Always Dead and Alive
Germany/Poland/Austria 2019
Introduction
Always Dead and Alive is an artwork by Theresa Schubert that was created as part of the STARTS Vertigo Residency (2019) entitled ‘Immersive Minimalism’ at PSNC (Poznan Supercomputing and Networking Center).
Story
It is an 8K video environment based on a custom Cellular Automata (CA) system. The generative video shows surprisingly complicated behavior that appears when all 33 million pixels on screen act as individual, interacting agents within a set network. Immersive Minimalism uses CA to investigate modes of perception through creating video scenarios between geometric abstraction and minimalism.
Challenges
Computation of native 8K content
Encoding in high quality of abstract content with high noise percentage
Data storage and handling (large quantities)
Gallery
Technology
8k computer generated video with 5.1 sound
Credits
Author/artist: Theresa Schubert
Sound composer: Jan Skorupa
Unity development: Jörg Reisig
Technical Support: PSNC, Spin Digital