Tuesday, February 15, 2005
Counter-Strike
de Katrin Korfmann
http://www.katrinkorfmann.com/works/counter_strike/counter_strike.html
"Counter-Strike" by Dutch artist Katrin Korfmann is a sound-free, six-channel video that features the faces of six young boys, each projected from wall-mounted monitors, who appear to look through the spectator while playing the Web-based game "Counter-Strike." Although the boys are playing against one another, all communication is channeled solely through the Internet. The viewer watches as the boys' faces intently contort in silence as they move closer either to winning or losing to the other players. Each video piece ends when the featured player loses. These "video portraits" explore the concept of human connection and the effect technology has on how we communicate with one another.
(http://www.thesavannahgallery.com/exhibitions.html)
http://www.katrinkorfmann.com/works/counter_strike/counter_strike.html
"Counter-Strike" by Dutch artist Katrin Korfmann is a sound-free, six-channel video that features the faces of six young boys, each projected from wall-mounted monitors, who appear to look through the spectator while playing the Web-based game "Counter-Strike." Although the boys are playing against one another, all communication is channeled solely through the Internet. The viewer watches as the boys' faces intently contort in silence as they move closer either to winning or losing to the other players. Each video piece ends when the featured player loses. These "video portraits" explore the concept of human connection and the effect technology has on how we communicate with one another.
(http://www.thesavannahgallery.com/exhibitions.html)
# posted by Andrei Thomaz @ 6:53 PM 
