unleashed: Revisiting early explorations of interactive media in visual communication design
<p>The exhibition <i>unleashed</i> at Museum Tinguely invites visitors to rediscover the origins of interactive media in visual communication in Switzerland. It connects these early explorations with contemporary artistic experiments in technologies such as generative AI and virtual reality. The exhibition reveals surprising parallels with Jean Tinguely’s work and showcases a diverse array of experimental examples in the artistic and creative use of interactive media from the 1990s to today, featuring works by Demian Conrad, Ted Davis, Esther Hunziker, Dirk Koy, Jürg Lehni, and Pipilotti Rist, among others.</p> <p><i>unleashed</i> focuses on outstanding historical projects that were long inaccessible due to technological changes. These projects are seen as precursors to game design, generative AI, and virtual reality. Using modern media archaeological methods, they have been restored and are now accessible for the first time on contemporary computer systems.</p> <p>The exhibition bridges a significant gap and facilitates an exploration of the aesthetic, cultural, and social characteristics of early interactive media within the context of current developments.</p>
Editors: FHNW IDCE, Annette Schindler, Michael Renner
Contributors: Stefanie Bräuer, Teresa Dillon, Gilles Rouffineau, Zachary Liberman
Artists: Nathan Aebi, Thomas Bircher, Frederick Jon Burbach, Claudia Colombo, Demian Conrad, Ted Davis, Anna Dippert, Korina Gallika, Martina Gees, David Héritier, Andreas Hidber, Christian Heusser, Esther Hunziker, Roland John, Dirk Koy, Renée Labek, Jürg Lehni, Samuel Lüscher, Nicholas Paredes, Travis Purrington, Tobias Rall, Michael Renner, Pipilotti Rist, Matthias Rohrbach, Roman Schnyder, David Schwarz, Vines Gregory, Andres Wanner, Danilo Wanner, Gabriel Weiss, Alper Yagcioglu, Sangye Zahn
Assistant Editor: Larissa Brochella
Translators: Supertext Berlin
Copy-editors: Supertext Berlin
Designers: Siiri Tännler, AnDiCo Lab
ISBN: 978-3-9525716-5-1