#krzysztof wodiczko

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krzysztof wodiczko in xtreme fashion - courtenay smith + sean topham (2005)

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krzysztof wodiczko in xtreme fashion - courtenay smith + sean topham (2005)

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Krzysztof Wodiczko

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Krzysztof Wodiczko

Krzysztof Wodiczko creates large-scale slide and video projections of politically-charged images on architectural façades and monuments worldwide. By appropriating public buildings and monuments as backdrops for projections, Wodiczko focuses attention on ways in which architecture and monuments reflect collective memory and history.

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Krzysztof Wodiczko, "Homeless Projection" (1986)

Motive-Driven Exploration: Public projection art

Description: Wodiczko projected images of homeless individuals onto public buildings, drawing attention to those displaced by urban growth and highlighting the loss of community.

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Krzysztof Wodiczko - Dis-Armour

1999-2000

Dis-Armor is designed for socially withdrawn Japanese youths – mostly dropouts – who shun interaction, speech or expression – alienated users for whom normative modes of behavior and rules don’t apply. Krzysztof Wodiczko has here created a wearable prosthetic device and helmet that allow one to see through one’s back. He gives these youths a chance to reconnect with society by allowing them mediated communication. The form itself is empowering; Dis-Armor is a muscular warrior suit with a detached headpiece that makes one look like a super hero. The wearer’s exaggerated eyes appear in two LCD monitors affixed to the metal exoskeleton at the top of the back. Metal eyelids effectively and dramatically begin and end conversations. They can be controlled by the wearer from the helmet, and they make a satisfying electronic noise as they open and close. The voice is amplified through a speaker positioned below the screens. The wearer has access to a rearview mirror, a microphone, a video camera and headphones so that they can see behind them, and hear and talk as well. The piece promises indirect communication, and ultimately, a way out of silence and seclusion. http://www.sensorystudies.org/picture-gallery/dis-armor/

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5 years ago tonight: Krzysztof Wodiczko’s “Hirshhorn Museum, Washington, D.C.” from 1988, projected on the @hirshhorn ‘s facade, Independence Ave., SW. Lens c.1965-70, camera c.2017. #wbw #dcondigital #zeisslife #distagonlife zeisszeissbaby #metaboneslife #zeissikonlife #contarexlife #digitalcontarex #sonylife #sonya9 #ilce9 #manualfocus #notleica #availablelight #acreativedc #exposedDC #FotoDC #igdc #dctography #dcfocused #mydcist #202creates #walkwithlocals #streetmeetdc #dcisreal #WeAreDC #nationalmall #spring2018 (at Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden) https://www.instagram.com/p/CpiXy1Guwz6/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Personal Instrument, 1969

“Personal Instrument,” 1969. Image courtesy of Krzysztof Wodiczko.

For the duration of the Interrogative Designexhibition, we will be providing expanded online content to give viewers a deeper access to selected projects. Materials for this exhibit provided by the artist, with unique edits specially produced for this project by GSD Exhibitions.

The instrument transforms the sounds of the environment.

The instrument functions in response to hand movements.

The instrument reacts to sunlight.

The instrument is portable.The instrument can be used any place and any time.

The instrument is for the exclusive use of the artist who created it.

The instrument permits him to attain virtuosity.

“A microphone placed on the forehead receives the sound from the environment and transmits them to the electro-acoustic filters located in two soundproof shell earphones. Filters are controlled by two photocells fastened to each hand. The moving hands regulate the amount of light reaching the photoreceivers and thus the intensity of filtering. When both hands are closed in fists (photoreceivers dark), the filtering devices works at the top of its performance and no sound is heard. Turning the hands directly toward the light switches off the filters and all sounds from the environment are heard. The right hand’s photoreceivers control the low-pitch filter (higher-pitched sounds are heard). The left hand’s photoreceivers control the high-pitch filter. The waving of hands creates the glissando sound effect.”

While the name “Personal Instrument” speaks to private and intimate space, the Instrument is intended to allow the user to effectively mediate the acoustical and socially active public space. With this device, a user can modify, control, or cancel out whatever messaging and propaganda is projected through mainstream media in the urban environment. Additionally, the appearance of the user traversing the space of the everyday with a bizarre set of never-before-seen equipment attached to their body is an act of resistance in and of itself. This technique, referred to as detournement and popularized by the Situationists (today called culture jamming), enables an individual to regain agency over their self by actively disrupting a dominant narrative in public space

—Krzysztof Wodiczko

https://www.gsd.harvard.edu/exhibitions/krzysztof-wodiczko-personal-instrument/

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Krzysztof Wodiczko - Projections

Democrazia significa dovere di comunicare entro lo spazio pubblico e di prendere la parola. Per me, l'arte come parola e come messaggio è una componente molto importante della democrazia e dello spazio pubblico. L'arte attiva e critica aiuta la democrazia a sopravvivere.

Krzysztof Wodiczko

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krzysztof wodiczko in xtreme fashion - courtenay smith + sean topham (2005)

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Krzysztof Wodiczko, Guests, 2009, (5) synchronized video projectors with sound system, Polish pavilion, 53rd Venice Biennale, Venice.

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Krzysztof Wodiczko, Personal Instrument, 1969.

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source: krzysztofwodiczko.com

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Artists’ book display for the week of October 15th, 2018

Anton Zeilinger / [Documenta und Museum Fridericianum Veranstaltungs-GmbH, Kassel- Ostildern : Hatje Cantz, 2012

untitled by George Dokoupil- Koln: Walther Konig, 1991

Public Projections by Krzysztof Wodiczko 1980

Die Notizbucher der Mademoiselle Heidi Schreber = The Notebooks of Mademoiselle Heidi Schreber by Miguel Ventura- Mexico : The new Interteritorial Language Committee, 1995

Karin Ogren by Karin Ogren- Stockholm, Sweden - Carlsson Bokforlag, 1995