unitape
2015
实时投影，镜面墙，带扬声器的长凳
维变量
装置unitape提供了对看起来像穿孔卡片的图形结构的感知规律的检查。图像与扬声器发出的声音相互作用。投影是用数字语言对复杂的视觉信息进行编码的原理的范例，就像打孔卡片的情况一样。声波信号延续了这一原理，因为它本身最初是在计算机中作为编码信息产生的。将视觉或听觉信息编码并将其转移到另一种媒介的无限可能性可以在镜面到投影的两侧进行体验，这在视觉上无限扩展了后者。
这件作品的背景和刺激来自艺术家对开姆尼茨城市历史的参与，这里曾经是德国纺织工业最重要的地区之一。joseph-marie jacquard(1752-1834)发明的机械织机是实现这一目标的先决条件之一，因为它能够利用穿孔卡片自动控制的原理快速生产出复杂图案的织物。1830年左右，这种织机被引进萨克森，在开姆尼茨附近的地区，它在那里彻底改变了纺织生产，就像它在整个欧洲所做的那样。通过对穿孔卡片的关注(穿孔卡片可以被视为数字存储媒体的早期形式)，carsten nicolai反思了工业时代的通信过程，同时解决了人机交互的社会心理方面的问题。该作品也参考了欧洲的工业历史，特别是开姆尼茨市的历史。
unitape
2015
real-time projection, mirror walls, bench with loudspeakers
dimensions variable
the installation unitape offers an examination of laws of perception on graphic structures of which look like punched cards. images interact with sounds from loudspeakers. the projection is exemplary of the principle of encoding complex visual information in a digital language – as in the case of punched cards. the acoustic signals continue this principle by being themselves initially produced in a computer as encoded information. the infinite number of possibilities of encoding visual or acoustic information and transferring this to another medium can be experienced in the mirror faces to the sides of the projection which visually expand the latter ad infinitum.
the backdrop and stimulus for this work are to be found in the artist's involvement with the history of the city of chemnitz, which used to be one of the most important locations of the german textile industry. the invention of the mechanical loom by joseph-marie jacquard (1752–1834) was one precondition for this as it enabled the swift production of complex patterned fabrics using the principle of automated control by punched cards. around 1830, this loom was introduced to saxony, in the area around chemnitz, where it revolutionized textile production, as it did throughout europe. through his preoccupation with punched cards, which could be seen as an early form of digital storage media, carsten nicolai reflects on communication processes in the industrial era while at the same time addressing issues related to the socio-psychological aspects of the interaction between man and machine. the work is also a reference to industrial history in europe in general, and the history of the city of chemnitz in particular.
