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January 2006
Gerfried Stocker in a conversation with
Helga Schager
ZEITGENOSSEN: The
Self-Evidence of Transgressing Boundaries.
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The visual world of the TITANS also harks
back to the history of civilisation and mythology, again
describing precisely the point where things merge and give rise
to something new. The two created busts for the façade
of the Ars Electronica Center, gave them textures and thus
clearly indicated, by way of a symbol, that this was about a
link between us humans and a digital world which – in
spite of or precisely because of the subject matter – is
constructed and not an act of providence. Many people passing
by might not even know they are looking at Titans. However,
what they perceive very quickly is the confrontation between
humanity and technology.
Ursula Hentschlaeger and Zelko Wiener
thematise the changes caused by the new media in our
relationships as they pertain to communication and perception,
using them as tools at the same time. They act as mediators
between the digital and real worlds, so they deserve to be
considered media artists in the best sense of the word. The
broad scope and variety of skills they embrace ranges from art
to media work and to engagement with media theory. The most
interesting aspect of their work is the almost insolent
self-evidence of transgressing boundaries.
Gerfried Stocker is Artistic Director of
Ars Electronica and Helga Schager is editor of the Austrian
Radio Journal SpaceFem FM.
Their conversation took place in December
2005.
Further extracts may be found in the CD
series ”Listen to the Female Artist”, # 15, ISBN:
3-901815-35-X
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