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The Man and the Ocean are facing each other. The Night is falling and the waves are sweeping. The mighty, gray-violet, almost non structural sky is getting darker and darker. In Relation to his environment and the overwhelming Spectacle of Nature the man seems to be little, lonely and void. | The Man and the Ocean are facing each other. The Night is falling and the waves are sweeping. The mighty, gray-violet, almost non structural sky is getting darker and darker. In Relation to his environment and the overwhelming Spectacle of Nature the man seems to be little, lonely and void. | ||
[[File:Meer. | [[File:Meer.gif]] | ||
[[File:Mensch. | [[File:Mensch.gif]] | ||
[[File:MenschundMeer. | [[File:MenschundMeer.gif]] | ||
„The Man and The Ocean“ deals with the interaction between man and machine respectively media. If anyone enters the space in which the installation takes place and stays for more than five seconds a little man starts to appear in the videoimage, wanders next to the sea and stays there as long as the beholder takes his time to watch the video. | „The Man and The Ocean“ deals with the interaction between man and machine respectively media. If anyone enters the space in which the installation takes place and stays for more than five seconds a little man starts to appear in the videoimage, wanders next to the sea and stays there as long as the beholder takes his time to watch the video. | ||
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A human beholder inside a picture was used a lot in the romantic painting. In particular to show the dignity of nature compared to man. One famous painting showing this is David Caspers Friedrich's work “The Monk By The Sea”. | A human beholder inside a picture was used a lot in the romantic painting. In particular to show the dignity of nature compared to man. One famous painting showing this is David Caspers Friedrich's work “The Monk By The Sea”. | ||
„The Man and The Ocean“ | „The Man and The Ocean“ reenacts and recreates this situation in an interactive digital context where the experience of nature and its dignity meets. | ||