[60’ / ㍠ / i-500] – Converse Time Piece.

This diagram attempts to notate (whimsically) a conversation that took place between Plymouth & Curtin University of Technology, Perth, Australia on 21/11/05 @ 9.40AM (UK time) – 17.40PM (AU time). The diagram reflects on the discontinuity of a conversation that explored the notion of a particular manifestation of the Arch-OS system (www.arch-os.com) in a Nanochemistry research environment.

Assembled from screen grabs of the iChat video conference, doodles drawn simultaneously on a PDA, and a substrate representing the Ģt (8 hour UK/AU time difference) and the 60 minute duration of the conversation.

The conversation was an interview for an open competition for a public artwork for the new Minerals and Chemistry Research and Education Precinct at Curtin University. Paul Thomas (Au) / Chris Malcolm (AU) / Mike Phillips (UK/i-DAT) were pitching to Woods Bagot Architects, Curtin University, John Curtin Gallery and the Biennale of Electronic Arts Perth (BEAP).