Zoltán Szegedy-Maszák

ARTWORK

documentation / installation art / interactive art

human-machine interaction / interactive / sensors / virtual reality

2008

English

An installation is placed in the exhibition space, which resembles the photographic apparatus used in photo studios for taking identity card photos. The only difference is that there is a table in front of the model, with a monitor on its top. Lying on the table, there are a few A4 size cards with unintelligible geometric patterns. The visitor receives the following instruction: sit down at the table, and show the cards placed on it to the camera. Settling by the table, the visitor will see her/his own mirror image shown by the video camera that replaces the photo camera. When the visitor lifts the cards and shows them to the camera will notice something unusual: in addition to the view given by the video camera, there are virtual three-dimensional objects floating in front of the simple black and white patterns. These react to the movement of the cards as if they were real objects. (Z.Sz-M.)