Seppo Gründler |
Minimundus – 4 historic media artworks in small format
2004 Exhibition Akademie der Künste am
Pariser Platz Installation Duration: permanent.
Supported by Fachhochschule Graz, Department Information Design.
Supported by Fachhochschule Graz, Department Information Design.
The following four famous works of media art are replicated
in miniature, in order to investigate their impact in a small format and over
time:
TV Buddha, Nam
June Paik Galleria
Bonino, New York 1974 An ancient Buddha statue becomes a TV viewer.
Material: Buddha statue, CCD finger camera,
LCD colour TV »Casio TV970«.
Pendulum Music, Steve Reich Whitney Museum, New York, 1969 Bruce Neuman, Michael Snow, Richard Sierra, James Tenney and Steve Reich played microphones as feedback generators at the Whitney Museum in 1969. Material: 3 guitar amplifiers 13 x 13 x 7 cm, 3 microphones, electronic controls.
Il Treno di John Cage, John Cage Bologna, 1978 3 excursions in a prepared train, variations on a theme by Tito Gotti, by John Cage /assistance from Juan Hidalgo and Walter Marchetti. Material: »Minitrix«-Starterset 11465, electronic controls, piezo-microphone, small loudspeaker, various model-building materials.
Drive In Music, Max Neuhaus Lincoln Parkway in Buffalo, New York, 1967 To hear Drive In Music, people travelled along a designated route in their cars, passing by a matrix of mini-radio transmitters each with an electronic sound generator. Material: Model auto, electronic control, piezo-hummer, CD player, noisegates, various model building materials (trees, houses, etc.).
Pendulum Music, Steve Reich Whitney Museum, New York, 1969 Bruce Neuman, Michael Snow, Richard Sierra, James Tenney and Steve Reich played microphones as feedback generators at the Whitney Museum in 1969. Material: 3 guitar amplifiers 13 x 13 x 7 cm, 3 microphones, electronic controls.
Il Treno di John Cage, John Cage Bologna, 1978 3 excursions in a prepared train, variations on a theme by Tito Gotti, by John Cage /assistance from Juan Hidalgo and Walter Marchetti. Material: »Minitrix«-Starterset 11465, electronic controls, piezo-microphone, small loudspeaker, various model-building materials.
Drive In Music, Max Neuhaus Lincoln Parkway in Buffalo, New York, 1967 To hear Drive In Music, people travelled along a designated route in their cars, passing by a matrix of mini-radio transmitters each with an electronic sound generator. Material: Model auto, electronic control, piezo-hummer, CD player, noisegates, various model building materials (trees, houses, etc.).
Seppo Gründler,
born 1956, lives and works in Graz. gruendler.mur.at