Example of Contemporary New Media Art #2

Example of Contemporary New Media Art #2

My second example of contemporary new media art is titled “Abundance”. It was a temporary public installation created by Camille Utterback in 2007. It was commissioned for the City of San Jose in California. It was commissioned by ZER01, the Art and Technology Network. It is a night time installation and spectators interact with this art form in the city hall plaza. Part of “Abundance” includes a video camera at a high point and it captures the spectators moving around. An animation of what the video camera picks up is projected onto the 3 story rotunda. Besides the silhouettes of the spectators, Camille Utterback adds other elements to his projections. I like this form of contemporary new media art because it gives life to the San Jose City Hall. It beautifies the city hall and gives the spectators a sense of creativity and also gives them something to do in.

A link to “Abundance” by Camille Utterback is located below:

http://www.camilleutterback.com/abundance.html