Yauner’s exit sign is controlled by a motion sensor. When people are moving near the sign, it functions as a standard static emergency-exit sign. However, when there is no motion near the sign, the overworked pictogram takes a break from running and participates in a number of activities, from watching TV to taking a nap. By animating the stationary running man we see every day and usually ignore, Yauner gives the exit sign a life of its own and challenges the viewer to notice and observe ordinary objects.
Credit: Gift of the Contemporary Arts Council of The Museum of Modern Art
2007-2009
Interactive Flash animation, LCD screen, computer, motion sensor, powder-coated steel casing
46.0 x 21.0 x 12.0 cm
1341.2009
Image and text © MoMA - Museum of Modern Art, New York, 2019
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