EUROPEAN MEDIA ART FESTIVAL OSNABRUECK 2011 - Emaf

EXHIBITION PLANET M
MOVING STORIES
WRO Art Center presents
OCEANUS
Pawel Janicki
Oceanus ist eine Installation, die, basierend auf einem offenen Szenario und einer vom
Künstler entwickelten Authoring-Software, eine interaktive Narration ermöglicht. Die Arbeit
nimmt Bezug auf die Schifffahrt. Begriffe wie Kursbestimmung und Segeln werden in die
Medienumgebung transponiert und als Metaphern eingesetzt, die den Kurs der Installation
bestimmen. Sie ermöglichen eine Reise durch das Universum von Oceanus und schaffen
eine natürliche Koexistenz zwischen der linearen Erzählstruktur, die mit sequentiellen Abläufen
verbunden ist, und der interaktiven Narration, für die auf Wahlmöglichkeiten und generativen
Prozessen basierende, veränderliche Strukturen kennzeichnend sind.
Oceanus is an installation allowing interactive narration based on a variational scenario and
an authoring software tool created by the artist. The work refers to the concept of navigating
the sea. Notions such as marking out courses and sea sailing are transposed into the
media environment and provide for the metaphors that drive the installation. They enable
travel across the universe of Oceanus and provide a natural co-existence between the linear
narration associated with sequential events and interactive narration related to the modifiable
structures altered by choices and generative processes.
Pawel Janicki was born in Poland in 1974. He creates interactive audiovisual systems, installations
and performances, focusing mainly on microsound and algorithmic composition. Janicki,
who majored in cultural studies at Wroclaw University, works with the WRO Art Center as
a curator and the head of R&D and teaches in the Intermedia Department of the Poznan Academy
of Fine Arts.
Janicki is a co-founder and long-time member of the Gameboyzz Orchestra Project, a collective
exploring ›lo-fi‹ aesthetics using computer gaming consoles to create audiovisual compositions.
His work has been presented at the WRO Media Art Biennale (Wroclaw), the Transmediale,
Ars Electronica and the Centre Georges Pompidou.
�Poland 2010, interaktive installation
�www.paweljanicki.jp
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