You think therefore I am (Following you)

Interactive video nstallation, 2000.

Artistic design: Magali Desbazeille
Sound design and interactivity: Siegfried Canto
Invited writer: Christine Beigel

On anonymity in a public place and the flow of inner thoughts in the closeness of a crowd…

Description

The participant walks on a video projected image. The image presents pedestrians, filmed beforehand from underneath through a transparent floor. When the participant comes into contact with the image of filmed pedestrians, he or she hears their inner thoughtsPerhaps the filmed pedestrians also passed in that spot. Like the visitors, they are part of the memory of the place. The image is like a mirror.

The visitor is surprised by these fragmented inner thoughts and smiles to himself. Is he or she revealed despite himself ?

There are 130 filmed pedestrians and as many thoughts and varying voices. Various languages create a rhythm in the installation. The thoughts represent the memory of the place.

You think therefore I am (following you) exists already in French, English, Flemish, Dutch and Austrian versions.

Remerciements : O.Ancelot, S.Allonbert, E.Baum ; F.Bedhomme, J.Betrancourt, P.Buteaux, R.Campagne, O.Cousin, D.Deggufroy, T.Gharavi, A.Jeanne, M.Kavirchine, GA.Kisfaludis, J.Lainé, P.Lamarche, C.Lidl, S.Malinaud, S.Millot, G.Rétoré, P.Reitlinger, S.Sayag.
A tous les participants et les prêteurs de voix, à tous ceux qui ont soutenu et aidé le projet. Producteurs et partenaires : Association artère, Le Fresnoy Studio national des arts contemporains, Ministère de la Culture et de la communication (Direction Régionale des Affaires Culturelles du Nord-Pas-de-Calais), Région Île-de-France “Bourses pour l’an 2000”, Société FLIR Systems SARL, Société Doublet SA, Centre National Chorégraphique de La Rochelle, Théâtre du Nord de Lille, Ryerson university.