Zuniga, Ricardo Miranda
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Over the last six years, I have been combining computer generated art with sculptural vehicles to transcend the monitor and achieve powerful social metaphors that investigate issues of globalization. Cargo Load (1999) is a hand built wooden Cart with a short-wave radio hidden within the structure of the cart and speakers at each corner of the bed of the cart. The shortwave radio's station memory, programmed to stations all around the world, is linked to a motion sensor that is installed at the back of the cart. The viewers of the sculpture trigger the radio's memory to shuffle from one station to another. Cargo Load is activated by public performance to personify the concept that in an information society, the modern individual bears the heavy load of global awareness. Wearing a business suit, I pull the cart along in a public environment; surprised pedestrians are then drawn to the odd tableau, which leads to a dialogue between interested spectators - the cart becomes a public forum.
Recent Submissions
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2007 Rockefeller New Media Foundation Supplementary Material
Zuniga, Ricardo Miranda (2009-06-25)2007 Rockefeller New Media Foundation Supplementary Material -
2007 Rockefeller New Media Foundation Proposal
Zuniga, Ricardo Miranda (2009-03-31)I wish to receive support for the construction of a newsstand. Rather than selling newspapers, magazines and snacks, this newsstand will allow users to interact with the dissemination of information. -
Rockefeller New Media Foundation --Supplementary Material
Zuniga, Ricardo Miranda (2007-01-02)Documentation for three Zuniga projects: Nexus ATM The Public Broadcast Cart Vagamundo, A Migrant's Tale -
2004 Rockefeller New Media Foundation Proposal
Zuniga, Ricardo Miranda (2007-01-02)A food vending cart located in New York City and a game arcade located in Managua, Nicaragua will be employed to establish communication between participants. Both the food cart and the arcade will present the user with ...