Haptic/Eyes/Public

“light up a public space with ephemeral projection of colourful eyes. Who’s watching who?”

artist notes (2011, 2016)

Concept

Vision forms an intrusive, voyeuristic sense; a haptic process from distance, revealing levels of intimacy. Haptic/Eyes/Public creates an ephemeral atmosphere of colour within exhibition space; transient and ambient. It focuses on the dynamic relationship between artwork and viewer through a repetitive visual/light haptic process with poetic and political implications. The eye explores haptically the surrounding space and the viewers, an in-between process of both pleasure and annoyance. The work highlights a lyrical irony between public space/image and personal space/image.

Description

Public space video installation / video projection

Technical: Full HD video, 16:9, single channel, colour, no sound

Duration: 3:05’ (loop)

Dimensions: variable (site-oriented)

Year: 2016 (initial version 2011)

Credits

Concept – Creation: Bill Psarras

Available in Full HD: https://vimeo.com/28451156

Selected Exhibitions

The work was invited to be screened as a video installation at the digital arts exhibition Δικό Μου (exhibition catalogue) in Athens (March 2016). Participating artists: Yiannis Kranidiotis, Kyriaki Goni, Luc Messinezis, Athena Kanellopoulou, Bill Psarras. /// Concept-Curation-Production: Rafaela Karagianni and Anastasia Tezidou