The idea behind Cooperative Aesthetics is to create a space in which users can influence the visual output of the projections and the sound by walking around. Participants playfully explore what is controlled by their movements. In doing so, they come into contact with others, can coordinate their movements and thus create a shared aesthetic experience.
In Crossings, when a user crosses the path of another user, the creatures connected to each user exchange body parts, creating two new crossbreeds.
Sound Ping Pong is a kind of rhythm machine that allows users to develop and vary a common rhythm. A minimalist visual equivalent of the common rhythm can be seen in the wall projection.
Squeegee allows two people to form a (toothed) squeegee and drag paint across the floor, creating a complex, collaborative painting.
Sun encourages users to stand as close as possible to each other. The more people gather in the middle of the room, the more powerful the solar projection becomes.
Language: EN
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Bio
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Photo: Joachim SmetschkaGerhard Funk
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Gerhard Funk studied mathematics, art education and received his PhD in theoretical computer science. From 2004 until his retirement in 2022, he was a full professor at the University of Arts Linz and head of the Time-Based and Interactive Media Arts department. Since 2014, he has been developing the concept of “Cooperative Aesthetics”, a collection of programs designed to enable audiences to create collective audiovisual experiences. His works have been shown in Linz, Milan, Shanghai, and Zagreb, among other cities.
Credits
For Crossings, Gerhard Funk colored and uses Renate Schuler’s drawings from the work Tierlabor by Renate Schuler (idea, drawings) and Gerhard Funk (programming) from 1993.
Sound Ping Pong was developed in collaboration with the Museo Nazionale Scienza e Tecnologia Leonardo da Vinci in Milan and sponsored by Fondazione Maurizio Fragiacomo.