The Tunnel under the Atlantic
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The Tunnel under the Atlantic is an interactive art installation by Maurice Benayoun
. The visitors were invited to dig, inside memory, a virtual tunnel between Pompidou Centre in Paris and the Museum of Contemporary Art
in Montreal in 1995.
More than a technical performance, as the first intercontinental virtual reality artwork (called "televirtuality", Philippe Quéau, 1994), this installation was one-of-a-kind example of what Maurice Benayoun
calls architecture of communication. As another way to explore limits of communication, after Hole in Space by Kit Galloway and Sherrie Rabinovitz, The Tunnel under the Atlantic introduces the concept of dynamic semantic shared space.
Maurice Benayoun
Maurice Benayoun is a French pioneer new-media artist and theorist based in Paris. His work employs various media, including video, immersive virtual reality, the Web, wireless technology, performance, large-scale urban art installations and interactive exhibitions.-Biography:Born in Mascara,...
. The visitors were invited to dig, inside memory, a virtual tunnel between Pompidou Centre in Paris and the Museum of Contemporary Art
Musée d'art contemporain de Montréal
The Musée d'art contemporain de Montréal is a contemporary art museum in the Place des Arts complex, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The collection includes over 7,000 works of art by more than 1,500 artists , covering contemporary art in Quebec in particular and Canada in general, as well as...
in Montreal in 1995.
More than a technical performance, as the first intercontinental virtual reality artwork (called "televirtuality", Philippe Quéau, 1994), this installation was one-of-a-kind example of what Maurice Benayoun
Maurice Benayoun
Maurice Benayoun is a French pioneer new-media artist and theorist based in Paris. His work employs various media, including video, immersive virtual reality, the Web, wireless technology, performance, large-scale urban art installations and interactive exhibitions.-Biography:Born in Mascara,...
calls architecture of communication. As another way to explore limits of communication, after Hole in Space by Kit Galloway and Sherrie Rabinovitz, The Tunnel under the Atlantic introduces the concept of dynamic semantic shared space.
Credits
- Interactive Music by Martin MatalonMartin MatalonMartin Matalon is an Argentine composer and musician, and recipient of the 2005 Grand Prix des Lycéens and 2001 Prix de L'Institut de France Académie des Beaux Arts...
- Curators: Daniel Soutif, Michael Century
- Software development: Tristan Lorach, David Nahon
- Production: Z-A Production