UCLA (Fall 2002) Current State of Technology (Benjamin Bratton) |
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projects by Daniel Sauter | |||
Embeded Cinema Project | I SEE, installation | quicktime movie (9.5 MB) | |
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proposal - CONTROLLED SPACE | |||
Embeded Cinema Project - interactive video installation in public elevators | |||
Fig. 1 - Installation setp |
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I
SEE
A
public artpiece proposal by Daniel Sauter
The
piece I SEE is about the elevator, a well-known everyday-life vehicle,
as a stage. It uses the flat-panel TV screens as medium for a public
performance artpiece. On
the flat-panel TV screen you can see individuals in an elevator (Fig.
1) looking on a definite point (in fact the flat-panel screen itself).
Exactly in this moment, one realizes the similarity of the current situation.
In fact, this is a recorded video from a previous ride. A comuter system controls a randomized time delay between recording and broadcasting - consequently the particular time of the broadcast is inpredictable. Of course this process of becoming aware to the situation is already recorded and will be the start point for another ride in the elevator and another audience. It is a closed circuit, stimulating itself. Awareness
of technology is the central topic of this piece. It increases word
of mouth awareness about this technology. |
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Proposal - CONTROLLED SPACE | |||
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On a public billboard there is a live broadcast of surveillance cameras installed at selected places in Los Angeles. A selection of places known as the most dangerous in the city are transformed to public interest. The public becomes observer, spectator and survaillant at the same time. There are two main aspects about this piece. The city used to be audience and actor at the same time experiences a new dimension of relaity TV. As a piece with public attention it is expected not to be without affect to these sights of interest. People watching the billboard become witnesses, survaillant and communicator of the piece at the same time. The "dangerous" places are transformed to a stage. A schizophrenic self-reflective view onto the city. |
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