S C H N I T T + G I A N L U C A
S C A N S C A P E
S C A N S C A P E
S C H N I T T + G I A N L U C A S I B A L D I
SCANSCAPE developed by the duo SCHNITT ( Marco Monfardini and Amelie Duchow) and the media artist Gianluca Sibaldi is a site-specific audio /video installation based on an analysis of urban city life.
The technology developed by the artists for SCANSCAPE permits to access in realtime on numerous public world webcams which undergo a continuous scanning process towards the device EXTRAscan, a sort of scanner able to read the characteristics
of the scanned cities converting them in sound and video images. An urban symphony and contemporary reinterpretation that follows the city life, reflecting its characteristics in form of visual and sound perception.
Since the early 90s, public webcams are present in our urban city life, citizens coexist with this technological system that renders their life, their daily gestures, their movements public. SCANSCAPE emphasizes the relationship using technology as a
creative tool by designing a hypothetical global city where questions, doubts and fears about the technological invasion harmonize with the sharing of culture, traditions and attitudes conveyed by technology itself. A global city that submits its diversity to a
process of continuous analysis expressing its existence towards sound as a universal language.
The installation SCANSCAPE aims to confront ourselves with the life of the present, offering a global view that through the analysis of different world cities hypothesises a conscious coexistence between humanity and technology.
The
research
for
SCANSCAPE
carried
out
by
the
artists
has
been
developed
on
two
parallel
levels,
the
relationship
between
sound
generation
and
physical
matter,
followed
by
the
development
of
EXTRAscan,
a
sensible
device
that
through
a
scanning
process recognizes and responds in real time to the physical characteristics of the scanned object.
Alongside
EXTRAscan,
dedicated
to
the
sound
interpretation
of
data
and
video
processing,
for
the
realization
of
SCANSCAPE,
three
software
applications
have
been
developed
by
the
artists,
one
allowing
the
connection
and
real-time
capture
of
public
webcams
located
around
the
world,
one
dedicated
to
the
processing
and
communication
of
data
between
the
software
applications
themselves,
and
a
virtual
director
allowing
the
eighteen
webcams
visible
on
the
screen
to
be
organised
and
selected
on
the
basis of time zone, continents and countries.
The
visual
result
of
SCANSCAPE
is
displayed
on
a
large
screen
and
the
sonic
outcome
is
sent
via
PA
system.
Based
on
the
urban
accessibility,
the
artists
plan
to
install
some
webcams
in
the
city
to
ideally
connect
the
local
life
with
the
world’s
global
life
expression.
SCANSCAPE site-specific audio/video installation comissioned by ACT Festival 2023 | ACC Asia Culture Centre
https://www.acc.go.kr/en/index.do
ACT Festival 2023
Future Legends | Catalogue published by
National Asian Culture Centre | Gwangju
Republic of Korea
©2025 EXTRAsync
This site does not use cookies or other user data tracking technologies
S C A N S C A P E
S C H N I T T + G I A N L U C A S I B A L D I
S C H N I T T + G I A N L U C A
S C A N S C A P E
SCANSCAPE developed by the duo SCHNITT ( Marco Monfardini and
Amelie Duchow) and the media artist Gianluca Sibaldi is a site-specific
audio /video installation based on an analysis of urban city life.
The technology developed by the artists for SCANSCAPE permits to
access in realtime on numerous public world webcams which undergo
a continuous scanning process towards the device EXTRAscan, a sort
of scanner able to read the characteristics of the scanned cities
converting them in sound and video images. An urban symphony and
contemporary reinterpretation that follows the city life, reflecting its
characteristics in form of visual and sound perception.
Since the early 90s, public webcams are present in our urban city life,
citizens coexist with this technological system that renders their life,
their daily gestures, their movements public. SCANSCAPE emphasizes
the relationship using technology as a creative tool by designing a
hypothetical global city where questions, doubts and fears about the
technological invasion harmonize with the sharing of culture, traditions
and attitudes conveyed by technology itself. A global city that submits
its diversity to a process of continuous analysis expressing its
existence towards sound as a universal language.
The installation SCANSCAPE aims to confront ourselves with the life of
the present, offering a global view that through the analysis of different
world cities hypothesises a conscious coexistence between humanity
and technology.
The
research
for
SCANSCAPE
carried
out
by
the
artists
has
been
developed
on
two
parallel
levels,
the
relationship
between
sound
generation
and
physical
matter,
followed
by
the
development
of
EXTRAscan,
a
sensible
device
that
through
a
scanning
process
recognizes
and
responds
in
real
time
to
the
physical
characteristics
of
the scanned object.
Alongside
EXTRAscan,
dedicated
to
the
sound
interpretation
of
data
and
video
processing,
for
the
realization
of
SCANSCAPE,
three
software
applications
have
been
developed
by
the
artists,
one
allowing
the
connection
and
real-time
capture
of
public
webcams
located
around
the
world,
one
dedicated
to
the
processing
and
communication
of
data
between
the
software
applications
themselves,
and
a
virtual
director
allowing
the
eighteen
webcams
visible
on
the
screen
to
be
organised
and
selected
on
the
basis
of
time
zone,
continents
and
countries.
The
visual
result
of
SCANSCAPE
is
displayed
on
a
large
screen
and
the
sonic
outcome
is
sent
via
PA
system.
Based
on
the
urban
accessibility,
the
artists
plan
to
install
some
webcams
in
the
city
to
ideally connect the local life with the world’s global life expression.
SCANSCAPE
site-specific
audio/video
installation
comissioned
by
ACT
Festival 2023 |
ACC Asia Culture Centre
https://www.acc.go.kr/en/index.do
ACT Festival 2023
Future Legends | Catalogue published by
National Asian Culture Centre | Gwangju
Republic of Korea
©2025 EXTRAsync
This site does not use cookies or other user data tracking technologies
S C A N S C A P E
site-specific audio/video installation
artist : Schnitt + Gianluca Sibaldi
concept : Amelie Duchow, Marco Monfardini, Gianluca Sibaldi
computer system programming: EXTRAcode / Gianluca Sibaldi
commissioned : ACT Festival 2023 | ACC Asia Culture Centre
production : sync | EXTRAsync | ACC
photos : Studio 891
