Home of the Brain - VR installation (1989-91) by Monika Fleischmann & Wolfgang Strauss, ART+COM

Home of the Brain - VR installation (1989-91) by Monika Fleischmann & Wolfgang Strauss, ART+COM from Monika Fleischmann & Wolfgang Strauss on YouTube.

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This video (1992) is about (one of) the first artistic Virtual Reality installations. The installation was presented in test phases starting in 1989 with networked computers between Berlin (Art+Com e.V.) and Geneva (Telecom). "Home of the Brain" (1989-91) by Fleischmann & Strauss not only reflects a medium that was new at the time but also the media discourse itself is exhibited here as a philosophical debate. Vilém Flusser talks about "Vernetzungsstruktur" (Networking Structure), and Paul Virilio about "L'Espace Vitesse" (Geschwindigkeitsraum / space velocity). Joseph Weizenbaum says „dieses Halten der Hand hat für den Menschen eine Bedeutung, aber für die mechanische Hand überhaupt keine“ (this holding of the hand has a meaning for man, but not at all for the mechanical hand), and Marvin Minsky claims "it's a waste of time to learn things over again when other people have those structures ...". The visitor acts in a new world brain of networked computers - in the "Home of the Brain". It was awarded the Golden Nica of the Prix Ars Electronica in 1992.  Monika Fleischmann & Wolfgang Strauss. Berlin, 8th October 2019

The artistic production Home of the Brain was developed at Raumlabor of Art+Com, directed by Fleischmann & Strauss, and supported by Deutsche Telekom/Berkom. Art+Com e.V. cooperators: Edouard Bannwart, Dirk Lüsebrink, Uli Weinberg, Gavin Hodge, Hendrik Tramberend, Josef Speier, Achim Gothe.

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