Subliminal Wiretapping(2009)

Subliminal Wiretapping is a text generative artwork. An external random event generator, Psyleron, supplies a stream of random bits that are utilized in the letter by letter creation of words. The Psyleron is a product of 25 years of research from the Princeton Engineering Anomalous Research laboratory. Their experiments centered on quantum interaction of mind-matter, where these mind-matter affects modify the stream of random numbers. Subliminal Wiretapping responds to those subtle changes in the random number stream while creating the words. This artwork is a mix of Ouija board and automatic writing. The sequence of words that appear can further generate meaning similar to a montage of collage. Frequent, personal connections emerge from these surrealist-like combinations.


Shawn Lawson (USA)

Shawn Lawson is a visual artist and computer programmer who explores the fringes of perceptual and experiential consciousness. His artworks have exhibited at the Milwaukee Art Museum, Chelsea Art Museum, Istanbul Contemporary Art Museum, Koltsovo International Airport, Albany Institute of History and Art, Los Angeles Center for Digital Arts, Art Interactive Gallery, Art Chicago, ACM Siggraph, IEEE Procams, ACM Multimedia, Immedia, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, The Ohio State University, Arizona State University, Carnegie Mellon University, and more. Lawson's artwork has toured to Russia, Portugal, Brazil, Turkey, and Malaysia. His writings have been published by ACM Siggraph, ACM Multimedia, ACM SIGCHI, and Tongji University.

Lawson studied fine arts at Carnegie Mellon University and École Nationale Supèrieure des Beaux-Arts. He received his MFA in Art and Technology Studies from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 2003. Before becoming an Assistant Professor of Computer Visualization at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in 2004, he was a Visiting Assistant Professor at Carnegie Mellon University, an Artist in Residence in the virtual reality research group Stage3 at Carnegie Mellon University, and an intern at Walt Disney Imagineering with the DisneyQuest project.

http://www.shawnlawson.org