With the work Towers by Gerhard Funk participants build up tower-like forms on the wall projection by moving around circles on the floor. The building process is timebased and once a tower is finished it creates sounds in a replay mode determined by its shape. In a second step the animation mode and the sound spectrum can be changed. The colour palette of subdued pastel shades and the use of forms are heavily inspired by the still-lifes of Italian artist Giorgio Morandi.
For the third time, the Time-Based and Interactive Media Art department of the University of Art and Design Linz presented 13 new projects on Cooperative Aesthetics in the Deep Space 8k as part of the Ars Electronica Festival 2020. The works were created as part of the course “AEC Deep Space” under the direction of Prof. Gerhard Funk and assistant Prof. Holunder Heiss and enable the visitors to have a common audiovisual aesthetic experience. The interaction between all users, their communication and collaboration are essential. The concept of cooperative aesthetics entails a strong social component in addition to its aesthetic qualities in order to let people interact with each other.
