Print Screen Festival 2017
21. bis 24. Juni 2017 Mediateque Holon, Golda Meir 6, Holon, Israel
DIGITAL ARTS AND CULTURE FESTIVAL
Christa Sommerer und Laurent Mignonneau, Leitungsteam von Interface Cultures an der Kunstuniversität Linz, zeigen im Rahmen des Print Screen Festival ihre Installation "Portrait on the Fly".
am Donnerstag, 22.6.2017 von 20.00 bis 23.30 Uhr in der Eingangshalle
"Portrait on the Fly" by Christa Sommerer and Laurent Mignonneau
The interactive installation consists of a monitor that shows a swarm of a few thousand flies. When a person positions himself in front of the screen, the insects builds up the contour of the person. They begin to arrange and rearrange themselves continuously, thereby creating a recognizable likeness of the individual. Posing in front of the monitor attracts the flies. Within seconds they invade the face, but even the slightest movement of the head or parts of the face drives them off. The portraits are thus in constant flux; they construct and deconstruct. Portrait on the Fly is a commentary on our love for making pictures of ourselves (Selfie-Culture), it has to do with change, transience, and impermanence.
"Portrait on the Fly" © Christa Sommerer und Laurent Mignonneau