"tx-transformator" by Martin Reinhart and Virgil Widrich, 1999

"tx-transformator" by Martin Reinhart and Virgil Widrich, screenshot, 1999

"tx-transformator" by Martin Reinhart and Virgil Widrich in the exhibition "Aesthetics of change" at MAK, 2017

tx-transformator

tx-transform, a film technique that was presented at the Diagonale festival in 1999, has been developed further in the year 2000. This time, a team consisting of Martin Reinhart and Virgil Widrich is presenting the tx-transformator. This automat, based on the theory of relativity, allows viewers for the first time to modify their perception of the familiar relation between space and time by experiencing time in a transverse flow to their spatial movements. Thereby, an interactive and astonishing new perception is made possible in real time. Hence, the regular sequence of motion is turned upside down: visitors, who keep staying at the same location, are being stretched, abrupt movements are compressed. Limbs are moving away from bodies, heads get unwinded. Behind the tx-transformator's plain design, developed in the former German Democratic Republic (by Robotron 1983), not only a sophisticated technology is hidden, but also an intriguingly simple idea, which can be explored by means of a short video.
Link to filmwebsite
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Idea and concept: Martin Reinhart, Virgil Widrich
tx-software: Georg Dorffner
Graphics: Haderer Graphic Design
Multimedia programming: Stefan Ladstätter
Hardware: Georg Hirzinger, Martin Reinhart
Electronics: Martin Moser
Developed on behalf of DEAF (Dutch Electronic Art Forum)
Co-funded by Federal Chancellery Departement for the Arts

Events, film screenings: 5

	15. December 2017 – 15. April 2018 The "tx-transformator" is presented in the exhibition "Aesthetics of change - 150 Years of the University of Applied Arts Vienna" from 15.12.2017 to 15.4.2018 in the MAK - Austrian Museum of Applied Arts / Contemporary Art.
	28. June 2001 On the occasion of "Kunststücke Pre-Opening Night" the "tx-transformator" is shown at the opening of the Museumsquartier. Museumsquartier, foyer of Hall E, ORF VIP area, Museumsplatz 1, 1070 Wien, 28.06.2001 at 20:00.
	22. March 2001 A 12 minute report about the "tx-transformator" is shown on 22.3.2001 in ORF/Kunststücke. Directed by Raphael Barth, Géza Horvát. Camera: Christian Roth, Attila Boa.
	19. March 2001 – 25. March 2001 The "tx-transformator" is exhibited at the Diagonale Film Festival in Graz.
	14. November 2000 – 26. November 2000 In November Virgil Widrich takes part in the DEAF – Dutch Electronic Art Forum in Rotterdam, installing and demonstrating the "tx-transformator" together with Martin Reinhart.