Frontera v.2 in the opening week

The interactive portrait and videobooth will be shown as part of the Imaginary Property research subjects in Jan van Eyck's opening week From the 11 to the 18 of January 2009

In an age where a ruling paradigm regarding technological art is physical interactivity, it’s only natural that one of the oldest visual representation practices, that of portrayal, transforms accordingly. This fact has been acknowledged in literature and cinema, thus interactive portraits have become integrated into our image of the future. Frontera v.2, has been created within this scope of works and could represent a first approach towards realising what others have envisioned. This interactive installation consists of two main components: a videobooth and a playback screen. The videobooth serves as a tool with which spectators can create interactive selfportraits that are shown on the playback screen and react to movement as if they were dissociated mirror images. Touch and communication are key ingredients in this project for which two open source applications were developed.

Art Direction: Lilia Pérez Romero
Programming engineers: Arjan Scherpenisse + Robin Gareus
Video booth structure: Eelco Wagenar
Produced by: Netherlands Media Art Institute www.nimk.nl
as part of the Artist in Residence (A.i.R.) research program being developed further, and improved in the Jan van Eyck Academy www.janvaneyck.nl as part of the Imaginary Property research project.