»Topography of Movement« 
Light Box
Light Box
© Birgit und Peter Kainz; Topography of Movement, 2016
Dynamic projection
Dimensions variable
Exhibition: 2016, Digital Synesthesia, AIL, Vienna (AT)
Assistance: Patricia Köstring
Camera assistance: Azalea Ortega, Nikita Zhukovskiy
Postproduction: Alexandre St-Onge
Performers (ha
Keywords
Information
Ruth Schnell >
»Topography of Movement«, 2016 - 2016
Co-Workers & Funding:
Assistance: Patricia KöstringCamera assistance: Azalea Ortega, Nikita Zhukovskiy
Postproduction: Alexandre St-Onge
Performers (hand-acting): Marie-Claude Poulin, Nikita Zhukovskiy
https://ruthschnell.org/en/works/topography-of-movement/
Technology
Hardware
Computer-controlled mirror, media player, speakersMaterial
Computer-controlled mirror, media player, 2 projections, 2 videos, speakers
Descriptions & Essays
Ruth Schnell 24-09-2021
Dynamic projection
The dynamic image projection 'Topography of Movement' features two oversized hands in motion. They seem to be feeling out their environment, gliding or swiping over the surface upon which they rest. The two cropped projections cover the walls and parts of the floor and ceiling in the exhibition space. A projection mirror further enhances the dynamic depending on how the movement patterns of the hand and the mirror coincide.
The projection of a left and right hand suggests an (absent) body. Even though a subjective observer position is made impossible by the high magnification of the image content, the events are spatialised through the authenticity of the movements and the corresponding sounds, which were made in the process of recording, leading to a sensory experience of space.
Ruth Schnell: Topography of Movement, 24-09-2021, in: Archive of Digital Art Dynamic projection
The dynamic image projection 'Topography of Movement' features two oversized hands in motion. They seem to be feeling out their environment, gliding or swiping over the surface upon which they rest. The two cropped projections cover the walls and parts of the floor and ceiling in the exhibition space. A projection mirror further enhances the dynamic depending on how the movement patterns of the hand and the mirror coincide.
The projection of a left and right hand suggests an (absent) body. Even though a subjective observer position is made impossible by the high magnification of the image content, the events are spatialised through the authenticity of the movements and the corresponding sounds, which were made in the process of recording, leading to a sensory experience of space.
Literature
Gsöllpointner, Katharina and Ruth Schnell and Romana K. Schuler. Digital Synesthesia: A Model for the Aesthetics of Digital Art. Berlin/Boston: Walter de Gruyter, 2016.
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