{"id":13530,"title":"Auto Matic Art Project","dimensions":"","date_begin":"1983-01-01","material":"","art_status_id":13,"legal_status_id":47,"category_id":128,"platform_id":1,"deleted":false,"asset_count":17,"stream_count":0,"collection":"","cached_tag_list":"","publishing_process_id":1,"annotation":"","date_end":null,"reference":"","stream_count_app":85,"permalink":"auto-matic-art-project","description_ca":"","short_description_ca":"","description_it":"","short_description_it":"","cached_primary_asset_url":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/mhka_ensembles_production/assets/public/000/030/572/medium_500/1983_Automatic_Art_Project_affiche_detail.JPG?1453816288","cached_actor_names":"Hugo Roelandt","hide_from_json":false,"prev_platform_id":null,"description_uk":"","short_description_uk":"","description_tr":"","short_description_tr":"","mhka_works":false,"category":{"en":"Performance","nl":"Performance","fr":"Performance"},"poster_image":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/mhka_ensembles_production/assets/public/000/030/572/large/1983_Automatic_Art_Project_affiche_detail.JPG?1453816288","poster_credits":"(c) Estate Hugo Roelandt","translations":[{"locale":"en","short_description":"","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn collaboration with Greet Verlinden, Marc Holthof \u0026amp; Bob Van Aert\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e• \u0026nbsp;Marchandise,\u0026nbsp;Montevideo, Antwerp, April '83\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e• \u0026nbsp;Ex, Brussels, May '83\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e• \u0026nbsp;Parkeren in De Singel, De Singel, Antwerp, August '85\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c/p\u003e\u003cblockquote\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color:hsl(119,57%,31%);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"\u003c/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrom action / performance to the study of MOVEMENT: the videoregistration of mechanical 'auto mobile' objects (toy cars) who chose their own movement and randomly form a colour-composition for the public.\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/i\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c/strong\u003e-\u0026nbsp;Hugo Roelandt\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/blockquote\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhereas the presence of the performer was still suggested in some\u0026nbsp;indirect way in the Post Performance Projects, the performer becomes totally absent in the \u003ci\u003eAuto Matic Art Project (A.M.A.P.)\u003c/i\u003e. Inside a square container, Roelandt makes toy cars of different colours drive around autonomously. When they collide, they automatically move in a different direction. Above the container hangs a video camera that records the action and projects it live. Roelandt saw the project as an investigation of art as an autonomous process, or “a performance on autopilot”. The project was performed at multiple locations including Montevideo, a radical alternative art space in Antwerp that Hugo Roelandt co-founded with Annie Gentils.\u003c/p\u003e\u003chr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eA.M.A.P.\u003c/i\u003e is a mobile composition in which the role of the different objects is\u0026nbsp;stressed. A given quantity of colour-elements – framed in glass – moves in\u0026nbsp;contrast to the background. A video-camera registers the resulting variations\u0026nbsp;in colour and the relation with the movement which becomes visible\u0026nbsp;underneath.\u0026nbsp;Three colour-elements are equally represented but they chose their\u0026nbsp;own rhythm and place and so form a composition that is projected on a videoscreen.\u0026nbsp;Movement is created by\u0026nbsp;an electro-chemical reaction. The elements\u0026nbsp;themselves define the colouring. Where the electro-chemical reaction ends,\u0026nbsp;the order is fixed.\u0026nbsp;The static square in\u0026nbsp;which the elements evolve contrasts with the\u0026nbsp;colour-dynamics in it. The elements and their accidental combination don’t\u0026nbsp;carry any symbolic meaning but simply\u0026nbsp;accentuate the auto-mechanical\u0026nbsp;development of the composition.\u0026nbsp;‘Auto’ refers here – like in ‘autodidact’ – to ‘self’, ‘self propelling’.\u0026nbsp;\u003ci\u003eA.M.A.P\u003c/i\u003e. refuses the\u0026nbsp;imposed and fixed patterns of artistic products.\u0026nbsp;It questions the meaning of an art that wants to represent something.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e(Abstracts from\u0026nbsp;\u003ci\u003eHugo Roelandt: Let's Expand The Sky\u003c/i\u003e, red. Mark Holthof, Occasional Papers, London, 2016)\u003c/p\u003e"},{"locale":"nl","short_description":"","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn samenwerking met Greet Verlinden, Marc Holthof \u0026amp; Bob Van Aert\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e• \u0026nbsp;Marchandise,\u0026nbsp;Montevideo, Antwerp, April '83\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e• \u0026nbsp;Ex, Brussels, May '83\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e• \u0026nbsp;Parkeren in De Singel, De Singel, Antwerp, August '85\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cblockquote\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color:hsl(119,57%,31%);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"\u003c/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrom action / performance to the study of MOVEMENT: the videoregistration of mechanical 'auto mobile' objects (toy cars) who chose their own movement and randomly form a colour-composition for the public\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/i\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e.\"\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/span\u003e -\u0026nbsp;Hugo Roelandt\u0026nbsp;\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/blockquote\u003e\u003cp\u003eTerwijl in de Post Performance Projects de aanwezigheid van de performer nog op een indirecte manier werd gesuggereerd, ontbreekt hij\u0026nbsp;volledig in het \u003ci\u003eAuto Matic Art Project (A.M.A.P.)\u003c/i\u003e. In een kubusvormige bak laat Roelandt speelgoedautootjes in verschillende kleuren zelfstandig rondrijden. Bij elke botsing veranderen ze automatisch van richting. Boven de bak hangt een videocamera die de actie live registreert en projecteert. Roelandt beschouwde het project als een onderzoek naar kunst als autonoom proces—“een performance op automatische piloot”. Het werk werd op meerdere locaties uitgevoerd, waaronder Montevideo, de radicaal alternatieve kunstruimte in Antwerpen die Roelandt samen met Annie Gentils oprichtte.\u003c/p\u003e\u003chr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eA.M.A.P.\u003c/i\u003e is een mobiele compositie waarin de rol van de objecten-op-zich\u0026nbsp;benadrukt wordt. Een gegeven massa kleur – gevat in een opgehangen glazen\u0026nbsp;kader –beweegt, contrasterend met de achtergrond. Een videocamera registreert\u0026nbsp;de kleurvariaties in het vlak, en de relatie met de beweging die eronder zichtbaar\u0026nbsp;wordt.\u003cbr\u003eIn het vlak zijn drie kleurgroepen in gelijke mate aanwezig, maar qua\u0026nbsp;ritme en plaatsing kiezen ze hun eigen (com)positie die geprojecteerd wordt op\u0026nbsp;een videoscherm.\u0026nbsp;De beweging wordt voortgebracht door een elektro-chemische\u0026nbsp;reactie. De elementen bepalen zelf het coloriet. Waar de elektro-chemische\u0026nbsp;reactie stopt ligt de orde vast.\u0026nbsp;Het statische vierkant waarin de evolutie plaats heeft contrasteert met de\u0026nbsp;erin evoluerende kleurdynamiek. De objecten en hun toevallige combinatie\u0026nbsp;dragen\u0026nbsp;geen enkele symboliek maar benadrukken de auto-mechanische ontwikkeling in\u0026nbsp;de compositie. ‘Auto’ betekent hier – zoals in ‘autodidact’ – ‘zelf’,\u0026nbsp;‘vanuit zichzelf’.\u0026nbsp;In \u003ci\u003eA.M.A.P.\u003c/i\u003e wordt geweigerd een gefixeerd artistiek product of een vast\u0026nbsp;patroon op te dringen. Het heeft geen zin om iets te willen\u0026nbsp;vertegenwoordigen.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e(Uittreksels uit\u0026nbsp;\u003ci\u003eHugo Roelandt: Let's Expand The Sky\u003c/i\u003e, red. Marc Holthof, Occasional Papers, Londen, 2016)\u003c/p\u003e"},{"locale":"fr","short_description":"","description":"\u003cp\u003eEn collaboration avec Greet Verlinden, Marc Holthof \u0026amp; Bob Van Aert\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e• \u0026nbsp;Marchandise,\u0026nbsp;Montevideo, Antwerp, April '83\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e• \u0026nbsp;Ex, Brussels, May '83\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e• \u0026nbsp;Parkeren in De Singel, De Singel, Antwerp, August '85\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlors que dans les Post Performance Projects, la présence du performeur était encore suggérée de manière indirecte, celui-ci est totalement absent de l’\u003ci\u003eAuto Matic Art Project (A.M.A.P.)\u003c/i\u003e. Dans un conteneur carré, Roelandt faisait rouler de manière autonome des\u0026nbsp;voitures-jouets de différentes couleurs. Lorsqu’elles entraient en collision, elles se redirigeaient automatiquement et prenaient une autre direction. Une caméra vidéo suspendue au-dessus du conteneur enregistrait l’action et la projetait en direct. Roelandt considérait ce\u0026nbsp;projet comme une recherche sur l’art en tant que processus autonome, ou comme « une performance sur pilote automatique ». Il a réitéré le projet dans plusieurs endroits, entre autres à Montevideo, un espace d’art alternatif et radical que Hugo\u0026nbsp;Roelandt avait cofondé à\u0026nbsp;Anvers avec Annie\u0026nbsp;Gentils.\u003c/p\u003e"},{"locale":"ru","short_description":"","description":""},{"locale":"de","short_description":"","description":""},{"locale":"es","short_description":"","description":""},{"locale":"el","short_description":"","description":""}],"actors":[{"id":1660,"name":"Hugo Roelandt","category":{"en":"Creator","nl":"Vervaardiger","fr":"Créateur"}}]}