I’m torn about what to focus on here. I was initially attracted to this totally awesome machine that re-analogizes now-digital technologies (an admitted soft spot in my heart). But now I’m increasingly interested in the value of concluding an artwork’s discussion by characterizing it’s aesthetic niceness.
“A Parallel Image” is an electronic camera obscura, made by Gebhard Sengmüller, in collaboration with Franz Büchinger. It is an interactive sculpture which can capture and display images. On one side is a camera made of 2500 photo senser which are mounted on a 1 by 1 meter board. On the other side there is the monitor with 2500 light bulbs to display to image. In between each sensor and light bulb there is a 3 meter long copper wire. The resolution of this sculpture is of course quite low, but the aesthetic of the device is very nice (emphasis added).”
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