The Magic Lamp
Genre:multimedia installation |
Exhibiting institution:KHM, Academy of Media Arts Cologne |
Year of creation:2008 |
City/Country:Cologne / Germany |
Material:office table, office chair, user guide, porn videos |
Equipment:modified reading lamp, mini projector, laptop, internet connection |
Dimension:180 x 90 x 120 cm |
Weight:14 kg |
In the center of the room there is a desk. On the table stand a laptop and a desk lamp. The laptop seems unfolded backwards: half ajar, with rear side directed to the workplace. In this situation, the laptop is useless as a computer, but it will do as a handy book stand. So it is: a users manual for the laptop lies on the display with its cover open for reading. Instead of a light bulb, a small video projector is inserted in the lamp bowl. The projector is connected to the laptop. The laptop – to the Internet. The table lamp projects color porn videos from the Internet upon the black-and-white pages of the users manual.
Metalwork:Heinz Nink |
Photography:Sebastian Fritzsch |
Camera:Andrey Ustinov |
Video editing:Andrey Ustinov |
Advising:Julia Scher |
Production:KHM, Academy of Media Arts Cologne |