Game of Choice
Långström Minna
Set in a dark room, the interactive installation consists of 20 sculptures made of colourful recycled plastic materials which are lit from the inside. As the viewer gets close enough to inspect the objects, the lights turn off. Instantly, two other sculptures start to glow and play inviting tunes. The viewer chooses which one to approach. The statues are like irresistible products: once possessed, they lose their glow. The work depicts the illusory quality of choice: what is a choice, and what are we actually able to choose in life?
Production Year
2009
Tyyppi
Asiasana
art exhibitions, choice, consumer society, consumption, darkness, installations (works of art), interactive art, interactive installations, interactivity, light, media art, recycling, sculptures (works of art), statues
Original Title
Game of Choice
Finnish Title
Valintapeli
English Title
Game of Choice
Production Countries
Finland
Dialogue
No
Sound
Yes
Cast
Minna Långström (Author), Minna Långström (Concept), Gregoire Rousseau (Engineer), Minna Långström (Engineer), Mikael Eriksson (Programming), Minna Långström (Sound)
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Långström is a media artist and filmmaker. Her artistic work consists of films – short fiction and documentary – as well as cinematic installations, combining moving images with spatial elements. Her work processes tend to be extensive, well researched and interdisciplinary. Her work focuses on social perspectives on technologically mediated narratives and visual technologies, as well as certain political histories and their cinematic influences on the present. The intuitive experience and role of the viewer is a central aspect of her installations.
13 works