Ghost Pole Propagator is a poetic surveillance system and interactive installation that captures and replays the ‘skeletons’ of passersby in its environment, creating a layered and dynamic tapestry that reflects the history and activity of a locale. Presenting a universal communication of presence, attitude and gesture, the stick figures this artwork generates are compact and expressive means of representing the human form. The format of the system’s phantom transcriptions is variable; as presented here, the project serves as a kind of ‘interpretive monitoring station’ for nearby pedestrian traffic.

Stick figures are an extremely compact yet exceptionally expressive means of representing the human form. The graphic simplicity of such figures belies their emotional force. By eliminating unnecessary details and reducing visual elements to their absolute essence, stick figures accomplish a powerful, immediately intelligible and possibly universal communication of human presence, attitude and gesture.

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Exhibition History
Awaken, Metamagical Hands, Gazelli Art House, London, UK (2024)
Day for Night Festival, Houston, Texas, USA (2016)
Golan Levin, Arts West Gallery, Elon University, North Carolina, USA (2011)
eyecode: Works by Golan Levin, The Beall Center for Art and Technology, Irvine, California, USA (2011)
Picture House, exhibition commissioned by English Heritage and Dott07, Belsay Hall, Castle and Gardens, Northumberland, UK (2007)
Golan Levin, New Installations and Sculpture, bitforms gallery, New York, USA (2007)