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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.
The Great Indecision Council
Romain Tardy
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Who are we really? Who do we want to be? What do we tell Google, from the apparent intimacy of our smartphone, that we would rather not share with the rest of the world?
*The Great Indecision Council* has been conceived as an unsolicited self-portrait of our current society by translating in real time the search terms most frequently used on Google and Google News into visual and audio signals in the public space; they become pulses that are visible and audible both inside and outside the circle.
*The Great Indecision Council* is a reflection for us all. An image that shows humanity as it really is, not how it wants to be seen. The work takes the shape of a mesmerizing and hypnotic large-scale light and sound installation, in which visitors are surrounded by a circle of light, 12-channel sound, words and computer-generated, mystical chants. *The Great Indecision Council* invites visitors into the middle of this enchanting work while being watched by spectators close-by, and maybe even far above us.
Links: https://vimeo.com/288438943, https://romaintardy.com/The-Great-Indecision-Council-2018
*The Great Indecision Council* has been conceived as an unsolicited self-portrait of our current society by translating in real time the search terms most frequently used on Google and Google News into visual and audio signals in the public space; they become pulses that are visible and audible both inside and outside the circle.
*The Great Indecision Council* is a reflection for us all. An image that shows humanity as it really is, not how it wants to be seen. The work takes the shape of a mesmerizing and hypnotic large-scale light and sound installation, in which visitors are surrounded by a circle of light, 12-channel sound, words and computer-generated, mystical chants. *The Great Indecision Council* invites visitors into the middle of this enchanting work while being watched by spectators close-by, and maybe even far above us.
Links: https://vimeo.com/288438943, https://romaintardy.com/The-Great-Indecision-Council-2018
Concept, visual design: Romain Tardy
Music: Loran Delforge
Software development: Hand Coded
Production: Into The Great Wide Open festival in association with MU art space
Music: Loran Delforge
Software development: Hand Coded
Production: Into The Great Wide Open festival in association with MU art space
Romain Tardy (FR) is a visual artist. His works establish a direct connection with everything digital. However, Tardy doesn’t necessarily use the term "digital art" to describe them. His installations are mostly IRL, offline because to him "the screen is not the limit." They are designed as sensory experiences using both digital tools (such as video mapping, sound, and light) but also objects or analog devices. They question technological progress and its repercussions on society. His work has been shown physically in more than 15 countries worldwide. Currently he lives and works in Brussels. As well as his personal creations, he does creative and art direction, and art consulting.