Animate: The Work of Art in the Age of Potential Electronic Manipulation. AudioVisual Paraphrases of the Painting KXVII (1923)

Electronic technology today offers new and fascinating possibilities for reinterpretation of existing works in the fine arts, music and language. Works of art contain creative potential that challenges the participant to become involved. Works are open to interpretation and must constantly be subjected to new approaches in order to remain vital. Celebrating the occasion of the centennial of László Moholy-Nagy’s birthday, the author and his colleagues created Animato, a 12-min multimedia performance for computer-animated video, piano and percussion based on Moholy’s painting K XVII. This new work releases the material from its static state and renders it dynamic.