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ALLVISION 1976 |
| AN ELECTRO/OPTO/MECHANICAL
ENVIRONMENT BY STEINA |
ALLVISION incorporates and transforms
physical space through video. In this installation,
Steina transfigures the viewer’s orientation:
a constructed physical space is engaged in conversation
with the perceptual systems of the human eye and
the camera lens.
ALLVISION poses questions about the process of
transcribing all-encompassing space and the ways
in which perception can be altered or exaggerated
by a mechanical interface.The machine allows a
view of what would otherwise be impossible to
perceive; it privileges vision to experience the
implausible and fantastic. |
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MARITA STURKEN |
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| D E S C R I P T I O N |
A mirrored sphere, positioned in
the middle of a crossbar reflects the image of
surrounding space. Two video cameras, attached
to each end of the crossbar are looking in at
the mirrored surface. The crossbar — now an assembly
of mirrored sphere and two cameras — slowly rotates
on the turntable with cameras orbiting the sphere.
Since each camera sees half of the reflected space,
the whole space becomes observable.
The turntable, which sits on a low pedestal, holds
the driving mechanism for the rotation —
a slip-ring assembly and a DC motor. The slip-ring
assembly provides uninterrupted video signals
from, and power to, the cameras. The video signal
from two cameras connects to two (or more monitors)
arranged in the exhibit space. |
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