»Punching Ball« 
Light Box
Light Box
© Ruth Schnell; Punching Ball, 1989
Video sculpture
Monitor, rubber expander, steel spirals, video player, video
In co-production with Gudrun Bielz
Keywords
Information
Ruth Schnell >
»Punching Ball«, 1989 - 1989
Co-Workers & Funding:
In co-production with Gudrun Bielzhttps://ruthschnell.org/en/works/punching-ball/
Technology
Hardware
Monitor, video playerMaterial
Monitor, rubber expander, steel spirals, video player, video
Descriptions & Essays
Ruth Schnell 09-07-2021
Video sculpture
A monitor is hung up with rubber bands and steel spirals, and thus installed as a punching ball in the exhibition space.
A video shows the world globe seen from orbit. The globe rotates and passes through a process of resolution and restoration as a loop. When the viewer hits the punching ball, the dynamics of the image create the illusion that the impact changes the image/the world globe. In fact, it only changes the direction of movement of the case respectively of the monitor.
Ruth Schnell: Punching Ball, 09-07-2021, in: Archive of Digital Art Video sculpture
A monitor is hung up with rubber bands and steel spirals, and thus installed as a punching ball in the exhibition space.
A video shows the world globe seen from orbit. The globe rotates and passes through a process of resolution and restoration as a loop. When the viewer hits the punching ball, the dynamics of the image create the illusion that the impact changes the image/the world globe. In fact, it only changes the direction of movement of the case respectively of the monitor.
Literature
Schnell, Ruth. »On the occasion of La Biennale di Venezia 1995.« In On the occasion of La Biennale di Venezia 1995, edited by Ruth Schnell. Vienna: 1995.
Lischka, Gerhard Johann. Der entfesselte Blick. Bern: Benteli, 1993.
-. »Untitled.« Eva & Co. 18 (1990).
Weibel, Peter and Gerhard Johann Lischka. »Polylog.« In Im Netz der Systeme: Ars Electronica 1989 (Kunstforum International), edited by Peter Weibel and Gerhard Johann LischkaVol.103. , 65-86. : 1989.
Exhibitions & Events
1989
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