Artist Statement

Video installation, 2000. Collection Museum Ostwall, Dortmund, DE

Thirteen sculptures enable the visitor to access and blend various video sequences through physical interaction. On the central projection screen impressive scenes from the choreography of the Dutch dancer Regina van Berkel appear. This poetic focus on physical effort is accompanied by motifs of industrial energy supply, which link the work to the Ruhr region.
For the new presentation of Exchange Fields, basic conservation measures were required for the complex technical equipment, which were realised under the direction of imai – inter media art institute, Düsseldorf, in cooperation with Cologne Institute of Conservation Sciences/University of Applied Sciences.

Bill Seaman produced the video installation Exchange Fields in the year 2000 especially for the exhibition vision.ruhr, which was shown at Zeche Zollern II/IV in Dortmund.

• Bill Seaman (US) is an internationally known media artist and scholar. He has shown numerous installation works and has realised and presented many solo exhibitions, performance collaborations and video screenings. His work explores an expanded media-oriented poetics through various technological means (Recombinant Poetics, VDM Press) and he has been working with Daniel Howe on a series of works exploring generative AI. He is writing a book with scientist Otto Rössler entitled Neosentience/The Benevolence Engine. A virtual project, World Generator with Gideon May is in progress. Seaman also has a band (Sea) with two albums on iTunes.

Full Text with images (PDF) p. 94-97

Supported by the State of North Rhine-Westphalia.  In cooperation with imai – intermedia art institute, Düsseldorf