Thursday 20 February 2014

Town Hall for Drawing & Electricus Exhibition - Week 3

Colchester based audio visual artist, Jamie Gledhill, had an exhibition in Gallery Three, ELECTRICUS.



"Entering the space sparks a slowly changing, developing soundtrack that responds to your presence. On the large screen visitors will see their outline surrounded by 'electrical' energy. The greater the action, the more intense effect".

It's basically a webcam with image programming, but the effect is quite dramatic ....



Mirrored by the same level of reaction from some, who instantly start moving or dancing to create the required effects.



It was incredibly clever, but for me it's attraction was more from a behavioural point of view, seeing how people interacted, rather than an artistic view point. Especially, as I didn't feel very comfortable in front of it and sadly to a certain extent, couldn't see the point of it, that's the beauty of art!

Video of student interaction.

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