Impaired Chair Proprioception, The Essence 2013

The purpose of this project is to raise awareness about the sense of proprioception (perception of one’s owns limbs position). The concept of proprioception is explained through its components, evaluation tests, medical cases, fields of research and technological applications. In order to prevent injuries derived from proprioception loss, a new artistic method to communicate its significance has been created. Art provides the liberty to use creative approaches of expression; therefore a recognizable object is used as the bases to communicate the concept of proprioception. The art piece is a chair with flexible joints. This property is hidden by a mechanism with the intention of deceiving the audience into believing the chair is just an ordinary chair? This illusion creates a parallelism between humans’ and objects’ proprioception. This thesis attempts to fills the gap between relevant medical topics and the general public knowledge, using art as the medium to communicate.

 

Diploma exhibition:

Vordere Zollamtstraße 3, Room 9

18. to 21. June or up to agreement

from 10:00 to 18:00

Diploma Comission:

o. Univ.-Prof. Mag. rer. Nat. Dr. techn. Georg Glaeser

Sen.Lect. Dr. Bernd Kräftner

Univ.-Prof. Mag. art. Ruth Schnell

o. Univ.-Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Dr. techn. Alfred Vendl

Prof. Virgil Widrich

 

The Essence exhibition:

Künstlerhaus Wien, Karlsplatz 5, 1010 Vienna

Opening: 25. June 2013, 19:30

Exhibition: 26. June 2013 to 14. July 2013