Topography of Movement

Birgit und Peter Kainz
© Topography of Movement, 2016Dynamic projectionDimensions variableExhibition: 2016, Digital Synesthesia, AIL, Vienna (AT)Assistance: Patricia KöstringCamera assistance: Azalea Ortega, Nikita ZhukovskiyPostproduction: Alexandre St-OngePerformers (ha ; Birgit und Peter Kainz

Ruth Schnell

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Co-workers & Funding
Assistance: Patricia Köstring
Camera assistance: Azalea Ortega, Nikita Zhukovskiy
Postproduction: Alexandre St-Onge
Performers (hand-acting): Marie-Claude Poulin, Nikita Zhukovskiy
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Description
Dynamic projection

The dynamic image projection 'Topography of Movement' features two oversized hands in motion. They seem to be feeling out their environment, gliding or swiping over the surface upon which they rest. The two cropped projections cover the walls and parts of the floor and ceiling in the exhibition space. A projection mirror further enhances the dynamic depending on how the movement patterns of the hand and the mirror coincide.
The projection of a left and right hand suggests an (absent) body. Even though a subjective observer position is made impossible by the high magnification of the image content, the events are spatialised through the authenticity of the movements and the corresponding sounds, which were made in the process of recording, leading to a sensory experience of space.
Keywords
  • aesthetics
    • projected
  • subjects
    • Art and Science
      • dynamical systems
  • technology
    • displays
      • electronic displays
        • projection screens
    • hardware
      • video (analog)
Technology & Material
Hardware
Computer-controlled mirror, media player, speakers
Material
Computer-controlled mirror, media player, 2 projections, 2 videos, speakers
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