just a side note to Johannes's comment: At 16:19 17.11.2001 -0500, he wrote: > >I was intrigued by Palindrome's >description of Frieder's "Loss" - the painting that <"the more it is >viewed, the more the picture degenerates. Dark splotches gradually >appear corresponding to the physical shapes of the people observing it. >Thus, through viewing, the art is >used up> > >very interesting, since it refers us to movement (?) of viewing, or >stillness (shape, effort?) of the viewers in the interface. Frieder's >interface must be proximity, no? To clarify: "Loss", does indeed concern proximity, but only in the sense that someone standing closer to the painting will leave a large splotch on it that someone standing farther way. To put it another way: The piece concerns "movement" in the sense of "altered image". The system actually functions by analyzing the evolution of the image _the picture_ is confronted with, as it were, and over a few minutes time. For example, as the empty room changes to a room with someone in it, or vise versa. His piece is interesting to me as a choreographer because it functions in the reverse way to what dance is accustomed to: the faster and larger a person moves, the smaller will be their impact on the artwork (!). Robert ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Robert Wechsler Artistic Director PALINDROME Inter-media Performance Group Johannisstr. 42 90419 Nürnberg fon: 49 911 39 74 72 fax: 49 911 377 8311 mobile: 49 179 511 0400 http://www.palindrome.de
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