four walls [four walls]

Online e-say (the sixth in my e-say series). Travels in London, Taipei, Tokyo and Paris. Virtual reality, Confucius, Tadao Ando, balloons, temporary shelters. Plus the cultural impact of the Sony Walkman. [four walls] was a six-month creative research programme at the DRUH (Digital Research Unit Huddersfield), with outputs online. I also introduced the work with a performance lecture on 17/10/03 at DRUH. The contents of this performance (visualisations, stepping in and out of the space) previews the kinds of material I was to show in dusk (2006) four years later. ATTC-Minus 5: Michael Atavar for Psopo Bubble Commissioned: Tom Holley, DRUH – Digital Research Unit, The Media Centre, Huddersfield Website: Text, programming and audio files by Michael Atavar. Digital animations by Mia Huang Special thanks: Martin Marshall, Mia Huang for their generosity in Taipei and to Ida Ryogokudo Zazen Dojo in Ichikawa City, Tokyo for their hospitality in Japan Graphic reconstructions: Richard Scarborough