ORS-1
Bachelor thesis
Video Sculpture Installation
I have died a thousand times, I will never die.
In the center of the earth,
in some geological layer:
a situated ritual object.
A technopoetic discovery of yesterday's lives.
This object is a meteorite, technological fossil, sanctuary, sarcophagus, it is a portion of what humanity wanted to freeze or throw away.
When we open it we find a scene of society, a general situation of life.
We unearth the last human gestures in the presence of these devices.
ORS-1 is a fictional archaeological discovery that portrays the final gestures of human life captured on now obsolete, broken, and forgotten photographic devices. Our Situated Ritual Object also encapsulates the moment these gestures were ritualized, eventually transformed into digital memories.
Technical-electronic usage manual /
Gypsum sculpture made from recycled wooden pallets, divided into 2 parts, each with separate mobility. The user enters the installation and views scanned still images on a television. At its base, they witness a past ritual: melted candles atop approximately 15 broken cell phones. Additionally, a Panasonic video camera hcv-1000 records live hand gestures of each person entering the installation. These images are displayed outside the sculpture on an LED monitor. Through this installation, we aim to illustrate the physical changes reflected in the human body due to technology.
Within the structure A of ORS-1: A 55' screen connected to the notebook via an HDMI cable. Behind it, the Bluetooth speaker JBL and the Panasonic camera are installed. The latter is also connected via an HDMI cable to the 17' monitor presented outside the sculpture. On the base, there are multiple cell phones intervened with candles. All devices are connected to a power source hidden beneath the structure.