JASPER STREIT

Perceptual Screening III

2005 - Perpex panes, resonators, computer, sound card, amps, motion tracking system, hooks, wire

Recent changes in our technological landscape with the addition of film and television has seen the term 'screen' become both ubiquitous and yet contradictory in meaning. The paradox lies in the fact that the screen should be viewed as a concealment or a barrier, as in to screen one's calls, where as now it can also be used in quite the opposite sense, as in to screen a movie. The means to conceal is inverted to the means to reveal.

The Perceptual Screening series is a play on the term 'screen' and our perception of it. The work blurs the edges between the revelation and concealment by making the screen partially both. The viewer is no longer simply on the receiving end of a broadcast, instead the viewer controls the sound that is being emitted back through the screens by their very presence in the space.

JASPER STREIT is a Swiss born, Sydney-based with a penchant for sound and new technologies. With this combination Streit has created a series of interactive installations primarily concerned with sound exhibited locally and internationally. His audio practice also extends into laptop-based live performance of soundscapes and abstract music. When not practising his art making, Streit lectures and tutors in digital music and sound at universities in and around Sydney. He is also a member of Sydney-based artist collective Dysfunctional Feed.

http://www.dysfunctionalfeed.com/jasperstreit.html

photos courtesy of the artist

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