The Phoenix is fast becoming the 'centre of excellence' for digital media in Leicestershire and have recently show-cased the work of a number of local digital artists at a special exhibition held at the Phoenix.

Two of the pieces of art created by local artist Sean Clark, required large screen televisions to be mounted on the wall of the foyer at the Phoenix and to be controled by PC's running specialist software developed by Sean to demonstrate his ideas.

Phoenix Head of Operations, Andrew Jones, asked Lan Systems Managing Director, Wayne Taylor to develop a solution that could be used for this exhibition but looking further forward could also be used for showcasing other digital art or any number of other uses.

The proposal that we put forward was to supply large screen, high-definition LCD televisions directly connected to unique fanless PC's that are effectively 'sandwiched' between the screen and the wall.

These high-specification, ultra-thin PC's are barely thicker than a standard LCD or Plasma wall mount and are more than capable of displaying slideshows or full motion high-definition video, they have their own dedicated broadband Internet connections so will be able to display online content if required.

The two digital art pieces that are currently being showcased are called 'ArtScanner' and 'Anonomising Webcam', each of these are displayed on their own screen and at the exhibition on 10th March caused quite a stir amongst the visitors.

ArtScanner 
It allows people to upload images to a Web site and have them displayed in a gallery or exhibition space via the scanning of barcodes. The barcode acts as a gateway between the physical world and the world of computers. Seemingly innocuous, to some they symbolise a world where everything is categorised and our every move is ‘blipped’

To try ArtScanner, please visit http://www.artscanner.org 

Anonymising Webcam
Most security systems aim to identify us. The Anonymising Webcam attempts to conceal the identity of the people on the screen, whilst simultaneously demonstrating the sophisticated face tracking capabilities of surveillance systems.

Both of these pieces will be on display in the Phoenix Foyer for 3 weeks from 7th March 2008. If you would like more information on the digital media eqipment that LAN Systems can supply, please contact the sales department on 0116 223 0033.