DATA INQUISITION

Reading performance, Live point cloud projection with kinect, variable size, 8min 37s

A dual-stage setup defines the reading performance of «DATA INQUISITION,» where the presence of the performer is mediated entirely through digital projection. On one side of the stage, the performance involves a reading from a long poem set in a speculative future. The narrative weaves through themes of urban surveillance, environmental degradation, and scattered human interactions across a globally connected yet fragmented world. The calm, measured rhythm of the reading aims to foster vivid mental imagery among the audience.

Concurrently, in a separate area, the performance is broadcast live, with the narrator’s image rendered as a point cloud. This digital representation, evoking a ghost-like form, leverages laser scanning technologies commonly used in contemporary mapmaking. The point cloud not only visualizes the performer but also metaphorically connects to the themes of surveillance and virtual presence explored in the poem.

This reading performance combines literary expression with advanced digital visualization to challenge perceptions of presence and reality. The use of live point cloud imagery and the thematic focus on surveillance and pollution underscore a critique of modernity’s technological overreach and its societal impacts.

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