gesture/control

The project "gesture/control" by sh|ft focuses on working with different types of sensors, tracking movements, reacting to light or working with particle systems. It is the result of about a year of artistic and technical research by the ensemble, which sh|ft sees both as an opportunity to explore new artistic possibilities and as a challenge to find other ways of dealing with non-artistic material in order to produce art. Using sensors in various combinations, sh|ft has created several miniatures. These miniatures each explore different aspects: Some search for the limits of what the sensors can track and specifically attempt to operate at the limits of the technically possible. Others attempt to establish new causal relationships between different types of sensors. In addition to performative miniatures, some miniatures have an installative or hybrid character.