ELECTRIC ANIMAL
2020
graduation project
Artbook composed with a handscanner
size A4, 200 pages, swiss binding
Installation to enhance the reading experience
Performative reading on a livestream at graduation.studio, HfG Karlsruhe, early 2021.
Electric Animal narrates the process of encountering an unknown being in its natural habitat, taking it outside into nature, and recording the experience of nature through a different kind of eye.
The focus of the book is the handscanner, a simple tool that can easily be carried
around. The exploration of this tool is the focus of this work: learning about special phenomena that occur when scanning things with organic and uneven surfaces in natural light.
The projections and atmosphere enhance the reading experience and reflect the animalʼs way of seeing: gradually building an image line by line with its slit-like eye.
