Description
Close-up is the third piece of the ShadowBox series of interactive displays with a built-in computerized tracking system. This piece shows the viewer's shadow revealing hundreds of tiny videos of other people who have recently looked at the work. When a viewer approaches the piece, the system automatically starts recording and makes a video of him or her. Simultaneously, inside the viewer's silhouette videos are triggered that show up to 800 recent recordings. This piece presents a schizoid experience where our presence triggers a massive array of surveillance videos.

The piece exists in a shadow box format and as a large installation.

Year of creation
2006
Technique
High resolution interactive display with built-in computerized surveillance system.
Dimensions
Shadow box 104.5 x 80 x 12 cm.
Installation variable
Manual

Exhibitions

• "Recorders" (curator: Sabine Himmelsbach), Edith Russ Haus für Medienkunst, Oldenburg, Germany, 2008.
• Art Basel, OMR Gallery, Basel 2007
• Lozano-Hemmer, bitforms gallery, NYC 2006.

Photos
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Conroy Badger - programming
Pierre Fournier, David Lemieux - production support