https://omeka.westernsydney.edu.au/adelta/files/original/215d60fd67410daa10363d030263b178.png 5bc8ef0ed604d54c9dcf4a457864e25b https://omeka.westernsydney.edu.au/adelta/files/original/872dd1fe4a01fbce83c7b9062e18346a.png 2cf5aaa85c50edbffc92645bded64a3c 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 Work URL The URL of the original work, included as an HTML link. <a href="http://embodiedmedia.com/homeartworks/tree-of-fortune">http://embodiedmedia.com/homeartworks/tree-of-fortune</a> Source of Description The source of information included in the Description, included as an HTML link to the relevant URL where possible. <a href="http://www.realtimearts.net/article/58/8987">Excerpt from RealTime, issue #58 Dec-Jan 2003 pg. 29</a> Artist Statement A statement about the work, as provided by the artist(s). Tree of Fortune was a major public artwork comprising of 130 LED scrolling text boxes distributed throughout a large tree. Each module displayed an individual scrolling message presented in red LED text, created in collaboration with Brisbane writer Linda Carolli. The work was commissioned for and presented in a prominent riverbank location at Christchurch's 2004 Biennial. It was accompanied by a high quality catalogue publication. The project sought to foster private reflection amongst its viewers around the context of contemporary ecological crises, whilst also calling upon the power of their imagining as a method for retaining positive and critical mindsets in the face of adversity. This was achieved through ostensibly presenting texts in the form of 'fortune cookie' style statements, but then configuring them to require a personal response. This sense of unravelling questions and answers was further cemented through the qualities of each scrolling text, which only revealed a small part of each phrase at any one time. 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://embodiedmedia.com/homeartworks/tree-of-fortune">Description from artist's website</a> Genre Electronic text 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 ARmstrong_tree_fortune Title A name given to the resource Tree of Fortune Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Armstrong, Keith Carroli, Linda Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2003 Description An account of the resource Unbearable Lightness (tree of fortune) is a collaboration between Keith Armstrong and Linda Carroli recontextualising the Christmas tree. On the South Bank Cultural Forecourt, a fig tree is decorated with small glowing baubles which on closer inspection are digital 'text modules' each with their own message.<br /><a href="http://www.realtimearts.net/article/58/8987">Excerpt from RealTime<br /></a> <strong>Artist Statement</strong><br />Tree of Fortune was a major public artwork comprising of 130 LED scrolling text boxes distributed throughout a large tree. Each module displayed an individual scrolling message presented in red LED text, created in collaboration with Brisbane writer Linda Carolli. The work was commissioned for and presented in a prominent riverbank location at Christchurch's 2004 Biennial. It was accompanied by a high quality catalogue publication. The project sought to foster private reflection amongst its viewers around the context of contemporary ecological crises, whilst also calling upon the power of their imagining as a method for retaining positive and critical mindsets in the face of adversity.<br />This was achieved through ostensibly presenting texts in the form of 'fortune cookie' style statements, but then configuring them to require a personal response. This sense of unravelling questions and answers was further cemented through the qualities of each scrolling text, which only revealed a small part of each phrase at any one time.<br /><a href="http://embodiedmedia.com/homeartworks/tree-of-fortune">Source of Artist Statement</a> Language A language of the resource English Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Copyright Keith Armstrong and Linda Carroli. 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. Subject The topic of the resource Electronic text Installation Public installation Electronic text Installation Linda Carroli Public installation