Orchestra of Anxiety

Orchestra of Anxiety is produced by a group of intermedia artist ambientTV.NET in collaboration with dance group Alluminae.

London-based artists Manu Luksch and Mukul Patel expand their ongoing explorations of the concept of security. While 'security' can be seen as desire, as ideology, as illusion but never as a garuanteed status quo, socio-political measures of control, ... have been implemented in the name of security. The security industry is one of the fastest growing sectors this decade, and is worth hundreds of billions of dollars annually. The participative installation piece, Orchestra of Anxiety, deploys security and surveillance technologies in an unusual and playful context, prompting visitors to reflect on their personal sense of security and their relationship with public fears (of petty crime, terrorism, etc.).

Wednesday, the 10th of May 2006, at 8pm-the opening of the interactive application took place
Thursday, the 11th of May 2006, at 6pm- lecture
Friday, the 12th of May 2006, at 9pm-musical performance

The artists – authors of this project are: Manu Luksch and Mukul Patel, coming from Austria respectively Great Britain. Orchestra of Anxiety is their latest project based on their common inspiration. They study production of new media art through their work. Their most important projects are: EYE, Myriorama and Faceless – all works are produced with the use of public and private CCTV technology.