Algorithmic Search for Love
Julian Palacz
Algorithmic Search for Love is a new type of search engine. For example, if you enter a search for “I love you,” Julian Palacz’s installation will search through a personal database, designed by the artist, for all video sequences extracted from films in which those words are uttered.
By broadcasting them end to end in real time on the screen, a new audiovisual story emerges for the viewer.
Born in 1983 in Leoben, Austria, Julian Palacz lives and works in Vienna. A graduate in digital art at the University of Applied Fine Arts in Vienna (2010), he has already taken part in over 20 group exhibitions and festivals within and outside Austria (Brazil, Germany, Turkey, etc.). He has also featured in several solo exhibitions in Austria, notably in 2012 at the “Das Weisse Haus” art centre in Vienna.
Algorithmic Search for Love won an award in 2011 at the Maia International Festival in Portugal, and received an honourable mention at the Prix Ars Electronica.
ALGORITHMIC SEARCH FOR LOVE
Interactive installation , Austria, 2010
At a time when digital cultural assets far outweigh analogue, the ease with which we can now amass and exchange content has given rise to large personal collections of multimedia data (music, films, TV series, etc.).
Taking inspiration from this fact, Julian Palacz has designed and developed a work that can transform textual searches into images taken from films and videos in his collection. This personal collection thus becomes a collective database in which the viewer can search for each word or phrase uttered.
For example, if you enter a search for “I love you,” Julian Palacz’s installation will project on the screen facing the viewer all the video sequences extracted from films in which those words are spoken. The selection of key words thus determines the process of resequencing image and sound. The sequences are then shown end to end in real time, creating a new audiovisual narrative for the viewer.
JULIAN PALACZ
Born in 1983 in Leoben, Austria, Julian Palacz lives and works in Vienna. A graduate in digital art at the University of Applied Fine Arts in Vienna (2010), he has already taken part in over 20 group exhibitions and festivals within and outside Austria (Brazil, Germany, Turkey, etc.). He has also featured in several solo exhibitions in Austria, notably in 2012 at the “Das Weisse Haus” art centre in Vienna.
Algorithmic Search for Love won an award in 2011 at the Maia International Festival in Portugal, and received an honourable mention at the Prix Ars Electronica.
