Projektdokumentation: rainbowNotioN – Fotobot ... - Belleville AG

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Index of Contents General Project Starting position 4 General concept for South Africa 4 The projects name is rainbowNOTIONcom 4 4 cities, 4 concepts 5 Timetable 5 Main parts of installation 5 General design 5 – 8 Language 9 Questions 9 Installation Cape Town Festival 10 Location 11 Opening 11 Question 1 12 Question 2 12 Installation Oudthoorn Festival 13 Location 13 Question 1 14 Question 2 14 Installation Grahamstown Festival 15 Location 15 Question 16 Installation Kliptown Township 17 Situation 18 Location 18 Opening 19 Question 1 20 Question 2 20 Conclusion Two Faces 21 Highlight Kliptown 21 The Future of the Fotobots in South Africa 21 Budget Summary 22 Details 23 – 24 Credits 25 Annex (article) 26 – 27 Contact 28 Martin Roth, November 2006 3
General Project Starting Position The project was based on an invitation of the Swiss cultural organization Pro Helvetia to realize a new media artwork in the public space of South Africa. The device that we were using is called Fotobot. This „internet portrait robot“ has been developed for the Swiss National Exhibition 2002 and already successfully used at different cultural occasions in Switzerland and abroad. Fotobot is essentially an automatic portrait-machine, which can be fixed on the inside of any shop window. From outside people can take a self-portrait by waving their hands and triggering an infrared-switch. The self-portrait will be instantly transferred to a website and can be found there at any time. The first Fotobot device in 2001 in Zürich General concept for South Africa For the South Africa Installation we used Fotobot in a similar way to the Torino Biennale 2002 in Italy. Two Fotobots are working basically as a 'voting-booth'. Passer-bys can vote with their own face at either a 'YES-Fotobot' or a 'NO-Fotobot'. Specific questions related to each city will be asked to the public. The questions are placed in two languages above the window as well as on the fotobot-screen. The interaction of the local people with this installation will give an impression of the self-awareness of each region during post-apartheid South Africa. The projects name is rainbowNOTION.com South Africa proudly calls itself a rainbow nation, referring to the great variety of ethnical groups living together in one country. Our work playfully brings up social issues by letting anyone who passes the installation vote. Since the visitors vote by taking their own self-portrait, the question of ethnic affiliation will be explicitly part of any interaction with Fotobot; it is just apparent. Against this background we named the project rainbowNOTION.com. Notion instead of nation, because it’s the notion of the pedestrian to go and participate, to choose between the YES or the NO-option. Martin Roth, November 2006 4
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Page 3: ainbowNOTION.com Final Report - Nov
Page 7 and 8: South African Flag Capetown Oudtsho
Page 9 and 10: Subhome of the location Grahamstown
Page 11 and 12: Installation Cape Town The installa
Page 13 and 14: Question 1 Should Cape Town become
Page 15 and 16: Question 1 (before the festival) Fo
Page 17 and 18: Question Can AIDS be cured with tra
Page 19 and 20: Situation In comparison to the othe
Page 21 and 22: Question 1 Is Freedom Square for me
Page 23 and 24: Budget Summary The festivals partic
Page 25 and 26: Contact For any information about r
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Projektdokumentation: rainbowNotioN – Fotobot ... - Belleville AG

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