Who's That?

Last Thursday I had the opportunity to view firsthand how art and technology are connected at the Collision1101: super artificial exhibit in JP. The theme that caught my eye (literally) was the “Mirrors and their associated curses to identity.” “Who’s that?” created by Tim Murdoch included mirrors, springs, motion sensors, wires, and electricity; with my knowledge from my mechanical engineering background, I found this exhibit to me intriguing because I was unaware how technology was going to connect to art. The artist said: “the idea for this work came about from the simple fascination that a reflect image is “slippery” and seemingly detached from the surface plane of the mirror.”

What really caught my eye is when I looked into the mirror when they were turned on and vibrating, I was only able to look at myself for a split second because I began to feel very sick (almost feeling very drunk). Then as I moved a little closer and tried to stare into my own eyes for a longer period of time, I was then able to view and illusion taking place of another eye forming in my eye. It looked like an eye inside of an eye, creepy! I found this very amazing by the way the mirrors were vibrating and reflecting light “the image from its surroundings while at the same time opened a perceptual hole through the surrounding”, which was the artist’s idea for this work.

The conditions he was working in to create this piece, with lots of vibrations from the outside construction going on outside his apartment is ironic to were this piece was located for us to view, which was inside of a train station where trains were traveling created more vibrations. I feel I can relate to this myself from living near a train station for the past two years.

This was my first art exhibit that I was able to see how technology and art are related, I found it very amazing and am excited to learn more and see more exhibits firsthand this semester.

If you go to http://www.timmurdoch.com/ you can view more of his awesome work.