Artist Statement

Digital video installation, 2 monitors and 12 channel audio, colour, sound

Golem is a two channel video installation where the two monitors are arranged like the pages of an open book. The imagery is derived from medieval illuminated books so the overall effect is of an electronically illuminated manuscript. The work takes as its theme the ancient Jewish myth of the Golem, a human-like creature created to do the bidding of its creator, the genesis of the Frankenstein story. The work deals with the issues around contemporary technologies such as Genetics and Artificial Intelligence.

Technical Information:
Golem includes a two channel video installation, structure, 24 framed prints and a 12 channel audio environment (audio by Hans Peter kuhn, featuring the voice of Marc Camille Chaimowicz).

• Simon Biggs, AU/UK