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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.
U-Man
Julien Dajez
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The U-Man project is an experiment in the encyclopedic classification of homo sapiens nature. In a bare setting, only an elementary light seems necessary to the study of bodies. The rhythm of the sequential and compulsive editing captures the vibrations of a complex organism and dissects the motion, mental and nervous activities with high precision. Nevertheless, the infinite variations of an altered system of representation cast a shadow on our knowledge of human attitude.The graphical elements used to describe medical descriptions loose all consistency; scientific typography and illustrations come to life and liberate themselves. Blood starts flowing, pupils dilate, beads of sweat form on the two bodies coming to life. The frontier between organic activity and behavioral attitudes disappears. U-Man is sexed.
Julilen Dajez (F) was born in Paris in 1972. He studied at Ecole Boule and Ecole Duperré in Paris. Since 1993 he is graphic designer for advertising and television at Micros Image Paris. He was awarded prizes at Imagina in 1995 for Bio Zoo and 1998 for U-Man.