Ars Electronica Festival · 2007
KhirkeeYaan
by Shaina Anand
🏆 Honorary Mention · Prix Ars Electronica 2007
“KhirkeeYaan” by Shaina Anand received a Honorary Mention in the Interactive Art category of the Prix Ars Electronica 2007.
KhirkeeYaan (khirkee: “window”; yaan: “vehicle”) was an exploration of an open-circuit TV system as a local area network, autonomous micro-media generation and feedback device. Consumer CCTV and CATV equipment was laid out to form temporary communication loops for the “use” of the community.
About Shaina Anand
Shaina Anand (IN) has been working independently in film/video and other media since 1997. In 2001, she initiated Chitrakarkhana.net. (image factory / artist food), a fully independent unit for public intervention through experimental media, based in Mumbai.
Programme information from Prix Ars Electronica Archive. Short excerpt quoted for reference; see the original page for full text, images and credits.