Jeffrey shaw the legible city 1990
Jeffrey shaw the legible city 1990 photos.
Jeffrey shaw the legible city 1990
Arnaud Obermann
The Electronic Media Review, Volume Three:
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ABSTRACT
The Legible City (–) is one of the major works of the Australian media artist Jeffrey Shaw (b.
) and a milestone of s interactive, computer-based new media art (computer-graphic installation, dimensions variable, ZKM | Center for Art and Media Karlsruhe). In this installation, the spectator rides a stationary bicycle in a dark room, experiencing a virtual journey through projected views of the cities of Manhattan, Amsterdam, and Karlsruhe.
The real physical exertion on the bicycle is converted into the virtual distance covered. Since the beginning of his career, one of Jeffrey Shaw’s main preoccupations has been overcoming the traditional, institutionally laid-down distance between the artwork and the viewer.
From the mids on, Shaw moved from sculptural to computer-based work, seeing the computer as a particularly efficient medium for his work since programmed software configurations could functi