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→The Man And The Ocean / Der Mensch und das Meer - English Description
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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. | ||
„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, walks next to the sea and stays there as long as the beholder takes his time to watch the video. | |||
the three following .gif-files show the three states of the videoimage. | |||
[[Media:Meer.gif]]<br> | [[Media:Meer.gif]]<br> | ||
[[Media:Mensch.gif]]<br> | [[Media:Mensch.gif]]<br> | ||
[[Media:MenschundMeer.gif]]<br> | [[Media:MenschundMeer.gif]]<br> | ||
The work is based on a written academic essay on „Rezeptionsästhetik“. The aesthetic of reception is a former theory by the literature that made its way to the science of art. It deals with the function and position of a beholder. The idea is: The function of a beholder is defined by any artwork itself. | The work is based on a written academic essay on „Rezeptionsästhetik“. The aesthetic of reception is a former theory by the literature that made its way to the science of art. It deals with the function and position of a beholder. The idea is: The function of a beholder is defined by any artwork itself. | ||