My Mother, my Cousin, my Niece, my Internet of Things
February 2019 | Exhibition "The Collection as Automaton”, ACG Gallery, Deree – ACG | Athens, GREECE
curated by Elpida Karamba
curated by Elpida Karamba
"My Mother, my cousin, my Niece, my Internet of Things”
Two channel video installation, dimensions variable, 2019
Video Credits
Effie Halivopoulou, concept, videography, text
Dimitra Prifti, concept, text, participation in video footage
Aliki Ntounia, concept, text, participation in video footage
Afroditi Andreou, montage
Alex Grant, voice
Handcrafted and industrial objects that belong to the Frances Rich personal collection have been selected for a presentation in the video. All objects possess characteristics that place them somewhere between art and non-art, utilitarian and decorative, precious non-precious, personal and public.
The narrative in the video consists of small observations of the relationships of things and people of different generations. Technology is introduced in a number of appliances and infuses things with a special ability they didn’t have before. The Internet of Things (IoT) represents a tangible world with the power of infinite potentialities of interconnectivity. The idea behind the IoT is to introduce a social facilitator, that is “an entity” that foresees and provides for any human need imaginable. Τhe two-channel installation is a contemplative approach to things and data and their inherent obsolescence.
Two channel video installation, dimensions variable, 2019
Video Credits
Effie Halivopoulou, concept, videography, text
Dimitra Prifti, concept, text, participation in video footage
Aliki Ntounia, concept, text, participation in video footage
Afroditi Andreou, montage
Alex Grant, voice
Handcrafted and industrial objects that belong to the Frances Rich personal collection have been selected for a presentation in the video. All objects possess characteristics that place them somewhere between art and non-art, utilitarian and decorative, precious non-precious, personal and public.
The narrative in the video consists of small observations of the relationships of things and people of different generations. Technology is introduced in a number of appliances and infuses things with a special ability they didn’t have before. The Internet of Things (IoT) represents a tangible world with the power of infinite potentialities of interconnectivity. The idea behind the IoT is to introduce a social facilitator, that is “an entity” that foresees and provides for any human need imaginable. Τhe two-channel installation is a contemplative approach to things and data and their inherent obsolescence.
