Machine Vision Seekers is a projection of a fictional script. The story, a kind of science-fiction, is situated in the dark. Some people are walking along a corridor underneath the earth’s surface to reach their original point of departure. The text toys around with the visualization of words, describing invisible pictures in the dark that are literally thrown on the wall. Blindness and invisibility as recurring motifs doubled up the story’s blind protagonists. Machine Vision Seekers shifting narrative unfolds between the projector and the viewer in a deconstructed screening where all parts, visible and non-visible are interlinked. It is a conversation between the projection apparatus, the setting in the room, the spectator, the film itself and its apparent plot..
Machine Vision Seekers, 2004
16mm film, color, moving projector, 6:45 min
Image 1: Installation view at Australian Center of Contemporary Arts, 2004 © Rosa Barba
Image 2: Installation view at Kunstverein Braunschweig, 2011 © Rosa Barba