Site-Specific Works
Mini Residency in Kassel
During the mini residency in Kassel, Marc Lee developed four site-specific works with new media:
– Ocean Waves
– South Pole
– Bird’s Nest
– GPS image hike
Construction, performance and dismantling are equally important to him.
Ocean Waves
The real traffic noise that penetrates through the basement window is combined with the projected video (Ocean Waves). This transforms the traffic noise into the sound of waves.
South Pole
Found roof battens are superimposed with projected webcam images of the South Pole and are thus placed in relation to each other. The roof battens symbolise fleetingness, ephemerality, transience, but stand as rigid objects in space. The South Pole is often depicted as rigid and unchanging, but is experienced as constantly changing. Together they reinforce the statement that everything is subject to constant change.
Bird’s Nest
A closed, empty shop is temporarily occupied from the outside by means of projected webcam image overlays of a bird nesting site. Birds also occupy spaces by building nests.
GPS Image Walk
The GPS Image Walk is a walk around the documenta site in Kassel. With the help of a GPS receiver and a laptop, the current position is constantly located and the corresponding address is determined. Based on these addresses (street, house number and town), the first image is retrieved from the Google image search engine and projected using a mini projector. The projections are overlapping realities, sometimes more real, sometimes more poetic, and form a further level of blending reality and fiction.