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RUN MOTHERFUCKER RUN 2001/2004
Run Motherfucker Run is an interactive installation
whereby anyone in good physical condition may try his or her luck
in a city of empty streets, disserted intersections, ominous alleyways
and unexpected obstacles. When you take position on the treadmill
before an enormous 8 x 4 metre screen you are subjected to a mix
of film and 3-D imagery. The distance you run on the conveyor belt
is the same distance you will cover in the virtual city in front
of you. By quickening your pace, the acceleration of the belt as
well as the speed of the image increases and depending on your running
behaviour and the directional choices you make, the progress of
the film is determined. A film with an atmosphere somewhere between
a thriller chase and urban horror.
The interface is a manipulated industrial assembly
line with electronically variable speed. With a range of 0 to 30
kilometres per hour, the treadmill measures 5 x 2 metres. Physically
the interface will not allow the most natural course of navigation
through the virtual environment. On the contrary, it is an individual
element with a will of its own. The conveyor belt can only move
straight ahead and you must move in order to see the image. Although
you are free to determine the speed of the belt, only if you run
fast will you get an optimum image at full brightness. As you slow
down the image fades. So physically there is a mechanized pressure
to keep up the pace and an urgency to hold onto the imagery of the
world in front of you. This in combination with the tangible power
of the machine creates a temperamental balance between control and
non-control of the situation you voluntarily entered into when you
first stepped on the treadmill.
Credits: A project by Marnix de Nijs in co-operation
with Reinier van Brummelen, Noud Heerkens and Boris Debackere
Software development: V2_lab
(International Lab for the Unstable Media), Rotterdam,
The Netherlands
Producer: RMR_Organisation,
Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Co-producers: Productiehuis
Rotterdam (Rotterdamse Schouwburg) The Netherlands
V2_lab
(International Lab for the Unstable Media), Rotterdam,
The Netherlands
ZKM
das Zentrum für Medientechnologie, Karlsruhe,
Germany
Other financers: Gemeente Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Fonds beeldende Kunsten Vormgeving en Bouwkunst, The Netherlands
Rotterdams Fonds voor de Film en Audiovisuele Media, The Netherlands
Rotterdamse Kunststichting, The Netherlands
Centrum Beeldende Kunst Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Thuiskopie Fonds, The Netherlands
Many thanks to The Board of RMR_Organisation, Tim
Etchells, Stereomatrix, Richard Castelli, Jeffrey Shaw and the many
others associated with the project.
You can find more information at: www.runmotherfuckerrun.nl
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