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Conservation of Intimacy
Bernie Lubell (US)

Bernie Lubell´s Conservation of Intimacy was inspired by the physiological experiments Etienne Jules Marey conducted in the 19th century and is constructed solely of wood, steel springs and pneumatic tubes. This interactive arrangement consists of a bench made of wooden slats that is connected via pneumatic tubes with an adjacent room as well as a drawing stylus installed on the wall facing the bench. The elaborate wood construction is modeled on a computer; human beings assume the role of the processors. When they sit down on the bench, their movements are transferred via air pressure to balls located in the adjacent room. The balls, in turn, swirl about the room. On a screen, the people seated on the bench can observe the action in the adjacent room that was triggered by their movements. At the same time, their movements are transferred from the drawing stylus mounted on the wall opposite the bench onto a roll of paper that is, in turn, unspooled by a third person riding a stationary bike. “Conservation of Intimacy” combines artistic, scientific, technological and cultural aspects, and shows that interaction functions best when each individual protagonist takes the actions of the others into account: Intimacy as the essential component of social interaction.




Source: Bernie Lubell

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