The Installation âMixed Pixelsâ uses 2 microscopes to dive into the pixels of a screen thus exposing their macro structures. As each has a live camera and a VGA video mixer attached, which â in a feedback loop â are connected to each other, the pixelsâ structure becomes intertwined. The installation uses a video projector to further magnify these patterns. A circle of confetti neurons sends erratic impulses into this never-ending entanglement and thus interrupts, disturbs and re-arranges the multi-colored patterns. Each video signal will also be transformed into sound so that one can actually listen to those video-signals and may acoustically experience the âMixed Pixelsâ noise.
Confetti neurons are a system of artificial neurons that imitate neural structures typical for nervous systems of multicellular organisms. Due to itâs analog nature, Confetti mirrors the chaotic complexity, uncertainty and ambiguity known to both humans and animals far more than digital AI implementations are able to.
Both the Confetti neurons and the VGA video mixer have been developed by the artist and are based on his sustainable Paper PCBâs. Paper PCBs are an option to create sustainable boards that use renewable resources and also outwit industrial standards. It is an open hardware system developed by Wolfgang Spahn that is the base of his artworks (installations as well as performances). Due to their modular nature Paper PCBâs can be re-arranged, re-used and most notably extended to create more complex structures without limitation.
Wolfgang Spahn is an Austrian-German visual artist based in Berlin. His work includes interactive installations, miniature-slide-paintings and performances of light & sound. His art explores the field of analogue and digital media and focusses on both their contradiction and their correlation. That’s why he is also specialized in re-appropriated and re-purposed electronic technologies.
