Abstract
This article presents a mixed-media installation titled Ekphrasis, consisting of close-up videos of a heavily scarred body projected onto an elastic screen. The screen has one string attached to its centre, which in turn is attached to a stepper motor. The motor pulls the screen in a controlled random pattern, stretching it and letting go, sometimes carefully, sometimes violently. The piece explores the relationship between the digital representation of the body and its corporeity, recreating the trauma that generated the scars on the medium itself, and proposing a new layer of abstraction that sustains the reflection on the significance of the human body.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | ARTECH 2017 Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Digital Arts |
| Publisher | Association for Computing Machinery |
| Pages | 179-181 |
| ISBN (Print) | 978-1-4503-5273-4 |
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| Publication status | Published - Sept 2017 |
| Event | 8th International Conference on Digital Arts (ARTECH 2017): Interfaces of Tomorrow - , Macao, China Duration: 6 Sept 2017 → 8 Sept 2017 |
Conference
| Conference | 8th International Conference on Digital Arts (ARTECH 2017) |
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| Place | Macao, China |
| Period | 6/09/17 → 8/09/17 |
Research Keywords
- Body
- Installation
- Mixed-media
- Video