selbstbetrachtung by sweza

Selbstbetrachtung,
Sweza, Berlin 2011, surveillance camera, public screen, mirror
“Selbstbetrachtung” is an urban video hacking project using existing public infrastructure to create a Video. I try to give the surveillance camera a whole new view on the world, open new perspectives by giving it a vice versa view.
It is the surveillance of the surveillance.

Zitty on my work and the transience of art in public space

berlin city magazine Zitty had an article (only in German) on the transience of art in public space and featured graffyard and some of my other work.
Download the hight-res PDF here

my latest work – LuftStrom

this is my latest work
LuftStrom Sweza, Berlin 2011, vacuum cleaner, balloon

LuftStrom II Sweza, Berlin 2011, vacuum cleaner, balloon

Berliner Illustrierte Zeitung on my work

The “Berliner Illustrierte Zeitung” had a little article on QRadio within their series “Berliner Merkwürdigkeiten” it is in german but you might translate the text
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Here the text in german
Der Ghettoblaster ist zurück. Jener kastige Kassettenspieler, der in längst vergangenen Jahrzehnten von Halbstarken auf Schultern durch die Straßen getragen wurde, [...]

new QRadios

here some images of new QRadios i did …
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Lichtraum 3 | 8 month later

today i casualy walked by Görlitzerstr. in Kreuzberg where i installed a Lichtraum 8 month earlier. It was interesting to see what happend meanwhile, the lens was missing but people added some of their creativity …

Lichtraum 3 – an urban showcase by sweza

After Lichtraum 1 & Solarlichtraum this is the new Lichtraum i installed the end of 2010 at Goerlitzerstr. in Berlin, Kreuzberg

Lichtraum III – an urban showcase from sweza on Vimeo.

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MIRRORS BY DANIEL ROZIN

Daniel Rozin builts these amazing analog screens/mirrors. Right now he has a exhibition at the Bitforms Gallery in New York City
There is “Rust Mirror”. It’s made of 768 oxidized steel tiles. They are controlled by motors and react on camera input. The result is an interactive pattern display.

check out “Mirrors Mirror” from 2008 too:

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