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Simon Biggs >
»Alchemy«, 1990 - 1990
http://www.medienkunstnetz.de/werke/alchemy/
http://www.littlepig.org.uk/installations/alchemy/alchemy.htm
Technology
Interface
AlchemyInteractive digital video installation
2 interactive laser discs under computer control
colour, silent
A Little Pig Production, Groningen, Holland 1990.
Exhibited Galerie Otso, Helsinki, Finland 1992
Exhibited Academie de Kunste, Berlin VideoFest, Berlin, Germany 1992
Exhibited The Tate Gallery, VideoPositive, Liverpool, UK 1991
Exhibited Rijksmuseum Twenthe, Interactions, Enschede, Holland 1990
Descriptions & Essays
Interactive digital video installation
2 interactive laser discs under computer control
colour, silent
Alchemy is an interactive illuminated manuscript, inspired by medieval books such as Les Tres Riches Heures de Duc De Berry. The theme of the book is the alchemical practice of creating homonculi, small human like creatures, in test tubes. The work is metaphorically addressing issues arising from contemporary technologies such as Genetics and Artificial Intelligence, casting these practices as not dissimilar to previous medieval experiments.
Exhibited Galerie Otso, Helsinki, Finland Berlin VideoFest, The Tate Gallery, VideoPositive, Liverpool, Rijksmuseum Twenthe, Interactions, Enschede, Holland (source: http://www.littlepig.org.uk/)
Literature
Biggs, Simon and Penny Travlou. »Distributed Authorship and Creative Communities.« Dichtung Digital (online) 41 (2012).
Biggs, Simon and Mariza Dima and Henrik Ekeus and Sue
AND Timmons Hawksley and Mark Wright. »The "H" in HCI: Enhancing Perception of Interaction through the Performative.« In Virtual and Mixed Reality, edited by R. ShumakerVol.LNCS 5622. , 3-12. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer Verlag, 2009.
Biggs, Simon. »Multimedia, Multiculturalism, Language and the Avantgarde.« http://littlepig.org.uk/texts/epoetry.htm[12.04.2015.
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