George Themistokleous: Between the Self and the Digital Self-image
Artist(s):
Title:
- Between the Self and the Digital Self-image
Exhibition:
Creation Year:
- 2018
Category:
Artist Statement:
In our hyper-connected age and the digital exteriorization of memory through computational extensions what happens to our physical bodies? As the physiology of the body is undergoes a digital transformation via 3D scanning, what does this mean for one’s perception of their own body?
I attempt to explore these questions through a custom-made interactive media installation of my own making, the diplorasis. In the installation participants unexpectedly encounter three-dimensionalized projections of their selves in ‘real’ time. How is the relationship between the actual self and its digital likeness defined through this encounter?
Sponsors:
Cultural Services, Cyprus Ministry of Education and Culture
Contributors:
Project by: George Themistokleous
Software Engineering: Savvas Socratous
Hardware Engineering: Savvas Socratous, George Themistokleous
Photographic/video documentation: George Athanasiou, George Themistokleous
Electrical Engineer Consultant: Andreas Laoutas
Actor in video documentation: Christophoros Liverdos
Video:
Diplorasis from ACM SIGGRAPH on Vimeo.
