{"id":14560,"date":"2021-02-19T16:47:36","date_gmt":"2021-02-19T15:47:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dam.org\/museum\/?post_type=artists_ui&#038;p=14560"},"modified":"2026-07-04T15:37:56","modified_gmt":"2026-07-04T13:37:56","slug":"portrait-on-the-fly","status":"publish","type":"artists_ui","link":"https:\/\/dam.org\/museum\/artists_ui\/artists\/sommerer-mignonneau\/portrait-on-the-fly\/","title":{"rendered":"Portrait on the Fly"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_gallery type=&#8221;image_grid&#8221; hover_effect=&#8221;opacity&#8221; images=&#8221;14564,14563,14562,14561&#8243; img_size=&#8221;medium&#8221; css=&#8221;&#8221; css_animation=&#8221;fade-up&#8221;]<\/p>\n<div class=\"video-shortcode-container\"><div style=\"width: 640px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-14560-1\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"http:\/\/www.interface.ufg.ac.at\/christa-laurent\/WORKS\/artworks\/PortraitOnTheFly-Interactive\/videos\/PortraitOnTheFly-Interactive.mp4?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.interface.ufg.ac.at\/christa-laurent\/WORKS\/artworks\/PortraitOnTheFly-Interactive\/videos\/PortraitOnTheFly-Interactive.mp4\">http:\/\/www.interface.ufg.ac.at\/christa-laurent\/WORKS\/artworks\/PortraitOnTheFly-Interactive\/videos\/PortraitOnTheFly-Interactive.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"video-shortcode-container\"><div style=\"width: 640px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-14560-2\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"http:\/\/www.interface.ufg.ac.at\/christa-laurent\/WORKS\/artworks\/PortraitOnTheFly-MoviePortraits\/videos\/PortraitOnTheFly-MovieParts-Web1.mp4?_=2\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.interface.ufg.ac.at\/christa-laurent\/WORKS\/artworks\/PortraitOnTheFly-MoviePortraits\/videos\/PortraitOnTheFly-MovieParts-Web1.mp4\">http:\/\/www.interface.ufg.ac.at\/christa-laurent\/WORKS\/artworks\/PortraitOnTheFly-MoviePortraits\/videos\/PortraitOnTheFly-MovieParts-Web1.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div><\/div>\n<p>[\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_custom_heading text=&#8221;Portrait on the Fly (2015-2018)&#8221; use_theme_fonts=&#8221;yes&#8221; css=&#8221;&#8221; font_size=&#8221;16&#8243; text_align=&#8221;left&#8221; font_weight=&#8221;600&#8243;][vc_column_text]This is an ongoing digital archive which consists of short video sequences where the moving portraits of well-known media art pioneers, scholars, artists, theorist, gallerist and organizers are turned into swarms of flies.<br \/>\nIt is a personal collection of fly portraits of our peers who shape and have shaped the field of media art. It is our personal homage to our friends and colleages and a celebration of the archivist&#8217;s melancholic understanding that not everything can be saved. Torn between knowing that media art is a form of art that is linked to decay and destruction, this work also envisions a format that can survive longer.<\/p>\n<p>Portrait on the Fly also exists in the form of a series of plotter drawing portraits on paper. Vector based drawings of digital fly portraits are drawn out on an acid free thick paper with a modern Pen Plotter similar to the ones produced in the 1960&#8217;s. Ephemeral moments of interaction are thereby immortalized in the form of graphical drawings.<\/p>\n<p>The interactive installation consists of a monitor that shows a swarm of a few thousand flies. When a person positions himself in front of the monitor, the insects builds up the contour of the person. They begin to arrange and rearange themselves continously, thereby creating a recognizable likeness of the individual.<\/p>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_empty_space height=&#8221;70px&#8221;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_gallery type=&#8221;image_grid&#8221; hover_effect=&#8221;opacity&#8221; images=&#8221;14567,14568,14566,14565&#8243; img_size=&#8221;medium&#8221; css=&#8221;&#8221; css_animation=&#8221;fade-up&#8221;]<\/p>\n<div class=\"video-shortcode-container\"><div style=\"width: 640px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-14560-3\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"http:\/\/www.interface.ufg.ac.at\/christa-laurent\/WORKS\/artworks\/FlySimulator\/videos\/FlySimulator-480p.mp4?_=3\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.interface.ufg.ac.at\/christa-laurent\/WORKS\/artworks\/FlySimulator\/videos\/FlySimulator-480p.mp4\">http:\/\/www.interface.ufg.ac.at\/christa-laurent\/WORKS\/artworks\/FlySimulator\/videos\/FlySimulator-480p.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div><\/div>\n<p>[\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243; shift_x=&#8221;0&#8243; shift_y=&#8221;0&#8243; z_index=&#8221;0&#8243; css_animation=&#8221;fade-up&#8221;][vc_custom_heading text=&#8221;Fly Simulator (2018)&#8221; use_theme_fonts=&#8221;yes&#8221; css=&#8221;&#8221; font_size=&#8221;16&#8243; text_align=&#8221;left&#8221; font_weight=&#8221;600&#8243;][vc_column_text]Fly Simulator is a VR software specifically developed for Ars Electronica 2018 and Speculum Artium in Trbovlje. It is a simulation of a few thousand flies that organize themselves into swarms, creating interesting patterns when users wear the 3D head set.<\/p>\n<p>The user&#8217;s head position influences the swarming of the flies which fly over an endless landscape of clouds. Like in a dream the user feels immersed in a strange non Cartesian world where she loses orientation and feels like she has become a fly herself.<\/p>\n<p>Commissioned by <a href=\"http:\/\/speculumartium.si\/\" target=\"mainFrame\" rel=\"noopener\">Speculum Artium<\/a><br \/>\nRepresented by the <a href=\"https:\/\/galerie-beckers.com\/\" target=\"mainFrame\" rel=\"noopener\">Anika Beckers Galerie<\/a> Frankfurt, Germany[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]<strong>More works<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dam.org\/museum\/artists_ui\/interactive-plant-growing\/\">Interactive Plant Growing (1992)<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/dam.org\/museum\/artists_ui\/a-volve\/\">A-Volve (1994-1995)<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/dam.org\/museum\/artists_ui\/life-spacies-i-ii\/\">Life Spacies I &amp; II (1997-1999)<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/dam.org\/museum\/artists_ui\/haze-express\/\">Haze Express (1999)<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/dam.org\/museum\/artists_ui\/the-living-web\/\">The Living Web (2002)<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/dam.org\/museum\/artists_ui\/nanoscape\/\">NanoScape (2002)<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/dam.org\/museum\/artists_ui\/mobile-feelings-i-ii\/\">MobileFeelings I &amp; II (2003-2004)<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/dam.org\/museum\/artists_ui\/eau-de-jardin\/\">Eau de Jardin (2004)<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/dam.org\/museum\/artists_ui\/life-writer\/\">Life Writer (2006)<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/dam.org\/museum\/artists_ui\/the-value-of-art\/\">The Value of Art (2010)<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/dam.org\/museum\/artists_ui\/escape\/\">Escape (2012)<\/a><br \/>\nPortrait on the fly (2015-2018)<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/dam.org\/museum\/artists_ui\/egometer\/\">Egometer (2017)<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/dam.org\/museum\/artists_ui\/neuro-mirror\/\">Neuro Mirror (2017)<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/dam.org\/museum\/artists_ui\/scavengers\/\">Scavengers (2020)<\/a>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_gallery type=&#8221;image_grid&#8221; hover_effect=&#8221;opacity&#8221; images=&#8221;14564,14563,14562,14561&#8243; img_size=&#8221;medium&#8221; css=&#8221;&#8221; css_animation=&#8221;fade-up&#8221;] [\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_custom_heading text=&#8221;Portrait on the Fly (2015-2018)&#8221; use_theme_fonts=&#8221;yes&#8221; css=&#8221;&#8221; font_size=&#8221;16&#8243; text_align=&#8221;left&#8221; font_weight=&#8221;600&#8243;][vc_column_text]This is an ongoing digital archive which consists of short video sequences where the moving portraits of well-known media art pioneers, scholars, artists, theorist, gallerist and organizers are turned into swarms of flies. 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