André Werner | selected installations
A short documentary video featuring some of my interactive video installations, overhead projection and Live video streams. …continue reading
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André Werner | interactive video artInteractive video art is a form of artistic expression that uses video technology to create immersive and participatory experiences for the audience. It is a genre that challenges the traditional boundaries between art and spectator, between reality and representation, between space and time. Interactive video art is also a way of exploring the possibilities and limitations of the medium itself, as well as its social and cultural implications.
One of the pioneers and innovators of interactive video art is André Werner, a German artist who’s works range from experimental films and documentaries to installations and performances, always with a strong emphasis on interactivity and feedback. Werner’s works are not only visually stunning, but also conceptually rich and provocative, inviting the viewer to question their own perception, identity, and role in the media landscape.
In several works, Werner has been experimenting with different forms of closed-circuit video installations, which are video systems that operate without external input or output. These installations create a loop between the camera, the monitor, and the viewer, who becomes an integral part of the work. Werner uses these closed-circuit systems in various ways, sometimes to create dynamic and ephemeral images from static photographs, sometimes to generate abstract and organic patterns from simple gestures, sometimes to create a complex and chaotic mirror of oneself.
Some examples of Werner’s interactive video installations are:
– What remains of Cinema: A series of works that use photographs as the source material for video projections. The photographs are suspended in mid-air by thin strings and are set in motion by the breeze created by the viewers. The resulting projections are like moving paintings that constantly change and transform. The works explore the relationship between photography and cinema, between stillness and movement, between memory and imagination.
– Viennese Catherine Window: A minimal work that consists of a DV camera and a portable black-and-white television. The camera is pointed at the monitor, creating a feedback loop that produces intricate light patterns on the screen. The viewers can intervene in this loop by moving their hands between the camera and the monitor, creating new shapes and forms. The work is a homage to the stained glass windows of Gothic cathedrals, which were also sources of light and color.
– Circles: An installation for 13 monitors and one curiosity seeker. The monitors are arranged in a circle around a central camera that captures the image of the viewer. The image is then split into 13 segments and displayed on each monitor. The viewer can move around the circle and see themselves from different angles and perspectives. The work creates a dizzying hall of mirrors that challenges the viewer’s sense of self and orientation.
These works are representative of Werner’s oeuvre as a whole, which is characterized by a playful and experimental approach to video art. By using video technology in creative and unconventional ways, he invites the viewer to become an active co-creator of his art.
Chachou Songe-Creux
Interactive video art is a form of artistic expression that uses video technology to create immersive and participatory experiences for the audience. It is a genre that challenges the traditional boundaries between art and spectator, between reality and representation, between space and time. Interactive video art is also a way of exploring the possibilities and limitations of the medium itself, as well as its social and cultural implications.
One of the pioneers and innovators of interactive video art is André Werner, a German artist who’s works range from experimental films and documentaries to installations and performances, always with a strong emphasis on interactivity and feedback. Werner’s works are not only visually stunning, but also conceptually rich and provocative, inviting the viewer to question their own perception, identity, and role in the media landscape.
In several works, Werner has been experimenting with different forms of closed-circuit video installations, which are video systems that operate without external input or output. These installations create a loop between the camera, the monitor, and the viewer, who becomes an integral part of the work. Werner uses these closed-circuit systems in various ways, sometimes to create dynamic and ephemeral images from static photographs, sometimes to generate abstract and organic patterns from simple gestures, sometimes to create a complex and chaotic mirror of oneself.
Some examples of Werner’s interactive video installations are:
– What remains of Cinema: A series of works that use photographs as the source material for video projections. The photographs are suspended in mid-air by thin strings and are set in motion by the breeze created by the viewers. The resulting projections are like moving paintings that constantly change and transform. The works explore the relationship between photography and cinema, between stillness and movement, between memory and imagination.
– Viennese Catherine Window: A minimal work that consists of a DV camera and a portable black-and-white television. The camera is pointed at the monitor, creating a feedback loop that produces intricate light patterns on the screen. The viewers can intervene in this loop by moving their hands between the camera and the monitor, creating new shapes and forms. The work is a homage to the stained glass windows of Gothic cathedrals, which were also sources of light and color.
– Circles: An installation for 13 monitors and one curiosity seeker. The monitors are arranged in a circle around a central camera that captures the image of the viewer. The image is then split into 13 segments and displayed on each monitor. The viewer can move around the circle and see themselves from different angles and perspectives. The work creates a dizzying hall of mirrors that challenges the viewer’s sense of self and orientation.
These works are representative of Werner’s oeuvre as a whole, which is characterized by a playful and experimental approach to video art. By using video technology in creative and unconventional ways, he invites the viewer to become an active co-creator of his art.
Chachou Songe-Creux
Was vom Kino übrig bleibt | What Remains Of Cinema
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”
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Girl with a Video Camera | What Remains of Cinema #4
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
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Autopoiesis | What Remains Of Cinema #2
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
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Autopoiesis | What Remains Of Cinema #2
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”
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Circles | Installation for 13 monitors and a curious person.
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.”
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Viennese Catherine Window at Kafka’s House
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”
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Viennese Catherine Window | Wiener Katharinenrad
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”
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