Open AccessArtist, Robert Ladislas Derr uses die rolls and cameras to map his walk through cities worldwide
Author(s) -
Robert Ladislas Derr
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
surveillance and society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.781
H-Index - 46
ISSN - 1477-7487
DOI - 10.24908/ss.v7i2.4135
Subject(s) - intersection (aeronautics) , computer graphics (images) , channel (broadcasting) , visual arts , die (integrated circuit) , walk in , computer science , art history , art , computer vision , telecommunications , cartography , geography , medicine , operating system , alternative medicine , pathology
Chance, psychogeographical walk performances through cities with the direction determined by viewers’ die rolls. The die indicates that Derr move forward, backward, right, left, spin, and stand in place. He accepts thirty die rolls and then proceeds on the walk wearing four video cameras. When spin or stand in place are the command, he completes each for one minute. The directional commands take him to the next intersection. After walking with the video cameras, Derr returns to each intersection encountered and photographs the four views, creating a photographic cartography as well. The final videos are exhibited in an immersive four-channel video installation.