| Title: |
| Re-collections |
| Artist(s): |
| Ed Tannenbaum
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| Brief description of the work: |
| Interactive
video installation that tracks participants' silhouettes |
| Materials, dimensions, duration: |
| Recollections
III can be installed two basic ways; utilizing either front projection
or rear projection. Both require a darkened space, but with the front
projection system it is especially critical. The front projection
system is 12 feet wide by 13.5 feet deep. Rear projection requires
a total floor space of 26 feet by 12 feet. These measurements are
based on a 12 foot square participation area and a 6 foot by 8 foot
screen. Larger sizes are also possible (Tannenbaum online) |
| Location (venue & dates, public/ private):
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| Recollections
IV (Recollections III, 1981-97) is installed in many science or art
museums in Europe and the US. |
| Audience information (size, mode of participation): |
| An interactive
video installation that invites the participant to move in front of
a large video projection screen. As the person moves, the image is
recorded by a video camera and passed on to a computer with special
image processing capabilities. The person's silhouette or outline
is extracted, assigned a color based on the instant that it was recorded,
and projected onto the screen. Over time the images build up, creating
a painting based on the movement. (Tannenbaum online) |
| Other information (reviews, collaborators, funders): |
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| Floorplan, scheme:
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| Visual/ audio-visual reference: |
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| Key theme(s): |
| Social play;
immersive play; observing one's non-verbal communication; interplay
and fusion between a participant's physical presence and a perceived
reality (projected image) |
| Further context: |
| Like Videoplace,
Mnemonic Present or Space, Re-collections erases the borders between
past and present by overlaying the live image with stored past images.
The passing of time becomes visible. |
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