Sequences/Artists/Andrea Polli/Fly’s Eye

The “Fly’s Eye” describes a series of computer programmes designed to perform a real-time motion analysis and deconstruction of live or pre–recorded video. Each video frame is tracked and analysed according to the changing location of light, colour, or motion in the frame. A copy of each frame is placed in a position according to the results of the analysis. In the “Fly's Eye” installation, live video images are projected into a space and positioned based on the movement of viewers in the space. The “Fly's Eye” covertly ‘watches’ the viewer in the space while live feedback allows the viewer to simultaneously enjoy some control of his or her image.
Pollli’s aesthetic strategy extends Marey’s chronophotography by using contemporary interactive technology to not only portray objects and subjects in motion, but to portray the experience of the observer in motion.