Scanner III, 2005-2008

The third so called scanner machine I developed in collaboration with three Slovenian companies.

This latest scanner, 2005-2008, is a larger, more massive and monstrous variant of the first two types. Its scale is well grounded. The former motor for car wipers was replaced by a powerful industrial motor that offers programed and variable motion. Here I wanted to get rid of a surface with projection. The screen and neon light that moves linearly upwards and downwards and illuminates and exposes an image (like in the previous two scanners) are gone and replaced by RGB LED diodes and POV.

Therefore this sistem is a one axis, linear motion, full RGB collor POV. You can upload any kind of image into its flash drive to be shown in resolution of 212 x 212 pixles. Its asinhronos electric motor drive is controled by a frequecy regulator and its RGB LED line achives speed of 4 m/s. It needed to be 13 times faster to see the whole image floating in midair. I used arduino and some code in linux to control a digital camera that has a shutter time of 0.8 s to fully capture the whole image and later on show it on a projector.

When the machine stops the image disappears, evaporates, like a fabrication of fiction or an incarnation of emptiness. An empty point of identification is established: when somebody detaches him/herself from the role assigned to them, they can assume or occupy an empty position (eg jump into void, a hole or "to be in-between position"). A rupture emerges, a tearing with rigid structures and bonds of identity, like that of paternal authority, religious tenet, disciplinary regimes of family or nationalism.
The birthplace of subject is thus of key importance here. So I dug out a black hole and roots were found.

On somebody's path, Skofja Loka, april 2008

The beech tree was set up in the middle of the town square in Skofja Loka. It was pulled out of the forest with the help of ranger Logonder and transported to a nearby farm for preparation. The action during the installation of the tree was surreal, as it performed a dance together with mechanical arm in mid air. At one point the tree was aligned with the second floor windows. It was then turned around and put on the ground as an interruption, thrown on somebody's path.

Roots and rupture, 2007-2008

I was strolling the forests of Skofja Loka in december 2007, when I came across a fallen beech tree crossing my path like a colossal road block. It was over 25 meters long and over a 1000 kg heavy. I climbed on the trunk of the tree and lied there. This find initiated my search for roots and I ended up digging myself a black hole, literally. The redness of the soil was reminiscent of a wound, like a real rupture.

Dvolično ogledalo / Two-faced mirror, 2007