“Das Vergerät” by Boris Petrovsky received a Honorary Mention in the Interactive Art category of the Prix Ars Electronica 2014. Boris Petrovsky has 1 more work in this atlas.
*Das Vergerät* addresses the relationship between humans and machines, technology as a social construction and its visual, metaphorical and verbal language. Visitors can initiate communication via software; the message is translated by the interconnected blenders, coffee grinders, espresso machines, vacuum cleaners…
About Boris Petrovsky
Boris Petrovsky (DE) studied at the University of Fine Arts (HfBK) Hamburg. He lives and works in Konstanz. He received awards at the Prix Ars Electronica 2010 and the Japan Media Arts Festival 2012, exhibited at the Center for Art and Media in Karlsruhe…
Programme information from Prix Ars Electronica Archive. Short excerpt quoted for reference; see the original page for full text, images and credits.