In this installation laptops are connected together - But not though WLAN or Bluetooth. They somehow talk to each other via audio feedback. The feedback evolves between the built-in microphone and loudspeakers of the computer. A programmed regulator circuit on the computer listens to the volume of the signal and tries to adjust it to acertain audio level. When it is too loud, the system tries to regulate the volume down. When its too quiet, the volume is raised. The regulator circuit can be disrupted not only by noises of people in the room, but also from another regulator circuit that is running on another computer. All computers of the system are connected to each other because they listen (mic) and speak (loudspeakers). 

UNTITLED, 2008

After some experiments with an ECG sensor, that I used for measuring my muscle tension, I got the idea of building mechanical wings that should be controlled by my muscle tension. 

Flugversuch, 2009

„You shall not make for yourself an idol...“

...just google it.

plug & pray is an interactive artwork that allows believers to pray through their computer. plug & pray makes the search for God easier, with the help of the internet. plug & pray works as if you were praying. Believers use the pray device that activates a google image search for the word „God“ on the act of praying. plug & pray believers see the results of their prayers as spiritualized video, projected before their very eyes. 

plug & pray, 2009

 The use of automatic doors is a banal situation. This videowork tries to amplify the point of time when going through a door. A recording device is mounted behind the door to record the sound of the environment, that is changing by opening the door. Video and sound got slowed down. (play it loud!) 

Entschleunigter Moses, 2011

A speech about Love itself extracted from a YouTube video is projected back onto the human body through a self build device. The device that is presented in the video work can be seen as a low-fi talking simulator: It consists of a servomotor controlled by a computersystem. The servomotor is attached to the lower lip of the subject and reacts to a speechfile, fed into the computersystem.
What appears in the video is almost a motionless state – only the lower lip of the subject is moving, giving the impression as if the subject is talking. The speechfile comes from a YouTube video of a shaman known as Little Grandmother. In the video Little Grandmother talks about Love in a monotonous voice that resembles a mantra. 

Simulation, 2011

The Preyer Reflex describes the pricking back of the ears seen in some animals in response to a sudden loud
noise. My inspiration for this project came from a Youtube video called "Funny Pig Ears". In the video you can see sleeping pigs, reacting to the noise of people. In the performance my device is reacting to the sounds of the video and visitors. 

The Preyer Reflex, 2012

An iPhone is connected to the human body. Using a selfmade talking apparatus, the iPhone App SIRI is
provided with a mouth of flesh and blood. Thus SIRI is emerging from the machine. For SIRI EX MACHINA
I collaborated with Robert Wilson. 

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Jörg Brinkmann