Space Monkeys: Newton Armstrong

interview by Simon Sellars

Originally published on Sleepy Brain, 25 October 2004.

Newton Armstrong is a composer/performer, ex of Melbourne, now ensconced in research at Princeton University in the US. His recent project for kids, SPACE MONKEYS, focused on interaction design and performance. It involves rethinking and reconfiguring generic game controllers as tools for facilitating alternative forms [...]

Concrete Island: J.G. Ballard Goes Dutch

interview by Simon Sellars

Originally published on ballardian.com, 7 October 2005.
Isabelle Jenniches, originally from Germany, is a multimedia artist now based in California. With collaborator Stefan Kunzmann she staged a theatre adaptation of JG Ballard’s novel Concrete Island at the Theater de Balie, Amsterdam, in 2002. The performance incorporated aspects of Butoh as well as an [...]