[ISEA95] Artist Statement: Agnes Hegedüs — Between the Words

Artist Statement

In the disembodied domain of telematic network, the pataphysical reconstruction of surrogate body language is the matter at hand. This installation constitutes a specific modality of remote communication between two persons where facial expression and hand gestures are its essential agencies. Two people virtually face each other and enjoy visual communication with each other via a metalanguage of gestural permutations. Face to face they interactively manipulate surrogate virtual hands to articulate a non verbal yet eloquent dialogue.

  • Agnes Hegedüs (Hungary) is a video and computer graphic installation artist who studied in Budapest, in Groningen and Enschede (Holland) and at the Institute fur Neue Medien in Frankfurt, her works have been presented all over Europe, in Japan and in Los Angeles. She won the Prizma Prize in Hamburg, and an Honorary Mention at Ars Electronica in 1993 and the Sparky Award at the Interactive Media Festival in Los Angeles in 1994.