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TECHNE II

2nd EDITION

ART AND TECHNOLOGY

A JOURNEY THROUGH THE WORLD OF INTERACTIVITY

October 30th 2002 - February 2nd 2003

The exhibition TECHNE 02: art and technology - A journey through the world of interactivity was held some two years after the inaugural event, TECHNE (Spazio Oberdan - October 30th 2002 - February 2nd 2003). The objective was to continue the on-going overview of the forms taken by interactive art in Italy. In performing its functions in the arts, technology draws simultaneously on two contemporary aspects of the human condition: widespread social interactivity and the transformation of the artwork into something which goes beyond its own original identity, involving other objects in the act of expression. And TECHNE 02 continues to focus on the field of communications, on issues regarding the metamorphosis of expression and the total perception of sensory stimuli. All the installations were on display for the first time, conceived specially for the exhibition itself.

The choice of subject was left entirely to the artists, who were also free to use any kind of technology. Alongside works by artists commissioned individually (Studio Azzurro, Mario Canali, Ennio Bertrand and Piero Gilardi) there were also installations by three other artists (Nicola Toffolini, Limiteazero and Makrida) selected by a qualified jury from among the more than forty entries submitted in response to the competition. The exhibition thus had a dual focus on two vital aspects: research into new forms of expression, as exemplified by the work produced for the competition organised by TECHNE 02, and a section of four artists or groups of artists, who are at the forefront of electronic experimentation. In an attempt to provide a representative survey of the composite reality of technology as used in contemporary art.

WORKS

Mario Canali, in collaboration with Elio Massironi Scribble Test

A person sits down, picks up the digital pen and makes a scribble on screen. The computer analyses what has been drawn and its interpretative system produces a psychological report in the form of music, colours, video fragments and enactments. Lastly the scribbler's personality profile is then printed out. The scribble has the dual function of a test and a means to enhance inner awareness by basing it on what is made evident.

Ennio Bertrand LipstickJoystick

The installation displays in interactive mode several dozen short video extracts taken from television programmes. The characters in the sequences are cartoon characters, seen as they tackle the challenges of intuitively discovering that the body cannot alter its shape, or simply of surviving the most terrible falls. The viewer must participate directly with his/her body in order to re-animate the action of the characters.

Piero Gilardi Shared Emotion

Consisting of a cylindrical space marked off by black curtains, a console and two armchairs, the installation involves a pair of spectator/performers and, using an interface and a finger-pressure pad, enters into contact with their emotional zones.

Studio Azzurro Tamburi a sud

When touched, three large membranes react like drums, emitting sounds and modifying the images projected onto their surfaces. Like tom-toms, the echo of these drums is protracted to the immaterial space of the Web through the sending of a series of e-mail addresses of the small, symbolic objects held by the hands projected.

Nicola Toffolini Naturale che piove: fare il bello ed il cattivo tempo

The installation results from a blend of nature and interaction. The creation of a suspended environment brings into play the confines between a dimension conceived as being both external and given - the natural dimension - and a strictly human dimension, that of technological invention. The space within the container - in which a water hyacinth is cultivated - defines a nature sui generis which, since its own living conditions are secured by the functioning of a complex technical apparatus, exists solely as a result of the denaturalisation of nature itself.

Limiteazero Ordine&Caos

Loaded on a server, the Carnivore software allows surveillance in real time of data flows on the Spazio Oberdan network, visualising and giving physical form to the IP numbers connected. These IP numbers are then related to a system of physical interaction enabling the public to interfere with their flow. Two incompatible planes are superimposed: the physical and the digital dimension.

Makrida Longitudini di uno sguardo

This video installation enables the viewer to determine the definition and focus of the images on two screens placed at the end of the pre-defined route, by moving towards or away from them. Looking closer does not always make things more visible: what seems, is not, what proves to be, seemed not to be.

Exhibition conceived and organised by: A.I.A.C.E. - INVIDEO in collaboration with: A+G and Arting Consultant and promoted by the Province of Milan - Dept. of Culture | Curator: Romano Fattorossi | Competition jury: Amnon Barzel, Antonio Caronia, Anna Detheridge, Romano Fattorossi, Marco Meneguzzo, Hidetoshi Nagasawa, Vero Pizzigoni | Interior and Graphic Design: A+G Achilli Ghizzardi Associati | Technological consultant: Gianfranco Gabrielli | Promotional consultants: Alessandro Bonfanti, Balthazar Pagani | Translations: Pat Hampton, John Young | Photography: Maurizio Pratesi | Secretarial services: Daniele Buggio, Valentina Di Prisco, Fabrizio Schirano | Press officer: Silvia Pacciarini | Catalogue edited by: Gabriele Perretta | Interior construction: Tosetto Allestimenti, Jesolo