Real Estate was developed in collaboration with Alexandra Berlinger and Wolfgang Fiel (tat ort), and within the framework of the EmobilArt-Project (European Mobile Lab for Interactive Media Artists).
The e-MobiLArt project was supported by the European Commission under the framework of the CULTURE 2007-13 Programme and managed by the Education Audiovisual Culture Executive Agency (EACEA). Projectcoordinators: University of Athens (Greece), Faculty of Communication and Media Studies, University of Applied Arts, Vienna (Austria) and University of Lapland (Finland).
Additional Grants for Real Estate:
Austrian Federal Ministry for Education, Arts and Culture, Vorarlberg State Department of Cultural Affairs, Kulturamt Stadt Giessen, Giessener Hochschulgesellschaft and Hessische Theaterakademie.
- Galeria Rondo Sztuki, Katowice, Poland (28.10.09 - 15.11.09)
- Press Release (PDF)
- Katalog Text (PDF)
The piece is conceived as the scaled-down model of a corporate office building, based on the modernistic typology of a space-frame structure with huge windows. Depending on what is shown on the 6 screens of the facade, their degree of transparency is altered continuously. The rooms are designed and furnished in accordance to a narrative, which involves three fictitious characters, Rosalind Sedlacek, Walter Petterson, and Dick Schuster, who work inside the compound and happen to be involved in a criminal incident. Using physical objects, moving images, light, and sound, the story unfolds step by step within a loop of 10 minutes. Short video sequences show the investigation following the public disclosure of the incident. The slow movement of the light cone is a desperate attempt to re-construct the bigger picture, a journey the visitor is invited to join!
Alexandra Berlinger, Wolfgang Fiel, Tobias Rosenberger