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Most people collect objects during their lives. These can be gifts, souvenirs, momentos, personal artifacts, found things, etc. Their significance for their 'collectors' are usually contextual and personal.
This CD-ROM presents a...

This work was conceived in relation to a particular location, a disused automobile factory in Karlsruhe. Such a space is clearly significative of industrial culture. But we are now shifting towards a more immaterial fascination - the media...

Length: 1min. 30sec.
Two repetitive movements are conjugated on either side of the screen: a young naked girl blows up a red heart shaped balloon, and an animated sequence from Muybridge shows two boys jumping over each other.

(A. Hegedüs)

Length: 4min. 30sec.
An imaginary conversation between two gyroscopes - their memories and their capacities for union. The idea is expressed by conjugating two different camera views of the same gyroscope around a central axis on the screen.


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Length: 4min. 30sec.
Electronic frequencies determine certain computer generated patterns and at the same time the movement of sand particles. The videographic inteference of these two images creates a poetic aspect akin to certain works of Paul...

Length: 5min. 30sec.
A stream of water recorded from two different camera angles becomes a cross on the screen. The movement of texts and digital wipe patterns in horizontal/vertical axis are coupled with the harmonic frequencies of a computer...

A series of portraits by Archimboldo (Seasons, Elements) are digitally interwoven to create a symultaneous montage of their pictorial elements.

(A. Hegedüs)

Length: 6min. 30sec.
Two rectangles turn like prayer wheels on either side of a vertical videographic axis. They show the resonances of a thin layer of sand as it is effected by the audio frequencies of Tibetan music - a conjunction of science and...

The Encoded Eye, the Archive, and its Engine HouseArtist: David TomasComment:

Awarded a DA2 Open Commission, Martin Rieser has created Understanding Echo, an interactive installation that re-awakens the mythological figure from the Echo and Narcissus myth.

In the centre of a darkened room hang a number of translucent...