Media Art Globale, Jakarta — Zurich

Digital Investigations #1 & #2

Valerio Vincenzo (IT)

The book, weighing about 30 kg, and composed of over 4,000 pages of binary code, is the negative of my photograph, namely its origin information: This sequence of 0 and 1 allows me to visualize the enormous amount of information produced each time I take a photograph. I cannot understand the information in this book, but for a computer the information in the book is the photo.

The Work of Art in The Age of Instastory

Reza Zefanya Mulia (ID)

The Work of Art in The Age of Instastory seeks the possibility of how an artwork could be appreciated properly when it has been developed into a short-term digital content that only lasts for 24 hours on social media. Using two contrasting objects—hand-drawn works on paper and three smartphones with looping videos—the installation also raises questions about whether social media posts can do justice to both exhibited artworks and the artists themselves.

Indonesia Kaya in Augmented Reality, My Identity in Augmented Reality

Budi Ubrux (ID)

Through this app, art lovers can witness the painting come alive, offering an interactive digital experience about what it may have been like to be in the scene during the 21st century as depicted in the painting. It featured newspaper-wrapped heads as a metaphor for image-making desires. Ubrux adapts symbolic language for a new generation: Digital Avatar.