The thief: .

For the web project, the artist has created an animation, available as a screensaver, as his response to the computer, the network, and the ubiquitous Windows metaphor. "The Thief presents a black field in which an obliquely angled window gradually is revealed, giving on to pure light. Emerging slowly from the penumbrous foreground recesses, the shadow of a figure approaches the window and nimbly clambers through. Some ambiguity surrounds this exit, however, for the final moments in this sequence can also be read in reverse so that the figure seems to fall forward, dropping out of sight into t... Mehr ...

Verfasser: Alÿs, Francis, 1959-
Dokumenttyp: StillImage
Erscheinungsdatum: 1999
Verlag/Hrsg.: Dia Art Foundation
Schlagwörter: Artists' books--Belgium
Sprache: Englisch
Permalink: https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-27365624
Datenquelle: BASE; Originalkatalog
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Link(s) : https://digitalcollections.saic.edu/islandora/object/islandora%3Ajfabc_5617

For the web project, the artist has created an animation, available as a screensaver, as his response to the computer, the network, and the ubiquitous Windows metaphor. "The Thief presents a black field in which an obliquely angled window gradually is revealed, giving on to pure light. Emerging slowly from the penumbrous foreground recesses, the shadow of a figure approaches the window and nimbly clambers through. Some ambiguity surrounds this exit, however, for the final moments in this sequence can also be read in reverse so that the figure seems to fall forward, dropping out of sight into the uncharted nearer depths."--Lynne Cooke from www.diacenter.org. Two floppy discs, one formatted for PC, the other for Mac.