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Caroline Jones
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Chris Csikszentmihalyi: Skin Control |
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Italian (Italy, Switzerland) |
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Hardcover |
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64 |
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2005-07-15 |
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8881585170 |
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Charta/Location One |
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0.85 pounds |
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0.47 x 6.69 x 9.45 inches |
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Product Description
In our digital age, "skin" and "control" evoke, respectively, a program's faceplate screen and the key in the bottom left corner of the keyboard. MIT-based media artist Chris Csikszentmihlyi calls up other, older technological references, to an airplane's exterior and a control panel, with two large-scale installations at New York's Location One. Skin is the partial fuselage of a Boeing 737, inside of which viewers can feel the vibrations of a plane in flight and hear the muffled conversations of passengers. Control is roughly modeled on panels used in Chernobyl's nuclear reactor, which a viewer can manipulate while also wondering what kind of control he gains by his interaction. The two projects provide a visceral understanding of our dependence on complex technologies and the vulnerability they engender.
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