appening concurrently across the world? The exhibit in Vienna is a sort of glass pyramid with mirrors as a base. The pyramid appears to mirror itself go into the floor and creates amazing reflections in the piece as you move around it. It also contains florescent lighting, illuminating the inside of the pyramid. Zimmerman's dome shape without glass is a little different. It uses a projector and sound to illumnate wire mesh along with a corresponding audio track. The exhibit in Austria is more flat as far as interaction with viewers. It has a visual attraction with the mirrors and the ability of people to walk 360 degrees around the object. The piece at Axiom however has 360 views and sound and moving light. I don't think either is more successful, they are different, but I do like the pyramid in Austria much better. The craftsmanship is superb. However, the Axiom piece is as post-modern as it gets as far as art goes.In addition to all the other pieces in the show we also saw a random video clip with headphones for sound of two artificial intelligent virtual robots vying for control of sensors. Jack Backrack's Consensus is a simulation of a stand alone feature. The AI model relates to politics with two leaders competing for control of the masses. The tentacles they have send signals out to the other figures and control the beings to follow. Its all random and can be applied to the confusion of what is the current situation in politics. Backrack is married to a dancer and also does other medias with a camera and creating visual reflections of dance. I think this piece is absolutely brillant. It takes something current in our society and makes it artistic and technical. It makes it fun and scary at the same time. Are we all just little robots listening and deciding who to follow? Is this a natural thing or are we inferior in some way to these powers? Is it good to follow along? I think we need leaders in society for a sense of control and order.
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