_Field

A stationary journey through the history of photography.

Date

2019

Dimensions

3x3x3m

Medium

Swing, camera, computer, projector, screen

Software

Three.js, OpenGL, SciPy, OpenCV

Authors

Cyril Diagne & Béatrice Lartigue, Lab212

Synopsis

_Field juxtaposes a reality perceived through the object with an imaginary projected environment. By swinging, we control the movement, itself induced by the swing. Through our physical experience, _Field induces a profound immersive feedback. The suspension of the body and its shifting in a universe distinct from reality disrupts our bearings.
The proposed corpus of photographs has been selected in the Musée de l'Elysée's database. The projected photographs highlight the framing and composition of the subjects, playing on perspective and vanishing points. The feeling of balance and depth are enhanced, echoing the apparatus in perpetual movement.
_Field offers a stationary journey through the collections of the Musée de l'Elysée and its main protagonists. The point of view of the photographer and ours dialogue and draw an invisible link that gives a singular meaning to the maze of images at work.

Commissioned by

Photo Elysée, Lausanne, CHE

Curated by

Manuel Sigrist

Development

Bastien Girschig

Photos

Yannick Luthy

Infos

https://elysee.ch/en/exhibitions/_field/

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_Field is an adaptation of the work Starfield created in 2012 by Cyril Diagne.

Starfield is an interactive physical installation that hijacks an icon born from the democratization of computing: the screensaver of Windows 3.1. The piece is composed of a swing allowing to interact with a big starry sky. The visitor travels to the rhythm of his swing. Starfield encourages the imagination, by evoking an infinite space: the visitor discovers a collection of white pixels on a black background. The projection of black and white pixels animated by the movement of the swing, queries the juxtaposition of a fictional universe and a tangible object. The intentionally low-tech device hijacks a device belonging to the world of video games: the Microsoft Kinect.