Audiovisual device
Technique: audiovisual, electronic, programming
Duration: autogerative (infinite)
Dimensions: 160 x 60 x 60 cm
Interpreter and script: Jorge Berges Sádaba
—
2013
Henhouse is an audiovisual installation that features eight eggs that are carrying a neverending conversation. The work´s scenographic design consists of a chunk of a henhouse which has been torn off its context and brought back to life into the exhibition space. The audiovisual illusion is powered by a computer algorithm which enables every egg to listen to the rest of their fellow talkers. They then talk back in an infinite yet variable cycle. A visitor will always be attending a conversation different than the previous visitor, due to the work´s capacity to generate a perpetual and unique live experience. The eggs may get into practical, down-to-earth matters or rather philosophical considerations. However, the conversation lacks all direction or proper reasoning; it drifts away and turns into an eloquent recreation of certain key aspects of human behaviour. The work experiments on
script generation by means of eight different databases, previously programmed to interact between them.
The work might as well be undestood as New Media Theatre, created with the sole purpose of exploring new narrative dimensions through audiovisual language based on computerized structures.
The piece includes every component required for proper functioning (sound system, computer, projector, further electronics).
Connection to 220/230 v power supply will be needed. The device´s power usage is under 1000w.
nestorlizalde@gmail.com
+34 659 751 761
© 2024
↑
nestorlizalde@gmail.com
+34 659 751 761
© 2024
↑