software that drives specially developed hardware. Literally, rows of bits are send to the system, which are then translated into their liquid equivalents.

From bits to atoms…

The repetitive sound of the valves opening and closing, along with the continuous stream of visual information, confers the feeling of being in an analogue cyberspace. The ticking signifies the moment when a bit goes analogue. In this way the system plays around with the imaginary border at which the digital world ceases to exist and the analogue world takes over. At the end of the system, the liquid analogue data, or ‘bitquid’, is decoded and reproduced again into a new image. The effect of the analogue world on the information will be shown on the two screens. The first screen will show a digital image, the other one will display the same image on the other side, but mediated by the imprint of the analogue world.”
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source: alpha-villecouk

Jeroen Holthuis explores the relationship between two parallel worlds; our digital and analogue environment. Bitquid explores the relationship between these environments by transforming bits to atoms. It is a system of parallel hoses through which coloured and colourless fluids are pumped, in order to represent the liquid ones and zeros of the bit feed. From bits to atoms…The repetitive sound of the valves opening and closing, along with the continuous stream of visual information, confers the feeling of being in an analogue cyberspace. The ticking signifies the moment when a bit goes analogue. The visual and sonic systems at work in Bitquid operate and play with our sense of the border at which the digital world ceases to exist, and the analogue world takes over. At the end of the system, the liquid analogue data, or ‘bitquid’, is decoded and reproduced again into a new image. The effect of the analogue world on the information inputted into the system is revealed on two screens. The first screen shows a digital image, while the second displays the same image on the other side, still digital yet changed and mediated by the imprint of the analogue world.Holthuis explores the boundaries and relations between the world of atoms and the world of bits. He graduated in 2008, having already developed a prototype of Bitquid. In 2009 he developed his initial Bitquid prototype into a kinetic sculpture. His work has been shown around the world in places such as Eindhoven (The Netherlands), Riga (Latvia), Zurich (Switzerland) and Belo Horizonte (Brazil).
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source: danielakutschat

Nesta obra, as fronteiras entre os universos digital e analógico são exploradas por meio da transformação de bits em átomos. Num sistema composto de mangueiras, com cerca de 800 metros de comprimento, são bombeados alternadamente líquidos coloridos e incolores que passam a representar os zeros e uns da comunicação digital. Um computador envia ao sistema linhas de bits que são traduzidas numa sequência composta de partes de liquido colorido e incolor. Ao final do sistema as informações binárias são digitalizadas novamente.

Ao término da sequência, o resultado final é exibido em duas telas, uma expõe a imagem digital original, e a outra mostra uma versão da mesma imagem, redigitalizada com alterações provocadas pela mediação analógica.

Versões de Bitquid, já foram exibidas em várias exposições no mundo, entre elas o FAD – Festival de Arte Digital em 2010 em Belo Horizonte. Em setembro de 2011, a instalação irá compor a programação do Alpha Ville 2011: International Festival of Post-digital Cultures que ocorre em Londres.