Conditions of finiteness

unfinish! can be understood in different ways, especially in relation to artistic practices involving digital media. unfinish! stands for the drama of the incomplete but also highlights the possibility of enhancement. Under the motto unfinish! the transmediale.07 explores the conditions of finiteness and possibilities which keep artistic processes in flux, opening them to change. The exhibition of transmediale.07 unfinish! is dedicated to open-ended artistic approaches to technology, as well as to the aesthetic reflection of repetition and reversibility in physical processes.

31/1 - 4/2
10:00 - 21:00

Exhibition @ Exhibition Hall

Random Screen

Aram Bartholl [de]
'Random Screen' is a mechanical, thermodynamic screen working without electricity. Conventional tea candles illuminate and generate the changes on the 5x5 pixel screen.

still living

Antoine Schmitt [fr]
To Schmitt 'still living' inaugurates a new personal artistic language. The project revolves around the concept of 'living' graphics.

Taken

David Rokeby [ca]
'Taken' is an interactive video installation which allows for readings and interpretations of the activities in the gallery space with the help of surveillance cameras.

Death Before Disko

Herwig Weiser [at]
Herwig Weiser built a machine which confronts us with its technical elements in a particularly clear and alienating way. 'Death Before Disko' uses an online data stream from space observation and translates it into simple yet spectacular sound and light events.

Scripted Emotions

Kurt d'Haeseleer [be]
'Scripted Emotions' is a pseudo romantic drama for two tourist binoculars. The installation consists of two binoculars with built-in screens.

Proof of Life

Herman Asselberghs [be]
The video image shows the interior of an empty, open space: the borderline between inside and out is thin. Human presence can only be felt through the adjoining sounds.

setting 04_2006

Herwig Turk [at], Günter Stöger [at]
The installation 'setting 04_2006' is part of the Blindspot-Project which aims at investigating the interface between science and art.

Sorge und Kapitalismus

Christoph Korn [de]
The sound installation confronts precise time data announced by one voice with another one offering poetic and associative words.

Roots

Roman Kirschner [at]
'Roots' is a dream-like projection inspired by traditional Persian iconography: bush growing heads... In a green and brownish fluid, iron crystals grow steadily...

Specification.Fifteen

Taylor Deupree [us], Richard Chartier [us]
Sound artists Richard Chartier and Taylor Deupree created 'Specification.Fifteen' as a commission for the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden in Washington DC on the occasion of a retrospective exhibition of renowned Japanese photographer Hiroshi Sugimoto.

Against God By Water Pistol

Moon Na [kr]
The protagonist of the video (the artist herself) is armed with a water pistol and 'shoots' it into the sky on a rainy day.