| BANK ROBBERY Interactive video installation, 2.28 min - loop, 2003 Bank Robbery is an interactive video installation for a public space. The installation is composed of a TV, a computer, specially designed software, and a digital photo camera. On the TV screen the viewer sees a breaking news report about a bank robbery in Milan that happened overnight. The suspects escaped and could be anywhere in the world by now. Then, at the very next moment in the TV news report, the viewers who are standing on a certain spot in the public space see a photograph of themselves as the suspects in the bank robbery. The installation deals with the issues of visual images/information. The media can use various technologies to manipulate or simulate events. In the public/social space our privacy is becoming more and more limited as surveillance cameras record most of our actions. Technical requirements: PC, specially designed software, camera Olympus C-750, TV set |
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