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The Prix Ars Electronica Archive is a collection enabling search and viewing of all the submissions since 1987. The award-winning projects are documented with catalogue texts and audio-visual media. All other submissions can be searched by title/artist and displayed with year, category in list form. Please cite the credits (artwork name, artist and photographer) and only use the materials if your article is related to Ars Electronica.
Re:Positioning Fear
Rafael Lozano-Hemmer,
Will Bauer
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During the third international Film + Arc Biennale in Graz, Austria, a Relational Architecture piece transformed the courtyard facade of one of Europe's largest military arsenals, the 350 year old Landeszeughaus. Repositioning Fear used a web site, webcam, 30 trackers, and customized projection technology to connect a very specific instance of Austrian history and architecture with remote and local participants.
The piece was loosely based on the Cathedral's fresco The Scourges of Cod, which depicts the three Medieval fears of the people of Graz:the locust plague (which destroyed the fields in 1477), the Black Death (an epidemic that fortunately never had a devastating outbreak in Graz), and the fall of the city to Turkish invaders (which never happened). The fresco, which shows the oldest view of the city, has been ruined by inclement weather and incompetent restoration attempts, but is survived by a reproduction which can be seen at the Landeszeughaus. Using the fresco as a departure point, RE:Positioning Fear related several historical transformations and displacements of Fear, particularly as parts of the world enter a postindustrial, post-humanist era.
The piece was loosely based on the Cathedral's fresco The Scourges of Cod, which depicts the three Medieval fears of the people of Graz:the locust plague (which destroyed the fields in 1477), the Black Death (an epidemic that fortunately never had a devastating outbreak in Graz), and the fall of the city to Turkish invaders (which never happened). The fresco, which shows the oldest view of the city, has been ruined by inclement weather and incompetent restoration attempts, but is survived by a reproduction which can be seen at the Landeszeughaus. Using the fresco as a departure point, RE:Positioning Fear related several historical transformations and displacements of Fear, particularly as parts of the world enter a postindustrial, post-humanist era.
Rafael Lozano-Hemmer (MEX/CDN), currently lives in Madrid . His Installation and performance work involves telepresence, networks, and large-scale intervention in public spaces. His pieces have been shown in over a dozen countries, most recently in austria, Mexico, Germany and Sweden.
Will Bauer is the inventor of the Gesture And Media System (GAMS) - a wireless real-time 3D media control tool/instrument and holds a variety of patents in divers areas of technology. He has presented and performed works at many festivals such as Cyberconf, Ars Electronica, SIGGRAPH, the Fringe Theatre Festival, and ARCO.
Will Bauer is the inventor of the Gesture And Media System (GAMS) - a wireless real-time 3D media control tool/instrument and holds a variety of patents in divers areas of technology. He has presented and performed works at many festivals such as Cyberconf, Ars Electronica, SIGGRAPH, the Fringe Theatre Festival, and ARCO.