Amelia Winger-Bearskin, Laura Latimer, and Sean Gaulager along with other collaborators (including the viewer) present an interactive installation piece, which explores the idea of feedback. Through their interaction with video/audio technology and material forms the participant/viewer manipulates the feedback and the environment.

About SOL-ART:

Imagine a neighborhood of architect-designed, environmentally conscious homes, on 5 acres surrounded by mature live oaks only three miles from downtown. And then imagine the party that might take place should such a concept get off the ground with artists, filmmakers, writers, photographers, musicians, and other creative souls in full celebration mode. That's what you'll find the weekend of November 17-18, when, as part of the East Austin Studio Tour (E.A.S.T.), more than 18 artists -- including Sybil Miller, Amy Grappell, Heidi Stanfield, Sean Gaulager, Peter Tucker, Ann Tucker and Jack Sanders will present SOL-ART, a large-scale, collaborative installation on five acres in East Austin, on Perry Road.

The development, called SOL, or Solutions Oriented Living, will be the first zero energy community in the U.S, meaning each of the homes will produce as much energy as it consumes over the course of a year. The project is the brainchild of Chris Krager and Associates who have dedicated their craft to sustainable, affordable stylish design in and around Austin. There will be 38+ houses in the development and construction will begin in December with the houses ready for occupancy by October 2008.

To raise awareness for the project, Chris, along with his wife, Amy Grappell, a filmmaker; Sybil Miller, a photographer and photography professor at St. Edward1s University, and Heidi Stanfield, a painter; gathered their friends and fellow artists to set up what promises to be the East Austin Studio Tour's most talked about event, SOL-ART. And it's free.

Artwork, ranging from photographs, paintings, interactive video, and mixed-media pieces, will occupy two 70-year homes on the property, as well as four 8 by 40-feet shipping containers, which were brought to the tract

especially for the event. Daytime live music by Cole Stanfield and numerous interactive installations make SOL-ART a kid-friendly spot on the tour. And come nighttime, an opening party with music by DJ Kirk will spin the party into high gear. Once it gets going, after all, creativity is sustainable. You'll see.

www.sol-art.org