Punching Ball

Ruth Schnell
© Punching Ball, 1989Video sculptureMonitor, rubber expander, steel spirals, video player, videoIn co-production with Gudrun Bielz ; Ruth Schnell

Ruth Schnell

Punching Ball ,
Co-workers & Funding
In co-production with Gudrun Bielz
https://ruthschnell.org/en/works/punching-ball/
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Description
Video sculpture

A monitor is hung up with rubber bands and steel spirals, and thus installed as a punching ball in the exhibition space.
A video shows the world globe seen from orbit. The globe rotates and passes through a process of resolution and restoration as a loop. When the viewer hits the punching ball, the dynamics of the image create the illusion that the impact changes the image/the world globe. In fact, it only changes the direction of movement of the case respectively of the monitor.
Keywords
  • aesthetics
    • sculptural
  • genres
    • installations
      • interactive installations
  • technology
    • hardware
      • video (analog)
Technology & Material
Hardware
Monitor, video player
Material
Monitor, rubber expander, steel spirals, video player, video
Exhibitions & Events
Identität Differenz - Tribüne Trigon
Der entfesselte Blick
4th International Video Biennale
Take Over III
44th Venice Biennale- Aperto
60 Tage Österreichisches Museum des 21. Jahrhunderts
Im Netz der Systeme
Bibliography
4 publications