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Sunday, July 01, 2007

TERMINAL ZERO ONE Digital Art Exhibition at Toronto Pearson International Airport


Terminal Zero One (T01) is a site-specific digital art exhibition of five projects exploring themes of contemporary air travel and the architecture of airports. Airports are networks, information is increasingly networked, the T01 exhibit examines people as data, motion as trajectories and the symbiosis of virtual and actual. The public is invited to experience the projects via touch sensitive screens, SMS text messaging, a webcam and as a controlled 3D avatar navigating through a simulated terminal. Track real-time flight activity originating from Pearson International Airport through a live data stream. Reinterpret the familiar by manipulating universal airport symbols and flight information screens. Engage in dialogue about controversial issues of international security and human rights. T01 is a portal into digital artworks that reflect the technology, movement and connectivity of the contemporary international airport - a transitory space where notions of borders, time and place are temporarily suspended. The T01 kiosk, designed by Toronto based W I D E Studio, is located across from the Ingo Maurer water sculpture on level 3 departures pre-security at Terminal 1.