Michel Bret, Edmond Couchot
Les Pissenlits
1990
- Artist / Artist group
- 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.
