Re:Positioning Fear
Relational Architecture 3
"Re:Positioning Fear" was the third relational architecture project. A large scale installation on the Landeszeughaus military arsenal with a "teleabsence" interface of projected shadows of passers-by. Using tracking systems, the shadows were automatically focused and generated sounds. A real-time IRC discussion about the transformation of the concept of "fear" was projected inside the shadows; the chat involved 30 artists and theorists from 17 countries and the proceedings can be seen at the project web site.
General info
Spanish name:
Re:Posición del Miedo
Year of creation:
1997
Keywords:
Technique:
Xenon projectors, computers, wireless 3D tracking system, sound system, IRC chat client
Dimensions:
variable
Exhibitions
- Re:Positioning Fear, 3rd Internationale Biennale Film +Architektur, Graz, Austria, 1997.
Credits
- Rafael Lozano-Hemmer - concept, direction, visuals, text
- Will Bauer - audio, programming, custom hardware
- Robert Rotman - networking, programming
- Nell Tenhaaf - IRC sessions channel operator
- Conroy Badger - programming
- BARCO, high powered graphics projection
- Pigi ETC audiovisuel - projection with interactive control
- Contributors: Konrad Becker (Austria), Michael Boyce (Canada), Andreas Broeckmann (Germany), Steve Cisler (US), Vuk Cosic (Slovenia), Sean Cubitt (UK), Calin Dan (Netherlands / Romania), Erik Davis (US), Scott deLahunta (US / Netherlands), Robert Ehrlich (Canada), Maria Fernandez (US / Nicaragua), Garnet Hertz (Canada), Paul Hertz (US), Margarete Jahrmann (Austria), Andreas Kitzmann (Canada), Ted Krueger (US), Rafael Lozano-Hemmer (Mex / Canada), Diana McCarty (US / Hungary), Alain Mongeau (Canada), Gordana Novakovic (Serbia), Olu Oguibe (Biafra / US), Tetsuya Ozaki (Japan), Roc Pares (Catalonia / Mexico), Simon Penny (Australia), Susie Ramsay (Canada), James Sey (South Africa), Pit Shultz (Germany), Amanda Steggell (Norway), Tank (Canada), Mark Tribe (US), Faith Wilding (US)
Bibliography
- "Moi et ma circonstance", Musée des Beaux Arts de Montéal, Montréal, Québec, Canada, 1999 (english and français). Text of 9 pages. (Book)
- Broeckmann, Andreas, Public Spheres and Network Interfaces, The Cybercities reader, New York City, New York, United States, 2004 (english and italiano). Text of 4 pages. (Book)
Cámara, Ery (translated by D.E. Cowan), Mexican Artists in the International Arena, EXIT ‒ México, Spain, 2005 (english and español). Text of 3 pages. (Book)
- Cilleruelo, Lourdes, Medios Alienígenas – entrevista a Rafael Lozano-Hemmer, Net.Art ‒ Prácticas estéticas y políticas en la red, Madrid, Spain, 2006 (español). Text of 8 pages. (Book)
- Druckrey, Timothy, Relational Architecture: the work of Rafael Lozano-Hemmer, Debates & Credits. Media / Art / Public Domain, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 2003 (english and deutsch). Text of 4 pages. (Book)
- Garza Usabiaga, Daniel, Arte contemporáneo mexicano: el relevo - Rafael Lozano-Hemmer, la Tempestad, vol. 8, no. 50, septiembre - octubre, Mexico City, México, 2006 (español). Text of 3 pages. (Magazine)
- Jezik, Enrique, Rafael Lozano-Hemmer ‒ Laboratorio Arte Alameda, ArtNexus, vol. 2, no. 50, September – November, Bogotá, Colombia, 2003 (english and español). Text of 2 pages. (Magazine)
- Lozada, Priamo, Rafael Lozano-Hemmer ‒ intreview by, Felix: A Journal of Media Arts and Communication – Risk / Riesgo, vol. 2, no. 3, 2003 (english and español). Text of 3 pages. (Magazine)
- Lozano-Hemmer, Rafael, Utterance 4 ‒ Relational Architecture, Performance Research, vol. 4, no. 2, Summer, 1999 (english). Text of 3 pages. (Magazine)
- Malvido, Adriana, Rafael Lozano-Hemmer ‒ De luz y ondas sonoras, Spot, no. 14, 2004 (español). Text of 1 page. (Magazine)
- Massumi, Brian, Strange Horizon: Buildings, Biograms and The Body Topologic, Architectural Design, London, United Kingdom, 1999 (english). Text of 8 pages. (Magazine)
- Ranzenbacher, Heimo, Metaphors of Participation, Takeover ‒ who's doing the art of tomorrow. ARS Electronica 2001, Vienna, Austria, 2001 (english). Text of 5 pages. (Book)
Walder, Paul, Rafael Lozano-Hemmer: fragmentos de un código fuente. Rafael Lozano Hemmer: fragments of a source code., Art.es, Spain, 2012 (english and español). Text of 34 pages. (Magazine)
- Wilson, Stephen, Rafael Lozano-Hemmer, Information Arts ‒ Intersections of Art, Science, and Technology, Cambridge, United Kingdom, 2002 (english). Text of 4 pages. (Book)