Title: STAMP ALERT – Connecting The Dots
Year: 2025
Artist: Anne de Vries

Description:
An immersive installation exploring themes of media and constructed realities through a combination of animatronics, video, and large-scale printed visuals.

Installation Components:

• Video:
  • Duration: 22 minutes
  • Format: 4K with sound
  • Description: A fictional news channel titled STAMP ALERT, streamed on an LCD screen and presented by Anya Demure.
    The video blends fact and fiction, creating a commentary on media narratives.
  • Contributors: Mansur Suri (main actor), Leonardo Reuvenkamp (3D animator)
• Banner PVC & Stretched Canvas:
  • Dimensions PVC: 580 cm x 200 cm
  • Dimensions Canvas: 150 cm x 100 cm
  • Material: UV print on PVC and UV print, and stretched Canvas, Gesso prime, 460gram, UV protection.
  • Description: A life-sized CGI-rendered virtual apartment, printed on PVC and reminiscent of architectural renders commonly seen on construction sites in urban environments.
  • Contributor: Leonardo Reuvenkamp
• Animatronics:
  • Dimensions: 89 cm × 55 cm
    Materials: Resin, airbrush acrylic paint, lacquer, Raspberry Pi, Python, Sound (22 minutes).
  • Description: An animatronic robot named Vapula watches the STAMP ALERT news channel and provides commentary, adding an additional layer of context and narrative to the installation.
    

Produced in collaboration with: ODYSSEY, Köln, and Blue Velvet, Zürich