A custom software takes a fifteen-meter screenshot of the artist's Facebook feed. These fifteen meters translate roughly to six hours of posts. The resulting image is printed onto a toilet paper roll, thereby enabling physical wiping instead of digital swiping.

Netz Werke

Glanz und Glorie!

Timeline Tissue

The dating platform Tinder allows users to find matches within a minimum search range of one mile or more. Through strategically positioned Tinder accounts, the installation "1 Mile Away" limits this radius to the exhibition area and constantly searches for profiles within.
Trilateration is used to automatically position profiles so that their search radius intersects directly in the installation. Usually this method is used by law enforcement to track mobile phones. If a Tinder profile appears in the immediate surroundings of the installation, it is printed live as a sticker.

Alles ist in Ordnung

Connection Unstable

Re. Paring. Future Ⅱ

1 Mile Away

Dopamine is a neurotransmitter that plays a key role in the brain's pleasure system. It is essential for feelings of happiness and reward. For example, when we engage in activities that we enjoy or that make us feel good such as listening to music or meeting friends we haven't seen in a long time, dopamine is released in our brain. Thereby we are rewarded and motivated to repeat these experiences.
However, this principle of the dopamine release reward cycle is also utilized in gambling. When we start a slot machine, our brain is rewarding us simply while the reels are still spinning. The anticipation of a potential win triggers the release of dopamine in the brain, making us want to repeat the experience and thus causes addiction.
Smartphone notifications are programmed with the same mechanism. The mere possibility of receiving a like or a text message prompts us to constantly check our phones for updates, seeking a dopamine reward. For many, it’s difficult or sheer impossible to simply leave the phone unchecked after vibrates. Often we even imagine a vibration through the so-called “phantom vibration syndrome”.
The installation “Anruf in Anwesenheit” locks a phone inside a resin block while constantly being called from a suppressed number. This makes the device unusable, confronting viewers with the cycle of constantly checking their phones through a notification they cannot respond to.

Whatever Makes You Drive On Busy Roads

Pina Colada

Anruf in Anwesenheit

The online forum of the Austrian tabloid newspaper "Kronen Zeitung" allows users to post comments below articles. Once a comment is published, users cannot delete it. Only a team of moderators can selectively remove comments.
The installation "Krone kommentiert" continuously saves copies of this forum and compares them with older snapshots in order to find comments that have been deleted. These are then printed out live using a thermal receipt printer, therefore making the moderation interventions visible.

Angewandte Festival 2019

All Nomads are Workers

Expulsion – Exclusion

Krone kommentiert

“Ghost flights” carry neither cargo nor passengers. Their purpose is to retain so-called “slots” . These slots are exclusive take-off and landing timeframes at airports, allocated to individual airlines. If a slot is not regurlarly used, it is forfeited and gets assigned to other airlines. In order to prevent competitiors from getting these valuable slots, airlines simply simply take off empty. This results in thousands of ghost flights and their associated emissions.
“Slotmachine” continuously queries departure schedules from European airports and compares it with radar data from flight trackers. This is possible because aircrafts constantly broadcast their position to avoid collisions. Though a constant comparison of these data sets, ghost flights can be filtered out and get displayed live by "Slotmachine" on a departure display like the ones found at airports.

Ulrich Formann

Projects & Exhibitions

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Timeline Tissue

Media Sculpture, 2017

Custom printed toilet paper roll
12.0 x 10.0 x 10.0 cm

Netz Werke

re:publica Campus

5. September - 3. October 2020, Berlin / Germany

Glanz und Glorie!

AA Collections Gallery

20. - 26. April 2023, Vienna / Austria

Ulrich Formann

Projects & Exhibitions

Statement

Contact

Timeline Tissue

Media Sculpture, 2017

Custom printed toilet paper roll12.0 x 10.0 x 10.0 cm

Netz Werke

re:publica Campus

5. September - 3. October 2020, Berlin / Germany

Glanz und Glorie!

AA Collections Gallery

20. - 26. April 2023, Vienna / Austria

Custom printed toilet paper roll
12.0 x 10.0 x 10.0 cm