»Decidophobia« 
Light Box
Light Box
© 2012, Elke Reinhuber, VG-Bildkunst, Bonn; Still images from the panoramic animation
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Elke Reinhuber >
»Decidophobia«, 2012 - 2013
Co-Workers & Funding:
Camera, Edit and Animation: Elke Reinhuber;Audio: Elke Reinhuber & Sebastian Pelz;
With kind support of HfG Karlsruhe and ZKM Karlsruhe: Isaac Julien, Bernd Lintermann, Ludger Brümmer and Peter Weibel
http://www.eer.de/decide/decide/decidophobia.html
Technology
Installation Requirements / Space
360° audio-visual environmentMethod
Immersive Video InstallationAnimated panorama photography with audio recording of voices in 8 languages
Sound
8-channel audio
Descriptions & Essays
The current quarrel between neuroscientists and moral philosophers about whether there is a free will or only a surrogate thereof provided by the subconscious cannot be settled easily. Instead Elke Reinhuber offers to see for yourself in her work for five screens: Decidophobia.
In the panoramic video installation, the viewer is confronted with the difficulty of choice. A perfect labyrinth is all around, no orientation is possible, paths appear and disappear again, vanish completely, but new possibilities open up. The soundtrack underlines the visual experience: passers-by are expressing their confusion by questioning where they actually are, where they should go to, which path to take and where they came from. A Babel-like chatter in eight different languages from different directions enhances the confusion. It is difficult to focus on one voice, on a familiar language, which leaves the viewer with the impression of a missed conversation, a missed opportunity.
Literature
Reinhuber, Elke. »Decidophobia – an artistic research on the possibilities of immersive environments.« ICONO14. Journal of Communication and Emergent Technologies 12, no. 2 (August 2014): 206-229.
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