Follow Spot

by Samuel Bianchini

2006

Follow Spot

by Samuel Bianchini

2006

Sound creation

Digital art

Installation

Interactive tour

Generative art

Artificial intelligence

Visual arts

Music and live performance

Science and technology

Sports

Sound creation

Digital art

Installation

Interactive tour

Generative art

Artificial intelligence

Visual arts

Music and live performance

Science and technology

Sports

A large circular white-light projector, a kind of "follow spot," comes to life. Its movements constantly vary, seeming hesitant, as if searching as much as being searched for: sweeping motions, skittering, stops and starts, and uncertainties give the machine an almost human quality. It remains unclear whether these movements are dictated by an absent operator or by the equally absent subject, sought after by a beam typically used to track and highlight a solo performer.

Other

Suitable for all audiences

Without dialogue

Update : 18/11/2024

Follow Spot, Vidéo - 2mn17s

Paris Dauphine University, Digital Days, November 22, 2022 (© Samuel Bianchini)

La Ménagerie de verre, Paris, December 2006 (© Samuel Bianchini)

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This is a solo that recalls, like the hollow of something, the presences that seem to motivate its movement, as much as it refers to itself in the present time of a live performance wherein the machine is simultaneously the equipment and the main protagonist.