INFORMATION ABSORBER
It is amazing how strong remains the belief in the
saving power of communication, in the force of
critical arguments, the might of truth and the right
to expression. Belief in the public sphere, as a
playground for this free communication. Just as it
were enough to reveal the facts, expose the
injustice, point out the contradictions in the
system. The change, the progress should result
directly from this critical action. The Information
Absorber is supposed to reveal a hidden and less
friendly aspect of the public sphere – its capacity
of neutralizing of every massage by adding it up to
other cumulated messages, which form a chaotic
information patchwork rather than contradict one
another. Information doesn’t follow the logic of
truth. It plays an important role in the
reproduction of the Spectacle…
saving power of communication, in the force of
critical arguments, the might of truth and the right
to expression. Belief in the public sphere, as a
playground for this free communication. Just as it
were enough to reveal the facts, expose the
injustice, point out the contradictions in the
system. The change, the progress should result
directly from this critical action. The Information
Absorber is supposed to reveal a hidden and less
friendly aspect of the public sphere – its capacity
of neutralizing of every massage by adding it up to
other cumulated messages, which form a chaotic
information patchwork rather than contradict one
another. Information doesn’t follow the logic of
truth. It plays an important role in the
reproduction of the Spectacle…
Information Absorber is an object in public space, with an interactive sound installation as the most essential part.
This project was commissioned by Métamatic Research Initiative in 2012
http://www.metamaticresearch.info/
and was exhibited in 2013/2014 as a collection of work at Jean Tinguely Muzeum in Basel among such artist like Mariny Abramovic, Ranjit Bhatnagar, Johna Bocka, Olafa Breuninga, Thomasa Hirschhorna, Jona Kessler, Pors&Rao, Jao Simoes and Brigitte Zieger
This project was commissioned by Métamatic Research Initiative in 2012
http://www.metamaticresearch.info/
and was exhibited in 2013/2014 as a collection of work at Jean Tinguely Muzeum in Basel among such artist like Mariny Abramovic, Ranjit Bhatnagar, Johna Bocka, Olafa Breuninga, Thomasa Hirschhorna, Jona Kessler, Pors&Rao, Jao Simoes and Brigitte Zieger
The Information Absorber is conceived as a creation of many different subjects and based on the idea of blurred authorship. It is a product of collective, interdisciplinary effort of artists, musicians, engineers, constructors. The project requires engagement and commitment of the participants. (During the building process we have managed to collect already a data base with around 60 statements in 20 languages.) Every individual statement will be remixed into the public noise, so that individual authorship of communiqués will blur and dissolve. Every participant will be anonymous composer (source of sound samples) and musician (controlling through his / her voice information stream).
It poses a question of the artist’s public role – does he still have a right to believe in communication, in the saving power of her public artistic statement? Artist is perceived as an information stream engineer rather than rational individual, working with interfaces of public sphere instead of trying to communicate preconceived notions and ideas.
The project explores the entropy, self-destruction of communication. It is an ongoing process of dissolution of organized, coherent, rational speech into a boundless noise of information stream (the emblematic figure of our times), deformed and jammed in real time and real space.
The Information Absorber is a critical reaction on something that might be called “communication utopia”. It shows that “having one’s say” and participating in public sphere may just not be enough if we mind the complex media system of accumulation and neutralization of every possible (also critical) massage.
It poses the problem of destruction of individual signal or voice which dissolves into the multiplicity of information streams. Instead of idealized speaking individuals it evokes the Leviathan of the public sphere, a monster of information age, political medium which speaks for itself.
It poses a question of the artist’s public role – does he still have a right to believe in communication, in the saving power of her public artistic statement? Artist is perceived as an information stream engineer rather than rational individual, working with interfaces of public sphere instead of trying to communicate preconceived notions and ideas.
The project explores the entropy, self-destruction of communication. It is an ongoing process of dissolution of organized, coherent, rational speech into a boundless noise of information stream (the emblematic figure of our times), deformed and jammed in real time and real space.
The Information Absorber is a critical reaction on something that might be called “communication utopia”. It shows that “having one’s say” and participating in public sphere may just not be enough if we mind the complex media system of accumulation and neutralization of every possible (also critical) massage.
It poses the problem of destruction of individual signal or voice which dissolves into the multiplicity of information streams. Instead of idealized speaking individuals it evokes the Leviathan of the public sphere, a monster of information age, political medium which speaks for itself.
during the process:
TEAM:
Aleksandra Hirszfeld (conception)
Magda Sobolewska (menager)
Gosia Kuciewicz and Simone de Iacobis (architects)
Katarzyna Kuźmińska (models)
Mateusz Adamczyk (sound engineer)
Mateusz Brzozowski (programmer)
Maciek Bończak (documentary film-maker)
Leszek Nowosielski (constructor)
Agata Kawecka (photos)
Aleksandra Hirszfeld (conception)
Magda Sobolewska (menager)
Gosia Kuciewicz and Simone de Iacobis (architects)
Katarzyna Kuźmińska (models)
Mateusz Adamczyk (sound engineer)
Mateusz Brzozowski (programmer)
Maciek Bończak (documentary film-maker)
Leszek Nowosielski (constructor)
Agata Kawecka (photos)
