The influencing machine of Miss Natalija A.

Zoe Beloff

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Description
It is 1919. Victor Tausk, a Vienese psychoanalyst examines a patient, Miss Natalija A. She tells him that her mind and body are being manipulated by a mysterious electrical apparatus operated secretly by physicans in Berlin.
Keywords
  • aesthetics
    • narrative
  • genres
    • installations
      • interactive installations
  • subjects
    • Art and Science
      • scientific images
    • Arts and Visual Culture
      • expanded cinema
    • Body and Psychology
      • bodies (animal components)
      • emotion
      • gender
      • psyche
    • Magic and Phantastic
      • magic (occult science)
    • Media and Communication
      • intermediality
    • Power and Politics
      • violence
    • Religion and Mythology
      • religions
    • Technology and Innovation
      • simulation
  • technology
    • interfaces
Technology & Material
Hardware
G4 Macintosh 500Mhz single processor with 500 MB of RAM
Sony LCD Projector CJP-D500
Polhemus Isotrack II with transmitter and reciever
Digital to Analog Video Converter
Belkin USB to Serial Connector
Projection Screen
Size: (6 x 8 x 1/8 inches) (150 x 20 x 3mm)
Wooden Projector Cover
Size: (9 1/2 x 6 x 15 inches) (237 x 150 x 375mm)
Wooden Projector Base Box
Size: (3 x 16 1/2 x 12 inches) (75 x 412 x 300mm)
Wooden Computer Equipment Box
Wooden Picture Box
Size (41 1/4 x 49 1/4 x 3 inches) (1031 x 1231 x 75 mm)
Wooden Chair
Wooden table for the Vitrine
Large 3D diagram for red/green stereo viewing (for picture box on the
floor)
Pointer (Isotrak receiver is attached to the end)
Red/Green 3D glasses
Glass Vitrine
Size: (24 x 24 x 24 inches) (600 x 600 x 600mm)
Objects in the Vitrine:
Two tube amplifiers
One model of a kidney
One set of artificial hands
One dolls head
Wooden letters spelling NATALIJA A
Installation Requirements / Space
The installation should be in a room
without windows. The room should be lit but not so brightly as to wash
out the video projection.
Software
Influencing Software written in MaxMSP written by Eric Singer and
Jeremy Bernstein