“FAUSTECHNOLOGY” by Yan Breuleux, Alain Thibault

Title:

FAUSTECHNOLOGY

Artist(s) and People Involved:

Performers:



• Yan Breuleux
• Alain Thibault

Symposium:

• ISEA2002: 11th International Symposium on Electronic Art

Venue(s):

• Warehouses 4 & 20 on the Garden Pier in the port of Nagoya , Nagoya , Japan

Medium:

Digital work for 3 DVD and 3 video screens.

Artist Statement:

FAUSTECHNOLOGY is a 40 minute music-computer animation work based on a contemporary interpretation of the Faust myth. It evokes human behavior in the face of a machine that generates visual and sound stimuli, a machine that seduces, and produces pleasure. The work is divided into two parts during which a series of visual and aural micro-variations gradually evolve. Faust appears as both entropy and seduction: the threat of increasing disorder in the material world, and seduction as a promise of control through simulation techniques. The sources of the sound and visuals are entirely synthetic.

Category:

• Performances
• Concert - Audio/Visual
• Animation