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February 2007. An interactive sound and video installation exploring individualism in the immersive and almost anonymous information age.
This visitor-reactive multimedia installation presents its materials in real-time in the form of RSS feeds, audio from an analogue radio and live video feeds of the visitors as they enter the installation. Video generated from these materials is back-projected onto fabric, hung in a circular pattern from the ceiling. This creates a small multimedia ‘chamber’ in which a simple dial is situated on a plinth. Turning the dial allows visitors to scrub back in time (the live content is archived in real-time), viewing previous visitors and recalling text from RSS feeds whilst retuning the radio.
This deluge of information and the ability to navigate through time contributes to the claustrophobic and personal effect of the chamber, which in turn highlights the minute, yet all-powerful role of the individual in relation to the universal dimension and anonymity in the multiplicity of today’s media. The tension generated by the immediate and localised experience of the recent and global past within the present forms an integral part of installation.
Built with the help and advice of Keir Williams and the support of the Visualisation Research Unit.
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