Since many years I work with patterns of human behavior in new media, for instance in my interactive theatre piece Oedipus Reloaded (2004) or the installation/intervention below.
SOCIAL PATTERNS mixes short loops of daily life scenes and news flashes. The dark texture of each scene already contains the seed of information of the upcoming next, in this case it is: a mother with her child, people celebrating on the street, a man shooting and marching troops ...
SOCIAL PATTERNS was originally developed as an installation for the Schichtwechsel Festival 2001 at the Voelklinger Huette in Saarbruecken, Germany. Unfortunately the festival was discontinued and the work was not realized until 2010.
Klaus Obermaier
SOCIAL PATTERNS mixes short loops of daily life scenes and news flashes. The dark texture of each scene already contains the seed of information of the upcoming next, in this case it is: a mother with her child, people celebrating on the street, a man shooting and marching troops ...
SOCIAL PATTERNS was originally developed as an installation for the Schichtwechsel Festival 2001 at the Voelklinger Huette in Saarbruecken, Germany. Unfortunately the festival was discontinued and the work was not realized until 2010.
Klaus Obermaier
public video installation
for 22 Media Poles at U-Street, Gang-Nam,
Seoul, South Korea
premiere showing: May, June and July 2010
22 Media Poles with LCD screens
Height 11 meters
Resolution 480 x 4480 px
Duration 1 min 30 sec - video loop
subsequent showings:
December 11, 2013
Opening project, Winter Universiade Trentino 2013
Cathedral, Trento / Italy
Height 32 meters, width 60 meters
Duration 6min 50sec - video and sound
October 1, 2011
opening project of the Lichtsicht Festival,
3rd Projection Biennale, Bad Rothenfelde, Germany
September 23, 2011
TEC ART ECO Festival, MAGA Museum, arena space,
Gallarate, Italy
Video projection and sound installation
Height 14 meters, width 60 meters
Duration 5 minutes - video and sound
May 27, 2011
Days of Modern Art Festival
facade of the Faculty of Electrical Engineering
Bialystok, Poland
Video projection and sound installation
Height 16 meters, width 12 meters
Duration 5 minutes - video and sound
September 24, 2010
Opening project of Ruhrlights: Twilight Zone
RUHR.2010 - European Capital of Culture 2010
Ludwigturm, Garten der Erinnerung, Duisburg, Germany
Video projection and sound installation
Height 15 meters, width 12 meters
Duration 5 minutes - video and sound
For more information about the Ruhrlights project follow the LINK.
September 17 - 19, 2010
Opening project, Ruhrlights: Twilight Zone
RUHR.2010 - European Capital of Culture 2010
Town Hall Tower facade, Muelheim/Ruhr, Germany
Video projection and sound installation
Height 40 meters, width 9 meters
Duration 5 minutes - video and sound
for 22 Media Poles at U-Street, Gang-Nam,
Seoul, South Korea
premiere showing: May, June and July 2010
22 Media Poles with LCD screens
Height 11 meters
Resolution 480 x 4480 px
Duration 1 min 30 sec - video loop
subsequent showings:
December 11, 2013
Opening project, Winter Universiade Trentino 2013
Cathedral, Trento / Italy
Height 32 meters, width 60 meters
Duration 6min 50sec - video and sound
October 1, 2011
opening project of the Lichtsicht Festival,
3rd Projection Biennale, Bad Rothenfelde, Germany
September 23, 2011
TEC ART ECO Festival, MAGA Museum, arena space,
Gallarate, Italy
Video projection and sound installation
Height 14 meters, width 60 meters
Duration 5 minutes - video and sound
May 27, 2011
Days of Modern Art Festival
facade of the Faculty of Electrical Engineering
Bialystok, Poland
Video projection and sound installation
Height 16 meters, width 12 meters
Duration 5 minutes - video and sound
September 24, 2010
Opening project of Ruhrlights: Twilight Zone
RUHR.2010 - European Capital of Culture 2010
Ludwigturm, Garten der Erinnerung, Duisburg, Germany
Video projection and sound installation
Height 15 meters, width 12 meters
Duration 5 minutes - video and sound
For more information about the Ruhrlights project follow the LINK.
September 17 - 19, 2010
Opening project, Ruhrlights: Twilight Zone
RUHR.2010 - European Capital of Culture 2010
Town Hall Tower facade, Muelheim/Ruhr, Germany
Video projection and sound installation
Height 40 meters, width 9 meters
Duration 5 minutes - video and sound
social patterns . public video installation
Klaus Obermaier
Klaus Obermaier