Last Clock

'Last' is like a familiar analogue clock, it has second hand, a minute hand and an hour hand. The hands are arranged as concentric circles, the outermost being seconds, the middle one minutes, and the innermost hours.

The major difference to a regular clock is that the hands of last are made from live video feed and as they rotate round the face of the clock they leave a trace of what has been happening in front of the camera.

Thus, the clock face displays the last minute, last hour and last 12 hours as it's history.

The video feed can be any live video source: A camera mounted on the clock itself looking at what is happening in front of it, a remote camera streamed over the internet or TV signal fed directly to the clock. The clock can thus display the local space, remote space or media space respectively.

As a clock, the emerging imagery becomes contextualised and makes it meaningful in the space it is being displayed at. As an installation, the system can be used as a living, aesthetic element reacting to the usage of the space.



Artist info:

Jussi Ängeslevä

Jussi Ängeslevä was born in Finland and began working in VR research whilst studying for his BA at the University of Lapland. After co-founding a new media consultancy, Prosopon Ltd., he went on to the Royal College of Art graduating with an MA in Interaction Design in 2002. He is currently working on the development of new physical interfaces at the Media Lab Europe in Dublin.

Jussi's interest lies in designing digital systems with strong physical presence, systems where much of the meaning flows directly from the embodied interaction, its feel and touch, smell and texture, weight and dimensions. The digital content is to be matched with contingent physical manifestation that makes the interaction instantly meaningful and intuitive.

His work has been exhibited internationally at events and venues such as Siggraph'99 (US), Kiasma Museum of Contemporary Art (Finland), Art Basel (Switzerland), Museum De Serralves (Portugal), International Browserday (Netherlands), National Institute of Health (US) and Gifu Prefecture Takumi Studio (Japan) over the last 4 years.

In 2002 Jussi has been awarded the RSA student award, NESTA Future Product Award, The Lattice Group Award and the Open Doors Design Grand Prix *the Design Challenge of Pervasive Computing.

Ross Cooper

Ross Cooper is a recent graduate of the Interaction Design MA at the Royal College of Art and has a first class BA in Graphic Design from Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design, where he is now a visiting tutor. A multi disciplinary designer with experience in interactive design, web design, print, product design, design for fashion, installation and video.

Ross is primarily concerned with ideas, his varied experience and skills allows him to tackle projects in an open-minded and flexible way through the most appropriate media. His original thinking and innovative solutions have resulted in numerous awards including first prize winning espresso cup designs for premium Italian coffee manufacturer Illy Caffe which were manufactured and sold as the limited edition artists collection for the year 2000. Other awards include: second prize Disney student design competition, finalist in the Intel International Student Design Competition for wearable technology, highly commended RSA student design awards "New Design for Old", finalist in the mando 2002 student website design competition and most recently, with Jussi Angesleva, grand prize in the Lattice group awards at the Royal College of Art Show 2002. He has exhibited internationally including Venice, Barcelona, Amsterdam and Tokyo.

His ingenuity extends beyond his work to his home - one of 5 garden sheds which act as bedrooms in an East London warehouse - his unusual living arrangements have attracted attention from various publications including the Independent magazine as well as television features. Ross is currently working as a freelance designer and consultant for various institutions including the BBC and the Royal College of Art and is currently establishing his own studio in London's Brick Lane as well as continuing to practice as a fine artist.

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