https://omeka.westernsydney.edu.au/adelta/files/original/cbc25b2f0731de14ce6b3b3b98bc9a07.png 07472dcb19476ce0af7efaeb59a90fb3 https://omeka.westernsydney.edu.au/adelta/files/original/20e2007101f61c89edad053df443dd6d.png f1d1d59ba757080e83d89e418f9e386b https://omeka.westernsydney.edu.au/adelta/files/original/632a25876338380ea206442006aac284.png e3653238fa6c7267119139d97305e7dd ADELTA Item Items included in the Australian Directory of Electronic Literature and Text-based Art (ADELTA). Platform Software platform or means of display e.g Installation / YouTube / HTML / Flash / Twitter / QuickTime Installation/YouTube Work URL The URL of the original work, included as an HTML link. <a href="http://lx.sysx.org/?page_id=3">http://lx.sysx.org/?page_id=3</a> Artist Statement A statement about the work, as provided by the artist(s). The Seeker installation uses three large projections to explore migration, territorial boundaries, conflict commodities and human displacement. Seeker's interactive component enables participants to map their own personal family migration history. Making a contribution allows access to a visualisation of all accumulated maps. The most recent vectors are drawn first, followed gradually by the vectors of previous participants. An alternative animated visualisation can be accessed by the viewer where elegant curves represent the distance each generation has travelled. Another screen shows panning satellite imagery of cities overlaid with moving text of harvested news feeds. The text describes incidents where people have died attempting to seek refuge in another country. The third screen consists of animated curves representing population migration data, and the effect conflict resources such as tantalum, diamonds and oil have had on the displacement of people. The animations are overlaid onto vast empty landscape images from Africa, Australia and India. Over time the three screens begin a silent conversation with one another as the viewer makes connections between issues of personal migration, conflict resources and the way human displacement is represented in the global media. Source of Artist Statement The source of information included in the Artist Statement, included as an HTML link to the relevant URL where possible. <a href="http://lx.sysx.org/?page_id=3">Statement from authors' website</a> Genre Multiscreen installation Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Starrs_Cmielewski_seeker Title A name given to the resource Seeker Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Starrs, Josephine Cmielewski, Leon Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2006 Language A language of the resource English Description An account of the resource <strong>Artist Statement</strong><br />The Seeker installation uses three large projections to explore migration, territorial boundaries, conflict commodities and human displacement. Seeker's interactive component enables participants to map their own personal family migration history. Making a contribution allows access to a visualisation of all accumulated maps. The most recent vectors are drawn first, followed gradually by the vectors of previous participants. An alternative animated visualisation can be accessed by the viewer where elegant curves represent the distance each generation has travelled.<br />Another screen shows panning satellite imagery of cities overlaid with moving text of harvested news feeds. The text describes incidents where people have died attempting to seek refuge in another country. The third screen consists of animated curves representing population migration data, and the effect conflict resources such as tantalum, diamonds and oil have had on the displacement of people. The animations are overlaid onto vast empty landscape images from Africa, Australia and India.<br />Over time the three screens begin a silent conversation with one another as the viewer makes connections between issues of personal migration, conflict resources and the way human displacement is represented in the global media.<br /><a href="http://lx.sysx.org/?page_id=3">Source of Artist Statement</a> Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Copyright Josephine Starrs and Leon Cmielewski. The copyright of images posted on the ADELTA Website belongs to third parties and is included on this website by permission from copyright holders. Apart from any use permitted by the Copyright Act 1968 (including fair dealing) the images may not be downloaded, adapted, remixed, printed, emailed, stored in a cache or otherwise reproduced without the written permission from the copyright holder. Josephine Starrs Leon Cmielewski Multiscreen installation