Artistic Research by Rainer Görß and André Werner at the Human-Machine Interface
Heldenhalden & Schaltkreismythologien 1989 | 2026, 18 min 32 s, (excerpt) 8 drawings in approximately 33,333 variations. By Rainer Görß (drawings) and André Werner (video)
A collaboration, an artistic research at the Intersection of Man and Machine by Rainer Görß and André Werner.
Eight small works on paper were sent into the vastness of the Latent Space. All visual elements were given complete freedom to move freely within the space, to split apart, dissolve, or merge with other elements. To swim, fly, or climb—whatever took their fancy. The images made wise use of this freedom and created their very own habitat.
Rainer Görß, from the series Heldenhalden & Schaltkreismythologien 1989, each 21 cm x 29,7 cm, mixed media on paper
“The tide is high” from the series “Das winkende Mädchen”, interactive light object, 2021. 40 x 40 x 15 cm, acryl glass, whitewall sheet, motion detector, LED, layered overhead sheets.
The image is lit from behind if a motion sensor is triggered by a spectator. The image remains visible for about five seconds before hiding again behind.
By waving to the object one can bring back the waving girl.
“somewhere down the palm road” from the series “Das winkende Mädchen”, interactive light object, 2021. 33 x 33 x 9 cm, metal, glass, whitewall sheet, motion detector, LED, layered overhead sheets.
The image is lit from behind if a motion sensor is triggered by a spectator. The image remains visible for about five seconds before hiding again behind.
By waving to the frame one can bring back the waving girl.
Brigade der winkenden Mädchen (Brigade of the waving girls), interactive light object, 2021. 33 x 33 x 9 cm, metal, glass, baking paper, motion detector, LED, layered overhead sheets.
The image is lit from behind if a motion sensor is triggered by a spectator. The image remains visible for about five seconds before hiding again behind.
By waving to the frame one can bring back the brigade of waving girls.
A test run with the image hidden behind a sheet of paper that dangles in the airflow of a fan. The image is lit from behind if a motion sensor is triggered by a spectator. The image remains visible for about five seconds before hiding again behind the blank paper.
By waving to the sheet one can bring back the waving girl.
Say Hello, Wave Goodby! The first realization from the series “Das winkende Mädchen” (the waving girl). Installation in the public space. Slide projection during the night of New Year’s Eve 2020/21.
Say Hello, Wave Goodby! is the very first realization from the series “Das winkende Mädchen” (the waving girl). A short-time nstallation in the public space. A slide projection during the night of New Year’s Eve 2020/21.
The fifth installment of my series of single-frame video installations What remains of cinema | ce qu’il reste du cinéma.
April 17. – 25. 2020, 06am – 03am CET
As I am, due to the current lockdown, unable to continue presenting these installations in galleries, cinemas or in the urban space, I made “La prisonnière du port” a live installation that streamed from my home. …continue reading
The third installment of the series What Remains of Cinema, an interactive video installation. Based on an image of a Ledischiff (freighter ship) on the Lake Zurich. …continue reading
Autopoiesis, like its prequel La Femme et Le Fou, is an interactive closed circuit installation. An old black-and-white TV set and an analog video camera are directly connected opposite to each other, creating a feedback loop in a closed circuit. The single frame of this edition, a selfie image of a nude girl standing in front of the mirror in a changing cubicle, is printed on an overhead sheet and placed, hanging on thin thread, between the camera and the monitor.
Thus, the image, which in itself reflects an autopoietic system, becomes part of the loop, jumping into the TV, immediately reborn in the camera, an autopoietic beauty. …continue reading
André Werner | The Yeosu Mandalas The Yeosu Mandalas are three silent video loops. necessity | community | territory. Based on a closed-circuit installation of a camera interacting with a black and white tv-set. A … Continue reading “Yeosu Mandalas | necessity community territory”
Infundere shows caustics (light reflexes) caused by falling drops in a bowl of water. Infundere was first shown as part of the exhibition Raumlektüre at the Zwingli Church. André Werner, “Infundere”, 2016, overhead-projector, water, infusion … Continue reading “Infundere | Zwingli Church”
Necessity silent loop, 2014, part 1 of 3 of the Yeosu Mandalas. Yeosu Mandala | Necessity by André Werner, created for and shown first at the 5th. Yeosu International Art Festival, September 2014 at the … Continue reading “Yeosu Mandala | Necessity”
Community silent loop, 2014, part 2 of 3 of the Yeosu Mandalas. Yeosu Mandala | Community by André Werner, created for and shown first at the 5th. Yeosu International Art Festival, September 2014 at the … Continue reading “Yeosu Mandala | Community”
Territory silent loop, 2014, part 3 of 3 of the Yeosu Mandalas. Yeosu Mandala | Territory by André Werner, created for and shown first at the 5th. Yeosu International Art Festival, September 2014 at the … Continue reading “Yeosu Mandala | Territory”
The closed circuit installation Wiener Katharinenrad | Viennese Catherine Window is now on display at Kafka’s House (The house of Kafka’s birth). Installed as part of the group show “Spirits, Mystics and Muses” curated by Robert … Continue reading “Viennese Catherine Window at Kafka’s House”
Portrait einer Dame aus gutem Haus (portrait of a lady from a good family) Installation, overhead transparency, water, feather, vibrator, light, dimensions variable Created during an artist residence at the MuseumsQuartier Vienna. Shown during the … Continue reading “Portrait of a lady from a good family”
projection loop | Vienna Art Week 2014, MuseumsQuartier Portrait einer Dame aus gutem Haus (portrait of a lady from a good family), shown at the MuseumsQuartier Vienna, during the Vienna Art week, November 2014, open … Continue reading “Portrait of a lady from a good family II”
Installation view | Vienna Art Week 2014, MuseumsQuartier Portrait einer Dame aus gutem Haus (portrait of a lady from a good family), shown at the MuseumsQuartier Vienna, during the Vienna Art week, November 2014, open … Continue reading “Portrait of a lady from a good family III”
Viennese Catherine Window | Vienna Art Week. Wiener Katharinenrad | Viennese Catherine Window, a closed circuit installation created during an artist residence at the MuseumsQuartier Vienna. You can see the set up here. A rose … Continue reading “Viennese Catherine Window | Wiener Katharinenrad”
The Dream Of The Japanese Beauty | C.A.R. 2009 The Dream Of The Japanese Beauty was first shown as part of the opening of the c.a.r. 09, the contemporary art Ruhr, at the SAANA Building, Zeche … Continue reading “The Dream Of The Japanese Beauty”
In some videos, A. acts as a maker of tattoos. The meaning of “imprinting” is taken literally, as recordings of naked bodies are being covered with diverse scriptures by means of electronic manipulation. …continue reading
