Kinetoscope is an interactive video installation that allows users to control the motion of a living, illustrated city. From the outside, the Kinetoscope is a free-standing red booth with a curtained viewfinder and hand crank. When a participant lifts up the curtain and peers inside, she finds an invented city resting precariously on the head of crane. As soon as the hand crank is turned, the image comes to life — the direction and velocity of the crank affecting the city accordingly.
A collaboration with Leah Beeferman.
Sound by Bennett Barbakow.
FlickR shots of Kinetoscope are here and more information about the piece is available here.
Exhibition History
Fast Forward: Flushing in 2107, Flushing Town Hall, Queens, NY, May 4 - June 17, 2007
It's Such a Small World, AG Gallery, Brooklyn, NY, January 5, 2007 - February 4, 2007
BAPLab, 3rd Ward, Brooklyn, NY, July 22, 2006 (documentation)
Pixilerations v.2, The Space at Alice Gallery, Providence, RI, September 29, 2005 - October 15, 2005
Comix ex Machina, Flux Factory, Queens, NY, June 18, 2005 - July 23, 2005
Press
Ken Switzer, "Bushwick Blowout", Village Voice, July 19-25, 2006 (PDF)