Which Cinema is your Cinema, which Discotheque
is your Discotheque?
Cardboard, mirrors, stroboscope, camera, monitor, 210 x 155 x 150 cm,
2001
Which Cinema is your Cinema, which
Discotheque is your Discotheque? - First
presented at the Pavel-House, Laafeld, Austria, spring 2001.
The object is an elongated spherical cardboard shell which hangs from
the ceiling, about a meter and a half from the ground. There is a half
meter wide hole on the bottom of the sphere, through which a reflection
of a stroboscope can be seen. The visitor can go under the sphere and
then put his head through the hole to the inside. The inside of the sphere
is covered in tiny mirrors, 1 cm by 1 cm, and on the top there is strong
stroboscope light. The visitor’s reflection is distorted by the mirrors,
the flashing light only adding to the confusion, and thus the visitor’s
orientation and balance are almost completely diminished.
Small, almost invisible black and white electronic camera is constantly
recording the inside of the sphere and projecting the image onto the screen
on the outside. There are questioners (Which cinema is your cinema? Which
discotheque is your discotheque?) sticked to the outside surface. Pencils
are available.
I wanted to create a space which would unite the idea of an absolute cinema
and idea of a one-man discotheque. (T.P.)
(see also Cinema
and Discotheque)