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  • n-Polytope -
    ... technologies inspired by composer Iannis Xenakis’ radical installations named “Polytopes” (from Greek poly, many and topos, space), the first of which premiered at Expo ‘67 in Montreal. Far ahead of their time and little known outside of artistic circles,...
  • ... Installation view at Sala de Arte Público Siqueiros, Mexico City, México. "Subtitled Public" consists of an empty exhibition space where visitors are tracked with a computerized infrared surveillance system. As people enter the installation, texts are...
  • Eden -
    ... sounds of others. In this way, the system creates a sonic landscape that is experienced by people within the installation space while Eden is evolving. Sound is only made by a creature if it improves the survival of the genes that lead to such behaviour....
  • Continuum
    ... inky blackness of the background of the screen image. Continuum is a "mirror" that "reflects" things as both a function of space and time. The "mirror" remembers recent past events and records them as layers in a three dimensional space. The location of a...
  • ...Fifteen points (XV) defines the role of cognitive dissonance in diverse reactive spaces. In an interactive floor projection, viewers are encouraged to move throughout the space and engage in the manipulation of the art piece. Detecting both sound and body of the...
  • Conquistadores -
    ... on the Russian territory, and points to cases of shifting control as well as to the competition over formerly common space of the Soviet Empire. Ironically commenting the "global conquests" that has become standard practice in the current stage of...
  • ... into fleeting luminary apparitions – softened, multiplied, liquified forms levitating through warped or non-gravitational space.
  • SensingSpeakingSpace -
    ..."Sensing Speaking Space", is an interactive installation that focuses on the notion of the "intelligent space", a space that knows you are there and reacts to the presence and movements of multiple spectators sensed through a custom camera tracking system. The image is...
  • The Living Room -
    ... remote visual sensing systems and large scale video projection so as to immerse the viewer in a series of interactive spaces. The work is distributed through four seperate spaces. Each space contains a part of the human body, often in multiple, and...
  • ...Escape © 2012, Laurent MIGNONNEAU & Christa SOMMERER developed for The View Contemporary Art Space Swizerland The installation "Escape" deals with the issue of flight attempt. It was originally developed as site specific installation in the civilian airraid shelter in...