© Masaki Fujihata
- Artist/s
- Masaki Fujihata
- Title
- Beyond Pages
- Year
- 1995
- Category
- Installation
- Computer-based
- Material / Technique
- computer-based interactive installation; wooden room with table, chair and 2 projection surfaces; technical equipment: computer: Power Macintosh 8100, operating system: OS9, software: custom software, additional devices: tablet (Wacom Digitizer) with wireless pen, custom-made control electronics, modified table lamp, speakers, 2 projectors
- Dimensions / Duration
- 300 x 500 x 250 cm, installation dimensions variable
- Collection
- ZKM | Center for Art and Media
- Description
- In »Beyond Pages« by Japanese artist Masaki Fujihata a familiar situation is staged: sitting at home at a table and reading a book. The surprise element in this work is that the boundaries between the real and the virtual space are blurred.
In this computer-based and interactive work visitors sit on a chair in front of a desk. In the darkened space, which is reminiscent of a study, a virtual book — a projection — lies on the desk top. This book functions as an interface for various operations. Using a stylus, visitors can turn the pages of the book, set off sounds, move three-dimensional objects around on the book, or makes changes to the space. For example, the reading lamp can be turned on and off. Additionally, the video projection of a door can be changed: the artist’s small daughter opens the door, laughing.
For Fujihata the book is both a carrier of information and a storage medium, a symbol of written culture. »Beyond Pages« can be understood as the book of the future, which expands the linear form of reading through possibilities provided by technology.
Author
Dorothea
Images
Masaki Fujihata, »Beyond Pages«, 1995-1997, computer-based interactive installation, 300 x 500 x 250 cm, installation dimensions variable, ZKM | Collection© Masaki Fujihata