Art at the intersection of data, environment, and technological culture
“R111 could be considered the pinnacle of media art at the turn of the millennium.”
Yukiko Shikata, President of International Association of Art Critics Japan, 2024
アートラボ第5回プロスペクト展「R111 —仮想から物質へ」
currently being reconstructed with ZKM, Germany
The Humanhattan Project and the Infossil Sky
Read more "ATOMSPHERE"From atmosphere (Gr. atmós “vapor” + sphaira “sphere”) and atom (Gr. átomos, “indivisible”), the word atomsphere reverses the poetic sublime of the sky into a radiated, informatic void.
A documentary-artistic reinterpretation of the Fischingers’ work, realized as a lecture with multi-projection visuals in a planetarium.
Read more "R1 | RAUMLICHTMUSIK | 1927 – 2023"QUANTUM CINEMA OF PERILOUS PROBABILITY (AND ULTIMATE UNCERTAINTY)
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Read more "Trinity Twins | 2022"carnivorous coronavirus
the art of cartography
never mine the bollocks
documentary film about the Fukushima nuclear crisis
with Keibo Oiwa, Japanese author, activist & philosopher
20 min
“Finding a positive thing in a very negative picture is the most difficult, most challenging type of criticism.” Keibo Oiwa
Read MoreThe Light of the World
“The most beautiful and horrifying Dymaxion map yet.”
David McConville, The Buckminster Fuller Institute
A world map built from white sugar cubes serves as a global canvas documenting the chronological history of nuclear war. This work provokes profound reactions and reflections on our technological advancements, their consequences.
Read Morebefore the nuclear sunrise: the abyss of light, an invocation
Read More“Their magnum opus. It is spectacular and sublime.”
The Quietus
Read MoreSaup, on the other hand, with his monumental sculpture “Avatar Incarnation cRdxXPV9GNQ” depicts the daily consumption of energy by the seemingly clean Internet so strikingly and impressively “that it will blow every visitor away and is guaranteed to make them think.”
Donaukurier
How I stole the radioactive
Tree of Half-Life
from Chernobyl
Read more "FALLING FOREST | ROOT_LOG | CHERNOBYL | 2008"“Radioactive traces will be the heritage to the next generations and not the cultural artifacts.”
Margit Rosen on Pulse8 by Michael Saup, 1992
A statement about alienation and the hubris of technological progress.
Read more "Infossil02 | 2003"we have mutated from collective, connective to corrective.
let us correct you, before it is too late.
A Conversation between Peter Weibel and Michael Saup, Karlsruhe, 2002
Read more "infossil – AD VITAM | 2002"“When people disappear, new systems and ideas can emerge. But i’m not fighting for death, i’m trying to limit it: we humans participate in this evolution for such a short time that we can’t even observe it. there’s a huge play being played on stage and we don’t see any of it. That’s why I would like us to be able to extend this tiny window, these eighty years, a little. So that I can understand a little more of this play.”
Peter Weibel, Karlsruhe, 2002
At the core of R111 stands 1ST1: a fossil of information, a binary totem formed from stoneware
Read more "R111 | 1ST1 | THE LITHIC CLOUD | 1999"the tunnel of light – interactive light installation in Frankfurt airport.
Read more "LIGHT AS SKIN | 1997-2015"In 1992, Hyena Days debuted at Ars Electronica. The project featured a collaboration between Icelandic video art pioneer Steina Vasulka and German media artist Michael Saup, who initiated and directed the work.
Read more "Hyena Days | 1992"data-tableau for fossil fine ants, C, 1991
Read more "Sonic Shadows | 1991"special price of the jury at the 4. Marler Video-Kunst-Preis 1990
Read more "PARADAYS | 1989"digital light
Read more "FLICKER | 1987"Addressing the digital power consumption crisis.
Read more "minimal carbon ⧉"Minimal Carbon was selected by Pioneer – backed by Stripe and Marc Andreessen – after an AI-driven review of 100 million domains weekly, placing it in the top 0.002% of innovations.