PIA VAN GELDER

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Eyes Without a Face, 2012
Machine vision set-up: analogue modular audio-video synthesizer, pin-hole CCTV camera, Sony Trinitron CRT monitor, powered speaker.

This interactive installation is presented on a table, like a performance set-up, where a minimal AV synthesiser rack is pre-patched, its outputs displayed on a field monitor and a speaker. A CCTV camera is positioned above the table, which is lit. The view of the camera is shown on the monitor and fed into the synthesiser patch as a control voltage. When the viewer interrupts the frame (most likely with their hand) they vary the video signal therefore modifying it’s output. A combination of the resultant video waveform generator’s output and the CCTV camera are displayed.

The work allows the viewer to experience how a machine might perceive its environment and interpret this environment with visual and audio expression.