TERMINAL ZERO ONE :: Digital Art Exhibit at Toronto Pearson International Airport

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TERMINAL ZERO ONE :: Digital Art Exhibit at Toronto Pearson International Airport

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Terminal 1 – Level 3 Terrace, Departures Level

Curators: Michael Alstad + David Jhave Johnston

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.