Dutch Installation Art
From 20-05-2006 until 10-09-2006
1. Michiel van Bakel - Hovering over Wasteland Panopticum
2. Jasper van den Brink – Video Fly Tunnelvision
3. Persijn Broersen & Margit Lukács – Prime Time Paradise
4. Rikkert Brok - Friendly Fire
5. eddie d - A word of welcome Orquesta Revoltillo
6. Jan Peter van der Wenden - Digital Pin Display De Blauwe man
7. Kirsten Geisler - Dream Dream of Beauty 2.2 / Touch Me
8. Bernard Gigounon - Starship
9. Nan Hoover - black and white… Returning to Fuji
10. SERVAAS - Pfft…
11. Andreas Siefert - Dropshadow
12. Bill Spinhoven – It's about time
13. Eric Steensma -The Park
14. Martijn Veldhoen - Dislocations
15. Gerald van der Kaap – White Chill Terminal
The video installations, especially the closed-circuit installations were based on principals that were close to interactive art. The installations consisted of video camera’s, monitors or projections and were based on relations in which the public didn’t need to actively partake. The media used created the work and from the audience a mere perceptive participation was expected. The interest in these controlled environments in which the actions of the public activate the work increased with the development in technology. Due to cheaper and smaller equipment the installations could become less ‘obvious’ and more adventurous. Not all of the works were interactive in itself, most of the installations were very much controlled, but the creative process was interactive. The public stirs the computer which in turn translates the movements in images, sounds or texts, for the public to play/interact with. The spectator becomes a user searching for the (prescribed) paths. Hoping to encounter the new and unexpected while losing oneself in a total immersion.
Surrounded by a three-dimensional space of the work, projects the users body mentally into another, spatial and temporal dimension he experiences in real time. This use of space and architecture is another characteristic of most interactive and installation art.
Due to its connections with play many of these artworks have not been giving the attention they deserve. Mostly seen as simple mirror effects, they were seen as entertainment and not withstanding the high criteria of art. In the exhibition 'Dutch Installation Art' the Netherlands Media Art Institute will present a selection of interactive, installation works and single channel works that not only immerse the active spectator but also reflect upon society, discuss the working of interaction and present us with unexpected alternative modes of presentation.
Director MNAC: Ruxandra Balaci
Director Netherlands Media Art Institute: Heiner Holtappels,
Curator: Annet Dekker
Producer Bucharest: Raluca Velisar
Producer The Netherlands: Barbara de Preter
Thanks to:
With thanks to: Mondriaan Foundation and the Dutch embassy in Bucharest