© Michel Bret, Nachlass Edmond Couchot ; photo © ZKM | Center for Art and Media, photo: Franz J. Wamhof
- Artist/s
- Michel Bret
- Edmond Couchot
- Title
- Les Pissenlits
- Year
- 1990
- Category
- Computer-based
- Installation
- Material / Technique
- interactive installation; computer: PC (operating system: Windows 7, individual software: Anyflo), monitor, microphone
- Dimensions / Duration
- installation dimensions variable
- Collection
- ZKM | Center for Art and Media Karlsruhe
- Description
- Stylized dandelion blossoms, so-called blowballs, can be seen gently moving on a monitor or wall projection. Exhibition visitors are invited to blow into the microphone. The sound of their breath is translated into a digital simulation of a breeze, and the dandelion seeds fly away. "Les Pissenlits" is an early and important example in the history of digital art of intuitive human-machine interfaces and digital simulation of natural phenomena. It is a work that connects digital technology with a feature of life that has not only a biological, but in many cultures also a spiritual meaning: with the breath.
Author
Margit
Images
Michel Bret, Edmond Couchot, »Les Pissenlits« [The Dandelions], 1990, interactive installation; computer: PC (operating system: Windows 7, individual software: Anyflo), monitor, microphone, installation dimensions variable, ZKM | Center for Art and Media© Michel Bret, Nachlass Edmond Couchot ; photo © ZKM | Center for Art and Media, photo: Franz J. Wamhof
Michel Bret, Edmond Couchot, »Les Pissenlits« [The Dandelions], 1990, interactive installation; computer: PC (operating system: Windows 7, individual software: Anyflo), monitor, microphone, installation dimensions variable, ZKM | Center for Art and Media© Michel Bret, Nachlass Edmond Couchot ; photo © ZKM | Center for Art and Media
Michel Bret, Edmond Couchot, »Les Pissenlits« [The Dandelions], 1990, interactive installation; computer: PC (operating system: Windows 7, individual software: Anyflo), monitor, microphone, installation dimensions variable, ZKM | Center for Art and Media© Michel Bret, Nachlass Edmond Couchot ; photo © ZKM | Center for Art and Media
