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Verena Friedrich

THE LONG NOW
A soap bubble usually remains stable for only a few moments – it is a perfectly formed sphere with an iridescent surface that reflects its surroundings. As one of the classical vanitas symbols the soap bubble traditionally stands for the transience of the moment and the fragility of life. THE LONG NOW approaches the soap bubble from a contemporary perspective – with reference to its chemical and physical properties as well as recent scientific and technological developments. THE LONG NOW is aimed at extending the lifespan of a soap bubble, or even to preserve it forever. Using an improved formula, a machine generates a bubble, sends it to a chamber with a controlled atmosphere and keeps it there in suspension for as long as possible. The project is presented in the form of an experimental set-up in which the newly created soap bubble oscillates permanently between fragility and stability.

DANIEL LIBESKIND

دانيال ليبسكيند
丹尼尔·里伯斯金
דניאל ליבסקינד
ダニエル·リベスキンド
Даниэль Либескинд
18.36.54 House in Connecticut

JOHN STEZAKER

约翰·斯蒂扎克

画像が飽和した世界では、英国のコラージュアーティストであるジョンステザカーは、より少ないリソースでより多くを作成します。 昨日の写真を切り取り、断片を差し引き、顔を並べて、忘れられた写真やポストカードをモダニズムの象徴的な肖像画に変えます。 画像間の隠された関係を調べることへのステザカーの芸術的関心は、彼と彼のコラージュアートに国際的な成功と認識を与えました。 Gestalten.tvは、ベルリンのCapitain PetzelGalleryでの彼の展示会でアーティストと話す貴重な機会がありました。

NOVA JIANG

نوفا جيانغ
Ideogenetic Machine
“Ideogenetic Machine” is an interactive installation that incorporates portraits of participants into an algorithmically generated comic book. A camera captures the portrait live while an algorithm transforms the photographic image into a “line drawing”. Face detection is utilized to insert-code generated blank speech bubbles into the narrative. The software creates never repeating compositions using a set of rules that approximate the compositional decisions made by a human comic book author. The comic is projected live, and consists of the algorithmically processed portraits as well as randomly chosen story elements from a database of drawings. The story elements are drawn by the artist, mostly illustrating speculative narratives based on current news and events. A participant can email him or herself the finished comic as a PDF file.

FILE FESTIVAL

morton subotnick

silver apples of the moon
image detail : Buchla 100 synthesizer
Morton Subotnick helped bring the modular voltage-controlled synthesizer to a state of readiness for performance and  recording and was the first composer to take advantage of the new instrument’s potential. Composed in 1967 specifically for release on Nonesuch, Silver Apples of the Moon was Subotnick’s first full-length LP of electronic music, and the album became an international sensation.

Felice Varini

Triangles percés
El artista suizo Felice Varini es uno de los grandes especialistas en anamorfosis. La anamorfosis es el arte de crear la ilusión de una forma plana geométrica sobrepuesta sobre un objeto tridimensional. Visto desde la perspectiva correcta, parecere como si estas formas estuvieran flotando en el aire. Distanciándose del lugar exacto, la ilusión se diluye, y todo lo que se ve son formas fragmentadas.

Jeremiah Barber

Other Half Orbit
The installation consists of a large reflecting pool with built-in topographies to hold our bodies horizontally at exactly half-submersion. The images of our bodies become completed by reflection, and a secondary reflection of our shadows is cast on the wall. In the performance, we host an unscripted conversation about Ingrid’s memory loss, dreams, identity, and the possibility that we may never know one another fully.

TEAMLAB

Dans van koi en mensen
Koi zwemmen op het wateroppervlak, dat zich uitstrekt tot in het oneindige. Mensen kunnen het water in. De beweging van de koi wordt beïnvloed door de aanwezigheid van mensen in het water en ook andere koi. Wanneer de vissen met mensen botsen, veranderen ze in bloemen en verspreiden ze zich. De baan van de Koi wordt bepaald door de aanwezigheid van mensen, en deze banen trekken lijnen op het wateroppervlak. Het werk wordt in realtime weergegeven door een computerprogramma. Het is geen vooraf opgenomen animatie en ook geen on-loop. De interactie tussen de kijker en de installatie leidt tot een continue verandering in het beeldmateriaal. Eerdere visuele toestanden kunnen nooit worden gerepliceerd en zullen nooit meer voorkomen.

BUST OF NEFERTITI-3D SCANS NEUES MUSEUM

“This is the Berlin Egyptian Museum and Papyrus Collection’s full-color, 6.4 million-triangle 3D scan of the Bust of Nefertiti. I was able to obtain this data after a three-year freedom of information effort directed at the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation, which oversees Berlin State Museums.” Cosmo Wenman

NORMAN MCLAREN

نورمان ماكلارين
诺曼·麦克拉伦
נורמן מקלרן
ノーマン·マクラーレン

BANKSY

班克斯
バンクシー
Бэнкси
cardinal sin
“At this time of year (Christmas) it’s easy to forget the true meaning of Christianity – the lies, the corruption, the abuse.” BANKSY

 

Benedikt Groß

The Autonomous Human Drone Taxi

We keep hearing how technology will eventually solve the problem of vehicular traffic for good. Self-driving cars will only get us halfway to that future — they’re still cars, clogging up our roads, speeding down our freeways. The personal mobility future that I’m waiting for includes autonomous drone taxis that can sail high over the city, delivering me safely to my destination.

MAIKO TAKEDA

舞妓武田
武田麻衣子
מאיקו טאקדה
마이코 다케다
مايكو تاكيدا
CINEMATOGRAPHY
Woman Cat Mask

Ai Weiwei

Hansel & Gretel
Hansel & Gretel oscille entre architecture et art en explorant la perception de l’espace et le statut de l’espace public dans le contexte d’une surveillance omniprésente. Le titre fait référence au conte de fées des frères Grimm dans lequel un frère et une soeur se perdent dans la forêt – un endroit qui leur est familier. L’entrée de l’installation est une porte latérale discrète à partir de laquelle un étroit tunnel assombrissant guide le visiteur vers la vaste salle d’exercices presque complètement sombre. Des drones vrombissent au-dessus de la tête des visiteurs, suivent et transmettent leurs mouvements sur de grands écrans.

RICHARD DEACON

理查德•迪肯
ריצ’רד דיקון
リチャード·ディーコン
РИЧАРД ДИКОН

Eirik Brandal

Waldian
Waldian is a standalone, wall hanging sound and light fixture capable of playing a near infinite amount of melodic permutations over a predetermined musical scale, complemented by emerging light patterns from twelve separate LEDs spread across the sculpture. In technical terms, Waldian contains two oscillators, an envelope generator and a voltage controlled amplifier, all controlled by impulses from a network of logic gates akin to those of early computers. These impulses are essentially the nerves in the electronic ecosystem, deciding over pitch and amplitude changes as well as creating bursts of light to highlight the entrances of each note. Finally, there is a tube overdrive stage that creates harmonic and subharmonics based on how far away the two oscillators are from each other in frequency. Most parameters are customizable, such as the aforementioned pitch, amplitude and overdrive, but the responsiveness and envelope of the light bursts can also be adjusted, directly affecting the appearance of the light patterns.

Bryant Nichols

Forms II
Mount Audio

Forms is a collaborative film series devised by London based, creative sound studio Mount Audio. The ongoing project sees Mount team up with leading visual artists each month to create unique audiovisual works.Forms II showcases the vibrant motion work of LA based designer Bryant Nichols. The artists’s warped figures bend and contort, twisting around one another to form abstract human structures.Inspired by Bryant’s alternate reality, Mount have created an entirely synthesised soundtrack layering rich, modulating textures to create an unsettling atmosphere. The effect is hypnotic yet disorientating.

DANIEL FIRMAN

ДЭНИЕЛ ФИРМАН
丹尼尔·菲尔曼
دانيال فيرمان

法国出生的艺术家丹尼尔·菲尔曼(Daniel Firman)出生于1966年。他目前在巴黎工作并居住。 他的真人大小的石膏塑像雕塑特别吸引人。 在大多数情况下,它们以奇怪的形式排列-彼此平衡,向后或侧向爬行-以及悬于空中或悬空在金属条上的各种悬架上。 无论如何,我都很喜欢它们的动画效果。 这些脸总是隐藏在墙壁上,地板上或衣服或头发上。 这些人体模型出奇地现实,而Firman则在他的作品中大加幽默。

Thomas Cimolaï

Miroir fuyant
My artistic approach takes place at the crossroads between object, sculpture and mediatics technologies: The materiality test the immateriality and vice-versa. All of that began with an important interest for the relationship which keepen by the spectator with outside relayed by screen and interfaces.