Program

campus 08 / Exhibitions

Boxed Ego

04.09. - 09.09. | 10:00 - 19:00

Kunstuniversität Linz / Hauptplatz

Boxed-Ego is a double trap for the Self. A peep-show box waiting in a corner of the exhibition space first captures the curiosity of the observer - and then the observer himself.

In a silent environment, this box would appear empty; however, if someone approaches, talks or breathes, the box readily detects this human prey and traps it in its interior, transforming the observer into its own object of observation. Boxed-Ego seeks to combine several pre-cinematographic techniques in order to create a new magical, "out-of-body" experience (hyper-stereo, stereoscope, diorama, synthetic pepper ghost effect). From the research perspective, this work is a preliminary experiment on the cognitive aspects of what we could call autoscopic telexistence.