| by: Lotte Schreiber, |
| Norbert Pfaffenbichler, |
| Michael Aschauer |
| programming: M. Aschauer |
| year of production: 2003 |
| sound: Michael Aschauer |
| links: www.m.ash.to/24 |
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The installation is comprised of 24 pedestals with a quadratic basis
(50 x 50 x 75 cm), which are placed in regular intervals in the room. An
animated pixel can be seen on the top side of each pedestal, which horizontally,
vertically and diagonally scans the axes of the quadratic surface of
the pedestal. The visitor can freely move about the pedestals. The
audio composition follows the same system as the animation.
24
speakers which play a finite number of non-repeating combinations are
placed in the 24 pedestals. The wave forms (sine, saw tooth, noise)
serve as acoustic raw material along with a direct interpretation of
image movements in sound movements into the smallest digital-acoustic
unit of a sample-value. One and the same simple mathematic structure
is used to link the systems of sound, image and space.
It would take about 2 times 10 to the 16 th years or about 20 trillion
years in order to play out all of the possible combinations of this finite
audio-visual composition. 24! is an aggregate composition (spatial-acoustic-visual). The
installation is understood as 'minimal media art'. The pedestal
serves as a citation from the classical presentation form in an art context
and is spatially isolated and serially aligned. One projection
hits each of the 24 pedestals respectively. Projected images take
the place usually reserved for small sculptures or like things. Immateriality
supercedes materiality. Further, the traditional presentation
form is broken through the tilting of the image plain to the horizontal. Each
animation is self-contained. The black square on a white background
scans the surface axes of the pedestal basis and with this describes
the surface.
There is a loudspeaker box in each pedestal. The sound dimension
is an exact translation of the spatial dimension.
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Together, animation and
sound produce a strict combinatory composition. The vocabulary of
classical art presentation is cited and combined with numerous digital
technologies. 24! further represents an attempt to link the elements
space, image and tone together and with this to find the smallest
common denominator. The installation stands by itself as a work or
composition and does not represent anything more or less than the
conditions of its own existence.
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