Portrait on the Fly – Interactive Installation

2015, Laurent MIGNONNEAU & Christa Sommerer
Source: 2015, Laurent MIGNONNEAU & Christa Sommerer
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Description
Portrait on the Fly
an interactive installation
© 2015, Laurent MIGNONNEAU & Christa SOMMERER
represented by:
DAM Galerie Berlin,
Galerie Charlot Paris
GPL contemporary Vienna

The interactive installation consists of a monitor that shows a swarm of a few thousand flies. When a person positions himself in front of the monitor, the insects builds up the contour of the person. They begin to arrange and rearange themselves continously, thereby creating a recognizable likeness of the individual..

Posing in front of the monitor attracts the flies. Within seconds they invade the face, but even the slightest movement of the head or of parts of the face drives them off. The portraits are thus in constant flux, they construct and deconstruct. Portrait on the Fly is a commentary on our love for making pictures of ourselves (Selfie-Culture), it has to do with change, transience and impermanence.
Keywords
  • genres
    • installations
      • interactive installations
  • technology
    • hardware
      • cameras
Technology & Material
Hardware
TV monitor screen (43” to 75” monitor screen)
Video camera
Computer
Interface
Camera
TV monitor screen
Software
Thousands of Flies form the contour of a user placed in front of the screen
The fly motif come from a photo of a real fly
Exhibitions & Events
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