snippets from the world of André Werner
interactive art | art that explores the relationship between the viewer and the image
Interactive Art is a form of art that involves the participation of the audience in the creation or experience of the artwork. It challenges the traditional notion of art as a static and passive object, and invites the viewers to become active agents in the artistic process.
André Werner is an artist who explores the relationship between the viewer and the image in his works. He does not consider the image as a fixed entity, but as a dynamic and interactive phenomenon that depends on the viewer’s perception and participation.
One of the main aspects of his artistic practice is interactive art, which involves works that require the viewer’s input to complete or activate them. These works challenge the traditional notion of art as a passive and contemplative experience, and invite the viewer to become part of the creative process.
Some examples of his interactive works are:
– What remains of Cinema: a series of installations that use a closed circuit set-up in connection with a fragile image installation to create moving images that are activated by the breeze generated by the visitors. The installations evoke the history and aesthetics of cinema, and reflect on its current status in the digital age.
– The Waving Girl: a series of light objects that display the image of a girl waving at the viewer. However, the image only appears for a brief moment, and then disappears until the viewer waves back at it. This creates a playful and intimate dialogue between the viewer and the image.
André Werner’s interactive art reflects his interest in the role of images in our culture and society. He questions the conventional ways of producing and consuming images, and proposes new forms of engagement and communication through them.
Chachou Songe-Creux
The first edition, La Femme et Le Fou, of my new series of interactive video installations entitled Was vom Kino übrig bleibt | What Remains Of Cinema was shown in Berlin as part of the … Continue reading “Was vom Kino übrig bleibt | What Remains Of Cinema”
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.
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.
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.
A short documentary video featuring some of my interactive video installations, overhead projection and Live video streams. …continue reading
… Follows You
The first two of a series of interactive Light objects. 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 a blank white screen. …continue reading
Girl with a Video Camera at the Mitte Media Festival 2019
The fourth installment of the series What Remains of Cinema, an interactive video installation. …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
Was vom Kino übrig bleibt | What Remains Of Cinema #2 Autopoiesis The second work from my series What Remains Of Cinema, Autopoiesis, will be shown for the first time at the C.A.R. media art … Continue reading “Autopoiesis | What Remains Of Cinema #2”
Circles. You may find yourself. The Collector of pictures had begun to live very much in seclusion; he had locked himself in and started living among his pictures. He simply needed his suitcases about, and … Continue reading “Circles | Installation for 13 monitors and a curious person.”
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”
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”