kinema ikon: kimæra

interactive meta-installation

An evolving digital meta-installation by kinema ikon, integrating modular artworks, interactive systems, and remote computation. Each module exists as both autonomous entity and networked node in a larger computational ecosystem.

The kimæra project by kinema ikon, composed of 10 modules, aims to become a hybrid body, an interactive digital meta-installation where each work/module is functional as a part and as a whole. The 10th module extends the physical installation into the digital realm through kimæra.ro, allowing global access to the networked meta-installation.

◆ TEMPORAL_EVOLUTION

2002
alteridem.exe, Art Museum Arad
2003
alteridem.exe_2, The 50th Venice Biennale, romanian pavilion
2017
internet of ki (iok), Art Museum Arad
2017
Error 404. Territories of Absence, MNAC Bucharest
2019
Media Art Festival Arad / dig:it, Art Museum Arad, kinema ikon
2021
Media Art Festival Arad / IN-BETWEEN, Art Museum Arad, kinema ikon
2021
kimæra, Art Museum Arad, Rezidența BRD Scena 9 București, ephemair
2022
Media Art Festival Arad / Wunderkammer, Museum Arad, kinema ikon
2022
kimæra / module 1 /Alex Halka: HĀU
2022
kimæra / module 2 /gH: Or4cle_th3_s33R
2022
kimæra / module 3 / reVoltaire: kalimæra
2022
kimæra / module 4 / Bogdanator: Befall everything else matters
2023
Live_audio_
improv_performance: d s l x [dyslex], Alex Halka, SelfMadeMusic
2023
kimæra / module 5 / Floriama Candea: Obiect Somatizant, Complexul Muzeal Arad
2023
kimæra / module 6 / Marina Oprea / Ioana Marșic: Enthralling Entrails
2023
kimæra / module 7 / Adrian Ganea / Thea Lazar / Flaviu Rogojan: Fragmented Echoes
2023
kimæra / module 8 / Suzana Dan: Time Flies, Art Museum Arad
2023
kimæra / module 1 revisited / Alex Halka: NOD, Art Museum Arad
2023
kimæra / module 9 / Dragoș Dogioiu: Sea Of No Tomorrow
2023
kimæra MNMNTS / AR app. kinema ikon / Arad, Timișoara, Linz, Bucharest
2023
kimæra, Ars Electronica Festival, Linz
2023
kimæra (Gone with the Wind) /part of Mai mult ca realul, Parter Gallery Cluj-Napoca
2023
MAFA X READY MEDIA, Art Museum Arad / kinema ikon
2023
The Great Escape / kimæra & Other Creatures /Muzeul Național Tehnic "Dimitrie Leonida" București
2023
kimæra / ubiquitous kapet @ Art Museum Arad / kinema ikon
2023
Live_performance: SelfMadeMusic, icsy.greczet, [dyslex] & catalog vol.2/2023, Filarmonica Arad
2024
kinema ikon: kimæra, Indecis artist run space, Bastion 3, Timișoara
2025
kimæra part of AI4AI SY.METR1A-0X
2002
alteridem.exe, Art Museum Arad
2003
alteridem.exe_2, The 50th Venice Biennale, romanian pavilion
2017
internet of ki (iok), Art Museum Arad
2017
Error 404. Territories of Absence, MNAC Bucharest
2019
Media Art Festival Arad / dig:it, Art Museum Arad, kinema ikon
2021
Media Art Festival Arad / IN-BETWEEN, Art Museum Arad, kinema ikon
2021
kimæra, Art Museum Arad, Rezidența BRD Scena 9 București, ephemair
2022
Media Art Festival Arad / Wunderkammer, Museum Arad, kinema ikon
2022
kimæra / module 1 /Alex Halka: HĀU
2022
kimæra / module 2 /gH: Or4cle_th3_s33R
2022
kimæra / module 3 / reVoltaire: kalimæra
2022
kimæra / module 4 / Bogdanator: Befall everything else matters
2023
Live_audio_
improv_performance: d s l x [dyslex], Alex Halka, SelfMadeMusic
2023
kimæra / module 5 / Floriama Candea: Obiect Somatizant, Complexul Muzeal Arad
2023
kimæra / module 6 / Marina Oprea / Ioana Marșic: Enthralling Entrails
2023
kimæra / module 7 / Adrian Ganea / Thea Lazar / Flaviu Rogojan: Fragmented Echoes
2023
kimæra / module 8 / Suzana Dan: Time Flies, Art Museum Arad
2023
kimæra / module 1 revisited / Alex Halka: NOD, Art Museum Arad
2023
kimæra / module 9 / Dragoș Dogioiu: Sea Of No Tomorrow
2023
kimæra MNMNTS / AR app. kinema ikon / Arad, Timișoara, Linz, Bucharest
2023
kimæra, Ars Electronica Festival, Linz
2023
kimæra (Gone with the Wind) /part of Mai mult ca realul, Parter Gallery Cluj-Napoca
2023
MAFA X READY MEDIA, Art Museum Arad / kinema ikon
2023
The Great Escape / kimæra & Other Creatures /Muzeul Național Tehnic "Dimitrie Leonida" București
2023
kimæra / ubiquitous kapet @ Art Museum Arad / kinema ikon
2023
Live_performance: SelfMadeMusic, icsy.greczet, [dyslex] & catalog vol.2/2023, Filarmonica Arad
2024
kinema ikon: kimæra, Indecis artist run space, Bastion 3, Timișoara
2025
kimæra part of AI4AI SY.METR1A-0X

◆ kimæra remote

10 iPads/modules shows in real time the status of the modules from module_network

◆ MODULE_NETWORK

Drag modules to reposition Touch & drag to move
CORE
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CENTRAL_UNIT

> kimæra central unit initialized
> loading module configurations...
> token routing system active
kimæra@central:~$ _
Runtime: 0m 0s
Active Modules: 0/10
Tokens in Transit: 0
Total Interactions: 0

QUICK_ACTIONS

◆ REMOTE_SYSTEM_ARCHITECTURE

kimæra / 10 modules

@ kinema ikon / Art Museum Arad (RO)

the modules interact both with each other and with the users. the outputs are sent to the iPads @ remote

[▶] click to view modules video

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kimæra / main computer

@ remote

screen 1: on click interact with the modules from kinema ikon / Art Museum Arad (RO)

screen 2: browse kimæra.ro online project with camera integration

[▶] click to view main computer interface

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kimæra / 10 iPads / main computer

@ remote

each iPad/module shows in real time the status of the modules from kinema ikon / Art Museum Arad (RO)

bonus:
the VR Headset offers a complete 360° view of the exhibition from Arad (RO)

[▶] click to view remote video feed

◆ kimæra MNMNTS / AR app / green screen app

For each module, an avatar is created to display the characteristic stats in public spaces as Augmented Reality.

Click on modules 1-10 avatars to launch their interfaces

Linz
Arad
Timișoara
București
[◉]
module 1
In: sound movement
Out: stills
Status: Active in AR
⚠ CLICK TO LAUNCH
[✱]
module 2
In: sound movement
Out: text light video
Status: Standby
⚠ CLICK TO LAUNCH
[#]
module 3
In: webcam
Out: ASCII
Status: Active in AR
⚠ CLICK TO LAUNCH
[≈]
module 4
In: sound movement
Out: RPM
Status: Standby
⚠ CLICK TO LAUNCH
[♥]
module 5
In: pulsoximetru movement
Out: pulsoximetru
Status: Active in AR
⚠ CLICK TO LAUNCH
[♫]
module 6
In: movement
Out: sound
Status: Standby
⚠ CLICK TO LAUNCH
[▣]
module 7
In: images
Out: movement
Status: Active in AR
⚠ CLICK TO LAUNCH
[∿]
module 8
In: press button
Out: morse code
Status: Standby
⚠ CLICK TO LAUNCH
[◊]
module 9
In: VR
Out: VR
Status: Active in AR
⚠ CLICK TO LAUNCH
[⊕]
module 10
In: web camera
Out: ASCII-N
Status: Active in AR
⚠ CLICK TO LAUNCH
[⊕]
module 10 // LINZ
ASCII interface with real-time camera-to-ASCII conversion
AR Avatar active in public space - Click avatar to launch interface
Loading ASCII-N interface...
Front camera access will be requested
Please allow camera permissions when prompted
video feed
module 10 - kinema-ikon.net interface
Loading kinema-ikon.net/_kXhal/...
Camera permissions may be requested
kimæra / main computer @ remote
Loading kinema-ikon.net/_test/...
Interface loading...
module 6 - movement to sound interface
Loading ai4ai.ro/_m6/...
Movement to sound interface loading...
Camera/microphone permissions may be requested
module 1 - movement to stills interface
Loading kinema-ikon.net/_AI_X/...
Interface loading...
Camera/microphone permissions may be requested
module 2 - multimedia expression interface
Loading kinema-ikon.net/_gH/...
Interface loading...
Camera/microphone permissions may be requested
module 3 - ASCII interface
Loading ai4ai.ro/A/...
Interface loading...
Camera/microphone permissions may be requested
module 4 - 3D monument interface
Loading 3D model...
Sketchfab interface loading...
module 5 - biometric interface
Loading kinema-ikon.net/_m5/...
Biometric interface loading...
Camera/microphone permissions may be requested
module 7 - image-to-movement interface
Loading kinema-ikon.net/_m7/...
Image-to-movement interface loading...
Camera/microphone permissions may be requested
module 8 - morse code interface
Loading kinema-ikon.net/_time/...
Morse code interface loading...
Camera/microphone permissions may be requested
module 9 - VR interface
Loading kinema-ikon.net/_m9/...
VR interface loading...
Camera/microphone permissions may be requested