»COMBATscience Augmented« 
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Light Box
© Ruth Schnell; Augmented reality installation
Dimensions variable
HoloLens (version 1, development edition), holder; moving image, sound. Duration: 5-10 min.
In collaboration with Patricia Köstring
Software design: Thomas Hochwallner; Support programming: Johannes Huce
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Ruth Schnell >
»COMBATscience Augmented«, 2018 - 2018
Co-Workers & Funding:
In collaboration with Patricia KöstringSoftware design: Thomas Hochwallner
Support programming: Johannes Hucek, Peter Koger,
Norbert Unfug
Scan and recording technics: Thomas Hochwallner,
Fritz Ölberg, Gabriel Schönangerer
Software research: Thomas Hochwallner, Stefan Fischer
Actors: Maria Schuchter, Thomas Kamper
https://ruthschnell.org/en/works/combatscience-augmented/
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HoloLens (version 1, development edition), HoloLens holderInstallation Requirements / Space
Dimensions variableMaterial
HoloLens smartglasses, moving image, soundSound
Duration: 5-10 minutes
Descriptions & Essays
Ruth Schnell 24-09-2021
Mixed reality installation
'COMBATscience Augmented' reimagines the 2008 multimedia environment 'COMBATscience', realised in cooperation with Cathrin Pichler in the Volkstheater in Vienna, and transforms it into another sensory setting. The life stories of scientist Fritz Haber (1868–1934) and his wife, the chemist Clara Immerwahr (1870–1915), serve as the background from which different scenarios are developed. The scenarios address issues of scientific responsibility and its place between feasibility thinking and research ethics.
Fritz Haber and Clara Immerwahr were a couple with opposing mindsets: In World War I, Haber employed his knowledge as the head designer of German gas warfare; Immerwahr, a pacifist, committed suicide following the first gas attack by German forces. The spouses' estrangement had already begun far earlier: The ambitious Clara Immerwahr, one of the first women with a doctoral degree in Germany, was nudged out of her laboratory and pushed into the role of wife and assistant.
Whereas at the Volkstheater, visitors were led through a 50-minute performative collage, now viewers navigate between condensed stations of the storyline using wireless data goggles (HoloLens). Digital holographic miniatures and scenarios unfold, intertwining with the real surroundings. In contrast to the atmosphere of the theatre, this installation is experienced from an individual viewpoint.
Ruth Schnell: COMBATscience Augmented, 24-09-2021, in: Archive of Digital Art Mixed reality installation
'COMBATscience Augmented' reimagines the 2008 multimedia environment 'COMBATscience', realised in cooperation with Cathrin Pichler in the Volkstheater in Vienna, and transforms it into another sensory setting. The life stories of scientist Fritz Haber (1868–1934) and his wife, the chemist Clara Immerwahr (1870–1915), serve as the background from which different scenarios are developed. The scenarios address issues of scientific responsibility and its place between feasibility thinking and research ethics.
Fritz Haber and Clara Immerwahr were a couple with opposing mindsets: In World War I, Haber employed his knowledge as the head designer of German gas warfare; Immerwahr, a pacifist, committed suicide following the first gas attack by German forces. The spouses' estrangement had already begun far earlier: The ambitious Clara Immerwahr, one of the first women with a doctoral degree in Germany, was nudged out of her laboratory and pushed into the role of wife and assistant.
Whereas at the Volkstheater, visitors were led through a 50-minute performative collage, now viewers navigate between condensed stations of the storyline using wireless data goggles (HoloLens). Digital holographic miniatures and scenarios unfold, intertwining with the real surroundings. In contrast to the atmosphere of the theatre, this installation is experienced from an individual viewpoint.
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