Boxing Booth at Mayfest 2009, Bristol, UK

BOXING BOOTH recovers two iconic and contradictory public events - the traditional red pillar telephone box and the 17th century boxing booth - by combining them into a redefined piece of urban furniture. By installing a boxing bag inside, the typical red pillar telephone box is rediscovered, subverted by its new use as an outlet for physical discharge. As a public installation, this confessional space acquires an ambiguous dimension, exposing a particular act of individual avowal by framing it into general acceptance, and therefore underlining the truth that everything is permitted within its own social boundaries.

BOXING BOOTH is part of the Mayfest 2009: Bristol's festival of contemporary theatre, and can be found in front of the Bristol Old Vic theatre (UK), from the May 1 to 5.

author Pedro Viana
produced by Polar Produce
May 2009

Pop-Up Installation

The first version of the Pop-Up Landscapes installation got up and running in Hangar (BCN) in time for the first Pop-Up Landscapes workshop.

The installation combines landscape photography and sensor technology in order to create an interactive triptych composition using panoramic pictures captured in specific locations. The fragmented imagery allows for the exploration of the visual landscape of the Poble Nou, and at the same time provides an interface for communication between two environments, turning its visualization into a shared, interdependent process.



A primeira versão da instalação Pop-Up Landscapes entrou em funcionamento no Hangar (BCN) a tempo do primeiro workshop Pop-Up Landscapes.

A instalação combina fotografia de paisagem e tecnologia sensorial de modo a criar uma composição tríptica interactiva, usando fotografias panorâmicas de locais específicos. A fragmentação da imagem convida à exploração da paisagem visual do Poble Nou, e ao mesmo tempo providencia um interface para a comunicação entre dois ambientes, tornando a sua visualização num processo partilhado e interdependente.