Supermassive

“Supermassive” is a synchronised four-channel video installation with sound. Each video channel shows a different camera view of an animated three-dimensional scene, which visually references galactic or astral imagery. This scene is comprised of forty-four separate clusters of slowly orbiting white text. Each cluster refers to a different topic that has been sourced online. The topics are diverse with recurring subjects relating to spirituality, science, popular culture, food and experiences of contemporary urban life. The slow movements of the text and camera views are reinforced through a rhythmic, contemplative soundtrack. As an immersive installation, “Supermassive” operates somewhere between a meditational mind map and a representation of a contemporary data stream. “Supermassive” contributes to studies in the field of contemporary art. It is particularly concerned with the ways that graphic representations of language can operate in the exploration of contemporary lived experiences, whether actual or virtual. Artists such as Ed Ruscha and Christopher Wool have long explored the emotive and psychological potentials of graphic text. Other artists such as Doug Aitken and Pipilotti Rist have engaged with the physical and spatial potentials of audio-visual installations to create emotive and symbolic experiences for their audiences. Using a practice-led research methodology, “Supermassive” extends these creative inquiries. By creating a reflective atmosphere in which divergent textual subjects are pictured together, the work explores not only how we navigate information, but also how such navigations inform understandings of our physical and psychological realities. “Supermassive” has been exhibited internationally at LA Louver Gallery, Venice, California in 2013 and nationally with GBK as part of Art Month Sydney, also in 2013. It has been critically reviewed in The Los Angeles Times.

Looking into the light : reinventing the apparatus in contemporary art

Technical images such as photography, film and video, are dependent on apparatuses for their production and dissemination, yet the apparatus itself is often hidden or obscured in the experience of the work and the discourse that surrounds it. This practice-led research identifies key practice strategies to foreground the apparatus both in the production of work and in its presentation. It therefore develops critical and generative strategies to explore and interrogate the workings of the 'apparatus-audience complex,' and the particular modes of spectatorship that this entails.

Elaboración de materiales curriculares utilizando las tecnologías de la información y la comunicación.

Se desarrolla un proyecto de innovación educativa que pretende dar a conocer el entorno cercano del centro (Río Torio, Valporquero) y su realidad educativa, elaborando materiales curriculares potenciando el uso de las TIC y del periódico en el aula. Se trabaja en diferentes fases: planificación, formación, investigación, trabajo de campo y en grupo, elaboración de materiales y aplicación de los mismos en el aula. Por último se evalúa el trabajo para solventar posibles errores y ver su adecuación al proceso de enseñanza aprendizaje. Se elabora una página Web, se desarrollan unidades didácticas sobre el Río Torio, Pipilotti Rist e instrumentos y danzas, se realizan montajes audiovisuales sobre flora y fauna, Río Torio, Valporquero, Pipilotti y Ureña, y se proyectan películas. Para elaborar los diferentes materiales se realizan distintas excursiones para obtener información para elaborar los vídeos y tomar fotografías de los lugares en sus distintos aspectos. El trabajo en general es satisfactorio puesto que se ha conseguido favorecer el aprendizaje de los alumnos y fomentar el trabajo en equipo.

W. Fr. Rist, Hüftbild

Signatur des Originals: S 36/G03556

Kitāb-i Bahāristān-i marḥūm Mullā Jāmī : manuscript, 1640

Title from caption.

Nigāristān-i āṣafī

muṣannafah-ʼi Iltifāt Ḥusayn Khān Mīr Munshī ; bi-ihtimām-i Navāb ʻAzīz Jang Bahādur Valā.

Use of the Radioisotopic Sand Tracer (RIST) system /

"June 1975."

Johann Rist als weltlicher lyriker (teildruck) ...

Inaug.-diss.--Marburg.

Rapp vē gurtʻarěchěměz Yisus Kʻristōsun eēnki ahtě.

Translated by William Goodell.

Licht und liebe. Zur vermählungsfeyer meiner tochter Christine Auguste mit J.C.F. Rist. Den 8. December 1808.

Signed: Christine Westphalen, geb. v. Axen.

Kʻristʻian tʻalimatʻě, yani, Kʻristʻian tinin pashlěcha tʻalimatʻě iwzērinē siwal u chēvaplēr [sic] vē miwlahazalar.

Mode of access: Internet.

Prevalence of risk factors for undiagnosed obstructive sleep apnoea is high in truck drivers on UK roads

Objectives To determine the prevalence of symptoms and risk factors of obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) in truck drivers at a UK large truck stop. Methods Over a 5 day period, truck drivers completed a short questionnaire at a major UK ‘truck stop’. The questionnaire asked about OSA rist factors and symptoms, and included the Epworth Sleepiness Scale (ESS). Additionally, measurements of height, weight and collar size were taken. 148 truck drivers participated and within this random group the risk factors of OSA that were looked for were:men age over 40 y, obesity, parge neck circumference, smoking, high ESS and bed partner reporting snoring with witnessed apnoeas. Results Our sample were all men, with 82% aged over 40 y. 47% were obese (compared with 23% for UK men in general) and average neck circumference was 42 cm (compared with 38 cm for UK men in general – Martin et al 1997). 31% smoked (vs 21% for general population), and ESS averaged 2.1 points higher than expected for a healthy population (Johns et al 1997). Snoring was quite evident at 57% (compared wth 40% for men in general) and witnessed apnoeas were almost double (7%) compared with 3.8% given by Ohayon et al (1997) generally for men. Conclusion 8 key symptoms and risk factors of OSA have been found to be prevalent in a sample of truck drivers on UK roads, and to greater extent that for estimates in the general male population. Bed partners of truck drivers reporting witnessed apnoeas strongly suggests this group has a high potential for undiagnosed OSA. OSA sufferers are known to be at high risk of causing road traffi c accidents. This, together with the large size of trucks, then the potential for serious road crashes is great. Truck drivers, especially those who are obese, ought to be a high priority population for OSA screening.

Contraexemplos e raciocínio dedutivo

Tese de Doutoramento apresentada ao ISPA - Instituto Universitário