Proposal for ( C ) lick Me – A manifestation about internet pornography

This installation targets the relationship between human and machine. Seeing the personal computer as an equivalent partner using a dildo (human shape but technically [re]produced) mounted on a joystick (gaming device) as interface the audience is able to “visualize” the feelings of the computer. The more the user “interacts” with the installation by rubbing the phallus the more processes are triggered, until the computer is totally occupied by the interaction. Error messages appear due to the excessive usage. The digital orgasm will crash the computer. A reboot resets the installation.

The exhibition setup changes the paradigm of the voyeur perspective. Private turns to public. Also playing with that fact, the user himself gets part of the installation and is exhibited to the visitors.

Work in progress … Documentation will follow soon.

Cave Navigator

Der Cave Navigator ist eine Single-User-Application mit Infrarot Technologie. Ein Experiment im Feld der Wahrnehmung. Die Orientierung mittels dieser Installation funktioniert ähnlich wie die einer Fledermaus und dient als Referenz zu den Höhlentieren, welche sich in der Dunkelheit der Höhle fortbewegen.

Place a coin or as many coins as you can from your pocket onto a table to create an electrical circuit; to make a connection. The user places a coin onto the nylon plastic table, joining two of the slightly raised metal slugs thus creating an electronic circuit. The connection is detected instantly by a computer that then flashes an image (2-3 frames) onto the underside of the table, viewable on top; at the same time generating a ‘snappy’, ‘lightening like’ sound in sync with the image. This repeats slowly at random intervals (3-5sec) until the coin is taken off. The more coins on the table the quicker and more frequent it flashes. Please see attached illustrations. My aim is to create a work that emphasises interaction and encourages the user to consider and participate in a fiscal narrative with social consequences. This work is more than a live video installation, a virtual experience, a technological puzzle or gimmick; it focuses instead on actual user interaction and the experience of a result. The work was born from the phrase ‘Money Conducts Electricity’. The images represent randomly all things that money influences – oil industries, homeless people, political figures, mass production, education, the third world, war, music, environment, consumer choices etc.

A Game of Marbles combines the school yard game of marbles with 3D computer gaming technology. Players battle against their opponents by flicking marbles which represent their on-screen characters around the ring. It’s a 3D shoot-em up game taken to another level… to another game… to a game of marbles.

The concept – to use a simple old game to control a new computer game. Is it the blood and guts that engages the player? Is it the idea? Are marbles as satisfying as the blood and guts or are people happy with marbles? It is an old game that gives lots of satisfaction. Rolling marbles is a simple idea – there is no plot and no graphics. Is it necessary to have all this other stuff?

Created by Tim Devine and Gerard Mason

Read more: Science and art join on a living stage (http://www.smh.com.au/…)

DESIGN TAGUNG 06, ARS ELECTRONICA CENTER, LINZ, AUSTRIA

Reactive thermochromic ink installation

A project by Stefan Kainbacher, Jeldrik Schmuch and Jona Hoier.

Heat is a dynamic painting which plays with the fact, that fire is the most dangerous enemy to every painting. Focusing on that the audience is invited to burn the frame with a lighter. The initial flame triggers the transformation of the content by distributing heat all over the canvas.

Image Gallery: http://www.jukdi.net/…
Movie (QT/H.264): http://www.neongolden.net/…/heat.h264.mov
Movie (Google): http://video.google.com/…

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ELICIT TV, EXPERIMEDIA, STATE LIBRARY OF VICTORIA, AUSTRALIA

Installation done by Tim Devine as artist in residence at Experimedia.

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SEX’N'STYLE CLUB, LOUNGE, DORNBIRN

Sound-driven visual installation

CONCEPT:
Stefan Kainbacher

CONTRIBUTORS:
Caroline Rainer, Armin Wolf, Roland Kainbacher, Franziska Parschau

Quartz Composer, Powerbook, iBook, 2 projectors

2004/05, CON/TEMPORARY BALLROOM, WOLFURT

Live data-driven installation, new years eve 2004

Concept: Tim Devine, Stefan Kainbacher

Contributors: Jakob Birnbaumer, Roland Kainbacher

IRC, Java, Max/MSP, DC Romance Comic, PC-laptop, Powerbook, lots of cables, sigal-splitter, 4 TV sets