Wednesday, June 1, 2011

MARTIN REISER, ORBIT. 1997



Each of the 9 planets would have been be displayed inside three-sided obelisks, 6 metres high, finished in fine materials, such as granite, marble, glass, bronze and stainless steel: selected by colour and texture to match the characteristics of the individual planet and designed by artist's commission. The obelisks were designed to last 100 years or more and follow a long tradition of market crosses and commemorative memorials. We intended that the project would endure and celebrate the start of the new Millennium.Scientific data on the planet and information on a cross - Bristol planet trail were to be incised on each surface. At the very centre of the scheme, the sun was be surrounded by interactive computer - controlled representations of the planets housed inside a glass dome, which generated the “Music of the spheres” as they move. A powerful laser was to be mounted on the sun dome and at the top of each obelisk, to project beacons into the night sky above Bristol on selected dates.

... Sobre realidades inmersivas.

El aspecto formal del proyecto no me interesa mucho, de hecho es muy confuso con las imágenes, las diferencias de percepción de la obra en cuanto a ver registros fotográficos o haber estado realmente allí son gigantescas.
Pero en cuanto al contenido me parece muy interesante trabajar a escalas tan grandes, el problema de representar a los planetas en cuanto a su forma, textura y color y el contexto en el que se realizo la pieza ( llegada de nuevo milenio).

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