Posts Tagged ‘Video’
Peter Weibel – Endless Sandwich, Closed-Circuit Video 1969
———–Category: Pioneers of MediaArt———–
Weibel: “Between TV and viewer there is a function, i.e.: The user switches the device on and off. This function is illustrated and content of the program. A “sandwich”- character of real process and figure process, of reflection and action. In the screen there are viewers seen sitting in front of their TV. In the last picture a disturbance occurs, so that the viewer who watches this scene has to get up, in order to repair the failure. Thus the screen of the next viewer is disturbed. The disturbance reproduces itself, up to the real TV set, so that the real viewer must rise the same way, in order to remove the disturbance. Time delay: The real action is the final point of the reproduced process.”
Weibel introduced a conception that focused on questioning the role of spectatorship, through which he aimed for an immediate affection of the spectators consciousness. Through his work he suggests that the mirroring experience of video feedback might produce a phenomenon of a reflected consciousness. In his initial work on this concept, Weibel broadcasted, through a television, the phenomenon of world within the world (briefly mentioned earlier), which endlessly repeated a picture of a spectator. In the Endless Sandwich (1969) he represented a phenomenon of a closed-circuit system in which the chain of replication produced a representational feedback loop of observer [spectator] observation. As such, the chain of multi-universes ended in a real reality, with the TV spectator creating immediacy between real and technological repetition. A feedback of the spectator was triggered when the replicated realities do not reflect the real reality back anymore; namely errors occur at the end of the spiral that has effects on the other modalities of reality as a chain reaction, until the action steps out into the reality. Weibel depicted this as follows:
“An error happens in the first Universe. The person has to get up to correct the error, and while he does so, it jumps to the next Universe. In the end, each Austrian TV viewer had to get up to readjust his own TV. So this is on of the first model of Multi-universes and how the information exchange and transformation works. You can see very clearly that the TV is treated as a kind of interface.” (Weibel, 2001, p.272)
For Weibel, the fractal loop is a conceptualisation of self-observation that, as he suggested, can never be totally fulfilled (Weibel, 2001). With the self-representational loop he describes the distortion that occurs through every interface but also, most crucially, in the spectator consciousness. As such, the installation of Endless Sandwich attempts to model a self-consciousness that is able to experience only itself, since no one else can enter this vision. Therefore, all of the other selves are interpretations of the first self (the spectators consciousness), replicas that draw out patterns of feedback in forms of fractal structure. In this respect, Weibels primary artistic conception profoundly characterises an affection of the spectators consciousness through a feedback loop, which, in every single fragment, produces a different distortion of the self.
Weibel is currently the Chief Curator of the Neue Galerie, Graz, and since 1999, chairman of the ZKM Zentrum für Kunst und Medientechnologie, Karlsruhe (for more information: http://www.zkm.de). His many exhibitions curated and publications edited include “Making Things Public” (with Bruno Latour, 2005), “Future Cinema” (with Jeffrey Shaw, 2002) and “MindFrames : Media Study at Buffalo” (with Woody Vasulka). He has also been the artistic director of Ars Electronica in Linz, Austria, Professor at the University for Applied Art, Vienna, commissioner for the Austrian pavilion of the Venice Biennale, and director of the Institut für Neue Medien, Frankfurt (1989-94).
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Sleepytime Gorilla Museum LIVE! at NYC’s Bowery Ballroom
Watch the rest of the concert at http://www.baeblemusic.com/concertvideo/TheBoweryBallroom/SleepytimeGorillaMuseum.html
Experimental rockers Sleepytime Gorilla Museum mix hard rock with performance art at NYC’s the Bowery
This video was filmed professionally by Baeble Music and is fully licensed and legal.
Duration : 0:5:54
Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian
We’ve all had the creepy feeling while walking through a museum that displays come to life after the doors close . Night at the Museum confirmed to security guard Larry Daley (Ben Stiller) what we’ve all suspected all along: they do! Watch the trailer then head to PlayStation Store to download the original and/or sequel and enjoy all the free bonus extras in this Night at the Museum Collection.
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Miniatur Wunderland *** official corporate video *** largest model railway / railroad in the world
The image video of Miniatur Wunderland Hamburg http://www.miniatur-wunderland.com , the largest model railway in the world and one of the most successful permanent exhibitions in Germany.
Find more videos and informations on our homepage.
Deutsche Version / german version:
miniature wonderland hamburg / germany
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Pokemon Survey at the Eli Whitney Museum
I taught a movie making class at the Eli Whitney Museum in Hamden, CT and made a quick video one afternoon.
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The COEX Kimchi Museum
On the basement level of the COEX Shopping Mall is the Kimchi Museum. Jo and I traveled out there this weekend to test some advanced settings on the new camera. I thought I’d document the experiment. You’ll notice that in a few areas the audio is quite low due to the Attenuator Setting. While the camera does a great job, those interested in using the HFS11, should use the manual or auto settings. Future recordings will use the H2 External Mic.
Music, used with permission from Jason Shaw, Kevin MacLeod, and Apple Loops.
Duration : 0:5:49
Guggenheim Grotto “Philosophia”
Music video for the Irish band, Guggenheim Grotto.
Directed, DP, Art Direction, and Edited by Hannah Ross
www.hannahross.com
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Novotel New York Video Tour
http://www.novotel.com/novotel/fichehotel/gb/nov/0753/fiche_hotel.shtml Going on vacation or taking a business trip? Whether business or pleasure, learn more about the property with a video before you book. Novotel New York, located at 226 West 52nd Street, New York, Northwest Territories, 10019, USA+ Contact the property directly at 212-315-0100 or visit http://www.novotel.com/novotel/fichehotel/gb/nov/0753/fiche_hotel.shtml
Duration : 1 min
Namco Museum Essentials: Pac Man on PS3 in HD 1080p
Great game! Namco Museum Essentials from the PSN Store, I hope you enjoy the video,
Duration : 0:5:41
Racing Video