Hello, Hello Again

Recently added to “Showcase”–November 26, 2004 from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.–at the ULTRASOUND festival, Johannes Gees will present and discuss his past and current projects. Gees became known internationally when he presented his interactive text projection, hellomrpresident, during the World Economic Forum in Davos. The piece was also nominated for the Transmediale Award in 2001. It was followed in 2003 by Helloworld, four giant laser text projections connected by internet and mobile phones in Geneva, Rio de Janeiro, Bombay and New York. Communimage–begun in 1999 in an attempt to entertain a visual global dialogue–is an ongoing collaborative art project in which thousands of people have contributed to a growing sea of images.

Gees’ work has been shown in galleries and international art shows in Mexico, Brazil, Austria and Switzerland. He lives is Zurich, Switzerland, and is currently working on “Work School Birth Death,” a series of text projections in different locations in Switzerland, and a new interactive laser project, “The Fuji San Project” in Japan.

VENUE: The Media Centre, 07 Northumberland St., Huddersfield, HD1 1RL, England; +44 [0]870 990 5007; info @ ultrasound.ws