MOBILE-MOBILE

From Rhizome Artbase
2006
Description

A MOBILE OF CELLULAR PHONES IS WHAT THE AUDIENCE FINDS IN THE EXHIBITON ROOM. A FIVE-BAR-MOBILE FROM WHERE THIRTEEN TELEPHONES HANG, MOVES SLOWLY THANKS TO AIR DRAFTS AND GRAVITY.
FROM ALL THESE TELEPHONES, ONLY SIX ARE IN SERVICE AT THE GSM NETWORK, CORRESPONDING TO THE NUMBERS EXHIBITED ON THE WALLS.
IN THIS CONTEXT, USERS TEST SOME OF THE NUMBERS. THEY WILL SEE AROUND AND UNDERSTAND THAT JUST WITH THE FIRST SOUND THE MOBILE SCULPTURE REACTS.
WITH AN AMBIENT LIGHT A LITTLE BIT DIMMER, THE ACTIVE TELEPHONES WILL SHINE, MAKING THE ART PIECE EFFECT MORE INMERSIVE. PEOPLE APPRECIATE THE SCULPTURE FOLLOWING ITS MOVEMENT.
MOBILE-MOBILE TRANSFORMS ITSELF INTO A FACE TO FACE COMMUNICATION MEDIA.
USERS SYMPHATIZE AMONG THEM AS A RESULT OF THIS COMMON EXPERIENCE. THE COMMUNICATION THROUGH THE CELL PHONE IS NO LONGER ON A DISTANCE-BASIS BUT IT IS REPLACED BY PRESENTIAL INTERACTION, GIVING A NEW MANNER TO THE USE OF MOBILE TELEPHONY.

Jorge Hernández
17 January 2007
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2006
Jorge Hernández