About the Work
A Sense of Place for Hannover is a work k in the series which was created for Hannover is in the form of a dialog with the actual space in which it is shown. The Federfabrik, located in Linden, Hannover, forms the basis of the work and although not dependent on the the space, the ideas and concepts in the work are connected to it as analogy as well as inspirational. What is universal in such a setting comes to light in the work and this universality lends the work its independence and allows it to take root in other places than its point of conceptual origin.
The work consists of a combination of elements, some of which are real and some of which are virtual. The real, or physical elements of the work consist of a printed base plate and small doll house bed fashioned out of clear acrylic sheeting that sits upon the plate. The image seen on the printed base is of the base plate is a screen shot of the Augmented Reality work, which is also available for viewing for those equipped with smart phones or tablet computers.
The cover of the doll bed, which consists of a pattern made out of a QR code, allows access to the coupled AR work when the code is scanned using a mobile device.an elements that allow access to the virtual parts of the work. The elements of the AR part of the work consist of feathers falling from the sky - making a clear connection to the feather fabric in which the work is being viewed. Once the feathers are viewable, it is possible for the viewer to actually walk through the space and view the work in all of dimensions.
A performative sound element is built into the work which is based on the sounds of sleeping. If the viewer touches a feather, an audio file is opened which can then be played back. Visitors interested n performing the work are requested to stand still while the file is playing and move and select another for as long as they are interested in performing. The selected sounds then combine from all of the viewers performing and create what might be called a collective sleep reminiscent of the what the factory actually produced. A change of color from transparency into deep blue takes place slowly and is indicative of the coming of night.
