Роман Ондак

measuring the universe

source: mymodernmet

Slovakian artist Roman Ondak’s interactive installation titled Measuring the Universe started as a blank white room and evolved into a room with a strip of celestial black marks all around the gallery space at Tate St Ives. Through the participation of over 90,000 visitors measuring themselves and marking it on the walls, spectators get a visual sense of the space each of us takes up in this vast universe. It’s a reflection of physical occupied space as well as interconnectivity. Each person serves as a star in a network of celestial bodies or constellations. It’s also interesting the way this project has organically evolved into a sparse series of black marks on white walls that resemble a galaxy whose monochromatic scheme has been reversed.
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source: mutantspace

Roman Ondak’s ‘Measuring the Universe’ installation was first seen in MOMA in New York in 2009 but surfaced last year at the TATE. It’s a simple, elegant, beautiful idea and typical of Ondak’s interactive work. The piece starts as a blank white room and over time evolves into a room with a strip of celestial black marks all around the gallery space. What you’re actually seeing in the images above are the marks of over 90,000 visitors that measured, marked and named themselves on the wall. This simple action slowly gives spectators a sense of space, of how much we take up in this vast universe, of physical occupied space as well as interconnectivity.
Simple idea. Wonderfully done and all made by the act of the spectator. This is only some of the reasons that Roman Ondak is widely regarded as one of the most important neo-conceptual artists working today. His work characterized by a minimal use of materials paired with a subtle humour.
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source: portfoliosnet

เมื่อ Roman Ondak ศิลปินชาวสโลวาเกีย สร้างสรรค์งานศิลปะอินเตอร์แอคทีฟที่มีชื่อว่า Measuring the Universe จัดแสดงที่แกลเลอรี่ Tate St Ives โดยใช้ผนังแกลเลอรี่สีขาว เปรียบเป็นพื้นที่ว่างในจักรวาล ให้ผู้ชมที่เข้ามาในแกลเลอรี่ร่วมกันบันทึกความสูงของตัวเอง ด้วยการใช้ปากกามาร์คและลงชื่อเสียงเรียงนามเอาไว้
ข้อมูลที่ผู้ชมเขียนลงไปก็จะกลายเป็นดวงดาวในกาเเล็กซีใดๆ บนจักรวาลไปโดยปริยาย
จนกระทั่งกลายเป็นเส้นหนาทึบสีดำที่ไล้กำแพงทั่วห้อง หลังจากที่มีผู้มาเยี่ยมชมกว่า 90,000 คน และก็กลายเป็นงานศิลปะอินเตอร์แอคทีฟที่น่าประทับใจอีกงาน
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source: collateral

Measuring the Universe è un’installazione dell’artista slovacco Roman Ondák realizzata la prima volta al Museum of Modern Art di New York nel 2007.

L’opera inizia con una stanza vuota e bianca. Gli spettatori svolgono un ruolo fondamentale nella creazione. Nel corso della mostra vengono invitati a marcare sulle pareti la loro altezza scrivendo il loro nome e la data del loro passaggio. Nel corso del tempo la galleria raccoglie progressivamente le tracce di migliaia di persone, strisce di segni neri sullo spazio bianco. L’effetto è incredibile, la maggior parte delle linee sono vicine tra loro, una massa nera che si allarga, come una via lattea in negativo, una galassia cromaticamente invertita.

Invitando le persone a partecipare attivamente, Ondák cerca di superare le divisioni tradizionali tra oggetti d’arte e spettatori, tra la produzione e la ricezione.

Measuring the Universe trasforma l’uso domestico di registrare l’altezze dei bambini sul muro in evento pubblico, riferendosi contemporaneamente al desiderio secolare dell’umanità di quantificare l’entità del mondo. Questo processo crea un’opera con una moltitudine di partecipanti, fondendo l’arte con la vita quotidiana.

Measuring the Universe, infine, è una riflessione sullo spazio fisico occupato da ognuno di noi e sull’interconnessione tra gli individui.