»Body Scanned Architecture« 
Light Box
Light Box
© Ruth Schnell; Interactive computer installation
Austrian Pavilion, La Biennale di Venezia, 1995
Opaque acrylic glass, live camera, video projector, mirror, Silicon Graphics onyx computer, Silicon Graphics Extreme 2
Software design: Gideon May
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Ruth Schnell >
»Body Scanned Architecture«, 1995 - 1995
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Software design: Gideon Mayhttps://www.ruthschnell.org/en/works/body-scanned-architecture/
Technology
Hardware
Silicon Graphics onyx computer, video projectorMaterial
Opaque acrylic glass, live camera, video projector, mirror, Silicon Graphics onyx computer, Silicon Graphics Extreme 2Software
Silicon Graphics Extreme 2
Descriptions & Essays
Ruth Schnell 30-09-2021
Interactive computer installation
"With the interactive video/computer environment, Body Scanned Architecture, presented at the Venice Biennale, Ruth Schnell explores a classic interface concept between real architecture (from the Hoffmann pavilion) and imaginary architecture, primarily based on virtual shaped elements by visionary architect Friedrich Kiesler.* A projection screen works as the interface between real space and cyberspace. A virtual camera moves helically over the virtual architecture landscape. The observer's body is captured by a video camera. Its image on the screen serves as a moving three-dimensional window through which the observer can get a glimpse of the imaginary architecture, which is grounded in absent space (atropia, utopia)."
- Ruth Schnell, quoting Peter Weibel in "Ruth Schnell oder der Körper als Schnittstelle zwischen realen und virtuellen Räumen [Ruth Schnell or the body as an interface between real and virtual spaces]"
*Friedrich Kiesler went into exile, while Josef Hoffmann, a sympathizer of Austro-Fascism, was honoured in Austria.
Ruth Schnell: Body Scanned Architecture, 30-09-2021, in: Archive of Digital Art Interactive computer installation
"With the interactive video/computer environment, Body Scanned Architecture, presented at the Venice Biennale, Ruth Schnell explores a classic interface concept between real architecture (from the Hoffmann pavilion) and imaginary architecture, primarily based on virtual shaped elements by visionary architect Friedrich Kiesler.* A projection screen works as the interface between real space and cyberspace. A virtual camera moves helically over the virtual architecture landscape. The observer's body is captured by a video camera. Its image on the screen serves as a moving three-dimensional window through which the observer can get a glimpse of the imaginary architecture, which is grounded in absent space (atropia, utopia)."
- Ruth Schnell, quoting Peter Weibel in "Ruth Schnell oder der Körper als Schnittstelle zwischen realen und virtuellen Räumen [Ruth Schnell or the body as an interface between real and virtual spaces]"
*Friedrich Kiesler went into exile, while Josef Hoffmann, a sympathizer of Austro-Fascism, was honoured in Austria.
Literature
Koweindl, Daniela. »Ruth Schnell.« In La Casa, il Corpo, il Cuore - Konstruktion der Identitäten, edited by Lóránd Hegyi. Vienna: Museum of Modern Art Ludwig Foundation (MUMOK), 1999.
Schnell, Ruth. »In/different Spaces.« Lecture, 1999 as part of the project Differenz held at the Institute of Art History of the University of Innsbruck. Published in: Institute of Art History of the University of Innsbruck (editor): Differenz, Innsbruck.
Hofleitner, Johanna. »Das Sehen re-konstruieren.« EIKON - Internationale Zeitschrift für Photographie & Medienkunst 24 (1998).
Aigner, Carl. »Tektonische Körper.« In On the occasion of La Biennale di Venezia 1995, edited by Ruth Schnell. Vienna: 1995.
Weibel, Peter. »Ruth Schnell oder der Körper als Schnittstelle zwischen realen und virtuellen Räumen.« In On the occasion of La Biennale di Venezia 1995, edited by Ruth Schnell. Vienna: 1995.
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