RHHlab 2.34

ROMY JOYA KULDIP SINGH

WEB: http://romy-joya.com/

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“Hendrik Hantschel (DE)

The insult to mankind by the psychological machines – computers and mobile phones – is the main theme Hendrik Hantschel wraps his head around. As a “techno-philosopher” thought and language are his core ‘materials’. An illustrative example is WIFI poems, an ironical assemblage of WIFI network names. Hantschel researches the influence of technology on society, specifically our symbiosis with machines and the impact this fusion has on human interaction. Hantschel describes our relation to psychological machines as the “digital-social mirror”, which furthermore affects our perception of time. Reflections in this mirror are never genuine renditions of human relations, rather they are always translated transmissions. The error in translation makes Hantschel question and investigate the transferability of emotions through technology. He turns his observations into a physical form, not only to make his thoughts tangible, but also to initiate an experience for the viewer. Without viewer there is no in- or output. There is only a machine left. No viewer. No life. Only algorithms.

With the interactive performance dasTechTeil, a collaboration between Kim Bosch and Hantschel, a tactile feeling is added to the sense of hearing. The physical effort of Bosch to play the clarinet – the heartbeat, sweat and movement – is digitally transmitted to the body of the listener in form of vibrations. These vibrations can be seen as metaphor for the mediated contact between people, for example via apps or social media. The sound of music that is public and collective is supplemented by the private and intimate feeling of the vibration. Digital and physical experiences are assembled into a shared experience. His concepts, executed in verbal and/or physical form, often create multi-sensory experiences that evoke reflection not only on the experience itself but also on what it might represents. The recipient is triggered to anthropomorphise common materials and objects, such a washing machine, in such a way that they become metaphors.”

Anna-Rosja Haveman, Vanessa van t’Hoogt; 2017, Frank Mohr Institute Graduation Catalogus

WEB: https://khh2016.wordpress.com/
https://smitandpam.wordpress.com/

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HANNES ANDERSSON
is an artist, filmmaker and researcher, born in Gothenburg (Sweden) and currently based in the Netherlands where he is undertaking a MFA in Media, Art, Design and Technology at the Frank Mohr Institute, Minerva Art Academy. before which he studied Digital Film & Animation at SAE Institute Barcelona (Catalonia). Hannes is co-founder of the art collective Chinos International CC, centered on the development of interactive art and open source technology as well as director and co-founder of the independent film group Andersson Rodriguez Films, mainly producing digital video and narrative cinema shorts for distribution Online. His artistic work focuses on perception and communication in the in-between of art and science and has been presented internationally at events and venues such as Mutek (Spain), Opus (Belgium), Blue Metropolis Festival (Canada), Skepto International Film Festival (Italy), Mumbai International Film Festival (India), AVarts Festival (Greece), Festival Internacional Mapping Girona (Spain) and ZKM (Germany).

Hannes also uses the Aliases Donuan (video/vj/cinema related work) and Lhynkx (music/sound related works).