Some Works by Zoltán SZEGEDY-MASZÁK

Selected works by Zoltán Szegedy-Maszák in (a more or less) chronological order.

An illustrated essay by Zoltán Szegedy-Maszák about three early projects outlining his artistic approach to visual media.

Works Concerning Images of Light

An illustrated essay by Zoltán Szegedy-Maszák about his works related to photography

INTERACTIVE

re-exAltaircation (2021-22)

reconsideration of an interactive installation for the net

Visual Communication 2018 – Hommage to Jonathan Swift (2018)

Interactive Installation

A Combinatorial History of Images (2018)

Interactive Installation

Instant Phono-Visual Poetrizator (2016-17)

(Pseudo-Chaotic Dadamaton)

smalltalk 2016: hello stranger! (2016)

Interactive Artificial Intelligence Installation and Webproject

Dissolving Squares (2015)

Interactive Augmented Reality Installation

a [further] study on the genre of painting: Miklós Barabás (2013)

Interactive Augmented Reality Installation focusing on the works of the nineteenth century Hungarian painter.

Language is not a Reliable Instrument (2011/12)

Interactive Audiovisual Installation

a [further] study on the genre of painting (2010/11)

Interactive Augmented Reality Installation. Commissioned project for the exhibition
GATE(WAY)S: Art and Networked Culture

Visual Communication - Hommage to Jonathan Swift (2008/9)

Interactive augmented reality installation.

Smalltalk 3.0(2006/2007)

A completely renewed version of the interactive installation addressing Artificial Intelligence

Oculus Artificialis Teledioptricus 2.0 Re:mbrandt(2006)

A study on the genre of painting - interactive augmented reality installation.
A commissioned work for an exhibition curated for the 400th anniversary of Rembrandt's birthday.

Oculus Artificialis Teledioptricus 1.0 (2005)

A study on Mixed- versus Virtual Realities - interactive computer installation.

Aura 2.0 - Reflections on a Table (2005)

An interactive VR installation based on anamorphic virtual realities. The installation is a continuation of the project "Aura" from 2003.

SeeThrough (2004)

SeeThrough is an interactive networked video-installation designed for public spaces.

Point of View (2004)

Point of View is a virtual reality installation developed for the exhibition "The Hidden Holocaust" (Műcsarnok - Kunsthalle Budapest, 2004).

Aura (2003)

Aura is an interactive virtual reality installation, first utilizing the new interface-scenario based on a reflective mug, and the (pseudo)anamorphic image rendered and projected in real time around its mirroring surface.

Camouflage(2002)

Camouflage is an interactive stereoscopic VR installation focusing on the space-detection and form recognition capabilities of the human visual perception system. The project is based on fragments from the exAltarcation project, the installation was developed for the exhibition "Vision"(Műcsarnok - Kunsthalle Budapest, 2002).

exAltarcation (2001-2002)

exAltarcation is a complex virtual reality and multimedia installation developed for the exhibition "Iconoclash"(ZKM Zentrum für Kunst und Medientechnologie Karlsruhe, 2002). Produced with the support of ZKM in C3 Center for Culture and Communication Budapest.

Smalltalk (2000)

Smalltalk is an interactive multimedia installation addressing Artificial Intelligence.

Promenade (1998/2002)

Promenade is a Virtual Reality installation. Besides its original version first exhibited in 1999, a new, stereoscopic version has been developed in 2002. Video documentation: https://youtu.be/-Qn-n4NJp2w

DeMedusator(1997-98)

Demedusator is a shared virtual world developed by its visitors. The project was an early attempt to create a multi-user virtual world, in which any visitor - potential participant - can be "creative": the system enables the users to add their - either pre-designed or draft - creatures to the world, let it be a complete virtual world or simply a sound/movie or picture file. For the observer all the contents are appearing in form of a “virtual sculpture”, which is created by the Cryptogram system, containing the encrypted version of the first few hundred bytes of the file. To explore the “original” content the visitor has to touch the Cryptogram: the original content is immediately decoded and shown instead of the encrypted sculpture.

DeMedusator is based on the software environment of the late 90s(JAVA runtime environment and Cosmoplayer VRML plugin), the project was discontinued in 1998. However you can still read its original project description.

Achilleus and the Turtle (1996-2002)

interactive installations, series of digital prints, webproject etc.:

short essay describing the project

series of c-prints, 1998

website summarizing the project between 1996-2000

Cryptogram (1995-96)

Cryptogram is an early web-project addressing cryptography and electronic privacy.

WORKS CONCERNING IMAGES OF LIGHT

We cannot See Clearly (2018)

series of lenticular pictures

To Do Lists (2014/15)

series of experimental photographs using lenticular optics