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Credits

Alan Turing:
Hannu Kivioja

Direction & design:
Jaakko Pesonen

Programming & interaction design:
Teemu Korpilahti

Concept:
Jaakko Pesonen, Teemu Korpilahti & Merja Nieminen

Animation:
Merja Nieminen

3D modeling:
Valtteri Mäki

Video direction & editing:
Juha Lankinen

Cinematography:
Mara Jelinko

Sound design & editing:
Samy Kramer & Tuomas Skopa

Dramatisation based on Leena Saarinen's Turing Enigma:
Jaakko Pesonen & Mika Lumi Tuomola

Historical references:
Jukka Purma

English editing:
Andy Best

Italian translation:
Virva Emilia Auvinen

Production by Crucible Studio (director Mika Lumi Tuomola)
Department of Media, Aalto University School of Art and Design

This production has been supported by:
AVEK, The promotional Centre for Audiovisual Culture (production advisor Heidi Tikka)
The Arts Council of Finland
TaiK Scholarship
SALERO, co-funded by the EU IST programme under FP6

Thanks:
Anna Arsniva, Philip Dean, Ilpo Kari, Johanna Leinonen, Markus Norrena, Pasi Pakula, Riikka Pelo, Pekka Salonen, Tea Stolt, Mari Tammisaari, Maureen Thomas, Juha Viljanen, Kati Åberg and many other contributors.

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L'installazione di Alan01 invita a dialogare con un Alan Turing immaginario come se la sua coscienza fosse stata rinchiusa dentro una macchina al momento della sua morte nel 1954. La conversazione avviene tramite simboli che sono strettamente collegati all'esistenza e all'epoca in cui visse Alan Turing. Una volta scelti i simboli,la segnaletica di luce li trasmette al Media Retrieval System. Alan01 decifra il messaggio trasmesso utilizzando un collage di animazioni, quali video e sintesi del dialogo, le quali vengono proiettate sul busto di Alan (attore Hannu Kivioja).

L’installazione è basata su una colometria minimalista, nero- bianco e rosso. Essa domina tutta l’interfaccia, proiezioni video e testo, e porta l'interlocutore al tempo di Alan Turing ed oltre. L’utilizzo distribuito ma non dominante del color rosso sottolinea la tematica dell’installazione: rabbia, sangue, dolore, colpevolezza, peccato, passione, ammonimento, sacrificio e coraggio.

The Alan01 installation engages its viewer in dialogue with a fictional Alan Turing, as if Turing’s consciousness had been coded into a machine at the time of his death in1954. The interactor can “talk” to Alan01 by dialing symbols, which relate to Alan Turing’s life and era. The symbol combinations are flashed by light codes to a media retrieval system. Alan01 deciphers the symbols through a collage of animations projected on the busts of Alan (actor Hannu Kivioja), screened videos and audio feedback including speech synthesis.

Alan01's minimalistic black-white-and-red colour scheme, which continues through to the user interface and screening of videos and texts, seeks to transport the user back to the time of Alan Turing - and beyond. The sparse use of red emphasizes the themes of the installation: anger, blood, pain, guilt, sin, passion, warning, sacrifice and courage.

To exhibit Alan01, please contact: mika.tuomola(at)aalto.fi

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