Observer Cinema
Sven Werner
Observer Cinema is the story of a man who, to his own surprise, finds he has a peculiar gift: he is able to recognise and inhabit the blind angles of people’s attention so that he becomes to all eyes invisible. He learns to move past hundreds of people every day while staying entirely unnoticed. He slowly becomes accustomed to inhabiting these hidden spaces and empty folds of daily life, until he decides to abandon his mundane existence to live only under the radar of the public’s attention.
Presented in partnership with the Society of Scottish Artists, Sven Werner created this multimedia piece for New Media Scotland at the Alt-w LAB, a pilot space for the production, participation and presentation of creative technology at the City Art Centre in Edinburgh. New Media Scotland’s Alt-w Fund supports artists to explore experimental and interactive practice, make use of technology as both medium and message, and recognise the changing role that digital culture has in our society.
Presented in partnership with the Society of Scottish Artists, Sven Werner created this multimedia piece for New Media Scotland at the Alt-w LAB, a pilot space for the production, participation and presentation of creative technology at the City Art Centre in Edinburgh. New Media Scotland’s Alt-w Fund supports artists to explore experimental and interactive practice, make use of technology as both medium and message, and recognise the changing role that digital culture has in our society.
Wilhelm Singer - Collaborating Artist & Performer
Graeme Miller - Music David Russon - Co-Writer, Narrator, & Backdrop Painting Johanna Flanagan - Textiles & Costume John Prestwich - Metal & Concrete Louise McVey - Vocalist Karen Gordon - Photography Livia Marin - Ceramics assistance Lachlan Young - Silver Gelatin advice Lucas Kao - Dark Room assistance |
Photographic Subjects:
Paul Johnston Graham Mack Gila Allen Caroline Walker Robert Wringham Laura Waddell |