| Title: |
| Audible
distance |
| Artist(s): |
| Akitsugo Maebayashi
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| Brief description of the work: |
| Participants'
"presence' is represented by a three-dimensional pulse sound
triggered by each participant's heartbeat and images flickering according
to the heartbeat. The pulse sounds and areas sometimes approach one
another, sometimes intervene with one another. |
| Materials, dimensions, duration: |
| Dark,
square space, head mounted displays, sensor system |
| Location (venue & dates, public/ private):
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| Runner-up prize
in the ICC Biennale '97, and the honorable mention in the Ars Electronica
'98 in Linz |
| Audience information (size, mode of participation): |
| Several participants
can interact with each other, but can only 'see' each other by a visual
and audial representation of the distance (see further context) |
| Other information (reviews, collaborators, funders): |
| Collection
of NTT InterCommunication Center [ICC], Tokyo |
| Floorplan, scheme:
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| Visual/ audio-visual reference: |
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| Key theme(s): |
| Social play
(exploring through the senses); interplay and fusion between performer
or participant's physical presence and perceived reality (projected
sound) |
| Further context: |
|
visual representation of other participants' presence
In this work, the spatial distance between participants, which
is usually only experienced as absence, becomes a positive property
that can be experienced via sound and sight. The work might be a
starting point to become aware of our other senses apart from the
visual.
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