Knowmore-House of Commons

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An interactive installation investigating the cultural dimensions of sustainability. A large circular table spun by hand and a computer-controlled video projection falls on its top, creating an uncanny blend of physical object and virtual media. Participants' presence around the table and how they touch it is registered, allowing up to five people to collaboratively 'play' this deeply immersive audiovisual work. In an age that has come to celebrate cultural difference KnowMore (House of Commons) considers the urgent need for us to celebrate what we have in common - the needs of all that fundamentally sustain us. This requires us each to envision new ways that connect our everyday life choices with a duty of care over that which is shared by all: The Commons. Within this context the work seeks to interrogate our impulses to initiate research and asks what kind of resources and knowledge will then help us learn that which we will need. It does this by considering the journey from information access via embodied learning towards common empowerment and ultimately action.