CTRL

Equilibrium 2

19.11. - 08.12.2008

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Duration

19.11. - 08.12.2008

Location

Kunsthaus Graz

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About the
Project

The second part of the three-part Equilibrium project on the BIX Facade of the Kunsthaus Graz consists of quite a different kind of live growth - this time, it's not the biological growth of a plant spreading across the facade in positive-negative form but the waxing and waning of a festive shower of lights.


Jubilation. Yes we can! 

As a personal interpretation of the positively infectious euphoria triggered off by the election results in the USA, artist group CTRL has come up with a work in the spirit of hope and change - aspirations that an uncertain world hungrily seeks to foster. 

„This piece is an homage and celebration to the recent election of Barack Obama for President of the United States. The confetti like animation and large stripes reflect the joy felt on that day, not only in the US but throughout the world. It is the beginning of the end of the age of apathy and embarrassment, we Americans feel toward our country and national identity. It will not happen over night. It will not happen in four years, or eight even. It will take a generation, but we have at least taken the first steps toward unifying the nation in peace instead of war." - Nika Offenbac

 

Equilibrium is composed of elements generated from standard digital animation techniques as well as generative (programmatically built) animation, using Maya, After Effects and Max/MSP+Jitter. 

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