Alchemy
Interactive digital video installation
2 interactive laser discs under computer control
colour, silent
A Little Pig Production, Groningen, Holland 1990.
Exhibited Galerie Otso, Helsinki, Finland 1992
Exhibited Academie de Kunste, Berlin VideoFest, Berlin, Germany 1992
Exhibited The Tate Gallery, VideoPositive, Liverpool, UK 1991
Exhibited Rijksmuseum Twenthe, Interactions, Enschede, Holland 1990
Alchemy is an interactive illuminated manuscript, inspired by medieval books such as Les Tres Riches Heures de Duc De Berry. The theme of the book is the alchemical practice of creating homonculi, small human like creatures, in test tubes. The work is metaphorically addressing issues arising from contemporary technologies such as Genetics and Artificial Intelligence, casting these practices as not dissimilar to previous medieval experiments.