Power of Mind
/Memory
| The Power of the Mind / Memory
takes an interview with chief of staff lieutenant-colonel Poul Dahl as the point of departure for a political comment. An unstable online version of the interview is connected to physical installation that consists of a web server with a transcription of the interview and an electric network of a couple of hundred potatoes (the Danish national food).
When the potatoes begin dry out or sprout his disturbing answers will gradually disappear as a sign of fading memory and the text be replaced by heart shaped symbols. The Power of the Mind / Memory was produced for the exhibition "Værk - Changing territories". And was shown at "Knabstrub Kulturfabrik" during the summer of 2004. Click here to visit the "Værk04" exhibition at Knabstrup Kulturfabrik (Denmark) Download technical description [PDF] |
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| Luigi Galvani demonstrated electrical nerve stimulation on a frog in 1780. | Abu Ghraib / Iraq. | Electrical supported memory. |
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| Poul Dahl during the interview. | Screenshot. | The interface between the potatoes and the server. |
| The installation at the "Værk - Changing Territories" exhibition. Visit the online version. |