ITP Spring Show 2005

So Tisch's ITP program is having their spring show this year tomorrow and the next day. I've been to their shows in past years, and they're interesting, if sometimes frivolous displays of geeky tech-art.
Last year (or was it the year before?) there was a model train setup with RFID transmitters so the individual model train stations could each have an report of the ETA for the various trains on the track. There was also a really cool project which was basically a projector focussed on the wall, and a phone number printed just below the projector. you could call the number from your cell phone, and whistle into your phone. the projector would draw different patterns on the wall depending on how you whistled -- so it was like an etch-a-sketch, except controlled acoustically, and reliant on a tremendous technological network.
i think Jonah's Dog Island project had a booth at the event one of the years before, and the wooden mirror was also there on display. i dunno if it will be running this time around. I'd love to hear people's thoughts on it if they go this year.

So I went to this show and I
So I went to this show and I was not particularly impressed. So much digital/tech art is very boring. I guess it could be argued that this is true of most art. It seems more glaring with tech art since the "tech" is so ingrained in our everyday culture. The only thing there really worth seeing was the Wooden Mirror, which, if you haven't seen, is just beautiful.
As a comparison, we went to the Tim Hawkinson show at the Whitney last weekend and it was absolutely stunning. His art is very "tech", but in a very analog, DIY way. His machines a so clever and beautiful. And he's got to be a bit crazy as well.