Marcello Mercado
Variations Van Gogh
2012 – 2014
Grant for Media Art 2013 of the Foundation of Lower Saxony
at the Edith-Russ-Haus for Media Art,
Oldenburg, Germany
ARCHIVE – INSTALLATION
Variations Van Gogh, 2014,
Objects + Books + 7-channel Video/ Sound installation, color
on seven LCD flat panels mounted on shelf, 8 minutes
or
projected on seven walls of a dark carpeted room;
projections unsynchronized; amplified stereo sound.
Continuously running
A. Concept
B. Videos
C. Description
D.Installation scheme
A. Concept
«I imagine the mass as a giant worm, information oozes into the body cavity through its maw, then on through to be excreted (undigested) out of the anus, so that excrement or trash may be recycled and reused as food. Having no memory, the worm does not realize it has already eaten it. The comparision is not so neat because the worm does digest something, whereas the mass remains intact.»
― Vilém Flusser
Keywords: Database, Transduction, Transformation, media-enzyme, Digital-organic, Organic-Digital, Digital-3D, Data gathering with drones, Image as enzyme, recontextualisation, invention, user culture, decontextualisation, performance, software application/program, human-human (artist interaction), human-computer, human-human, mediate, process, store, exchange information, activate, explore, monitor/screen, projection, sound acoustic, speakers, microphone, mass media, data processing, media