This is the place where Crash test dummy will open on May 5th 2006 at 6 pm. Come and see!

von Time’s up

Time`s Up beschäftigt sich seit seiner Gründung 1996 mit den Funktionen des menschlichen Körpers. Wesentlich im Zentrum des Arbeitsinteresses stehen dabei die Begrifflichkeiten Biomechanik, Kontrolle und Wahrnehmung. Wir konstruieren seit mehreren Jahren intuitive, eigens konstruierte Interfaces, die Besucherinnen dazu anhalten sollen selbst aktiv gestalterisch tätig zu werden. Dabei definiert sich die inhaltliche Entwicklung über das Verhalten der Anwenderin. Installationen von Time`s Up werden sozusagen von Besucherinnen und Akteurinnen zum Leben erweckt.

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This are the brandnew images of the spectral system which will be hosted by one of the domes of CTD. A democratic vision of satellite surveillance….

As part of my personal preparation for the crash test dummy tour I watched an excellent czech film yesterday. cesky sen (czech dream) is a documentary about an advertising campaingn for the opening of a hypermarket that does not exist. A crash test in the field of consumer culture.

This are the first images from the new performance Crash by Marguerite Dolon and Helena Waldmann. The world premiere will take place as an open air performance on the 5th of May 2006 at CTD/ Budapest.

Olaf Arndt will be participating in crash test dummy. He will make a presentation and hold a debate on new tendencies in crowd CTRL.

This is an image of his ArmPod concerts - tracking, streaming, interacting.

This article is highlighting some interesting aspects of the hungarian game of video surveillance.
Lazlo Molnar is part of the Urban Eye project. As Budapest is a city with a very high number of cctv camera these are not only used to hunt down criminals.

Mayor György Farkas hopes that these ominous pictures can produce evidence against dog-owners leaving the dog shit on the streets, too.

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