The Fire of Knowledge Burns all Karma to Ashes
Künstler/in
Ursula Mayer
(geb. 1970 in Ried im Innkreis, Oberösterreich)
Date2019
ClassificationsVideo
MediumVideo auf USB-Stick, 4 K, HD, color, no sound, native
Dimensions1 min 57 sec
Credit LineArtothek des Bundes
Object number28297
DescriptionThe central figure of the installation 'The Fire of Knowledge Burns to Ashes All Karma,' is an idling avatar of model Valentjin de Hingh. A feature of video games, idle animations are the various forms of waiting, from gentle breathing to foot-stamping impatience, that player characters revert to when not under direction from the game player. Updating Haraway's cyborg for the 21st century, Valentjin's idling avatar is an icon for the post human, in which the human as always already entangled within more-than-human networks. Blending artificial and organic phenomena, 'The Fire of Knowledge...' produces a hybrid space in which distinctions between human and nonhuman entities dissolve, to instead envision what our shared "natureculture" future can be. As part of a larger body of work called 'The Soul Paints Itself in Machines,' this video installation will continue to explore contemporary forms of embodiment and materiality in our digital milieu.Text: Ursula Mayer
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