http://hdl.handle.net/1813/3822 2003 Rockefeller Fellowship Nominee Thu, 23 May 2013 20:36:48 GMT 2013-05-23T20:36:48Z http://ecommons.library.cornell.edu:80/retrieve/24775/beloff_frontpg.jpg http://hdl.handle.net/1813/3822 http://hdl.handle.net/1813/3824 Title: Artist Documentation: The Influencing Machine of Miss. Natalijaa Authors: Beloff, Zoe Abstract: THE INFLUENCING MACHINE is an interactive installation based on a case history by the psychoanalyst and early follower of Freud, Victor Tausk. In 1919, Natalija A., a former student of philosophy came to Tausk complaining that a bizarre electrical apparatus, which she believed was operated secretly by physicians in Berlin, was manipulating her thoughts. The project attempts to materialize Natalijars hallucinations for the viewer while at the same time alluding to the development of real influencing machines, in the form of radio and television in pre WWII Germany. The installation consists of a large stereoscopic diagram inspired by the mechanics of early television. (The enclosed red/green diagram is a small demo version.) The participant, wearing 3D glasses, looks down at it. Now they see an actual threedimensional structure. They touch a designated space in this virtual machine with a pointer, all at once movies simulating Natalija's hallucinations appear as projected video clips on a small screen suspended within the space of the diagram. The user takes the pointer away and the projection vanishes. From the moment they don the glasses, the participant enters into a virtual world invisible to those around them, very much as one would when actually hallucinating, (See enclosed tape for a sample of the video). Wed, 15 Nov 2006 15:23:25 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/1813/3824 2006-11-15T15:23:25Z http://hdl.handle.net/1813/3823 Title: Rockefeller New Media Foundation Proposal Authors: Beloff, Zoe Abstract: The installation will be a reenactment of five seances held between 1910 and 1914 that took place in Paris with a young medium referred to as Eva C. Just as Eva wreaked havoc on perception of the sitters, in a playful way I as a modern 'cinematic medium' aim to reintroduce a sense of magic and the uncanny into the perception of contemporary technology. To conjure up characters from the past, I plan to create life size stereoscopic black and white video projections that appear in different places around a room. Infra-red sensors and software will enable these video phantoms to react to the presence and position of the viewers. Wed, 15 Nov 2006 15:13:55 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/1813/3823 2006-11-15T15:13:55Z