‣THREE QUESTIONS FOR NIKLAS ROY

What were your first associations when you heard about “drag & drop”?

Niklas: “When I heard about drag & drop, I thought: of course – it has something to do with GUIs, with computers, with interface interaction, with dragging and dropping files. On the other hand, it also fits very well with what my partner Kati and I do artistically together. We often work digitally and in public spaces, which means that we take our physical installations with us (“dragging”) and then also where we find an audience (“dropping”).”

What kind of project have you come up with for this year’s Dialogue Fields?

Niklas: “The project we are currently working on together is a “vector collector”, a mobile device that we use to collect vectors. The idea is that people can make drawings with a joystick. The images are stored digitally and we build up an archive of vector drawings. We will process the vectors in the final week with the aim of leaving something lasting on the Sonnenberg.”

Digitality in Chemnitz’s urban space, especially on the Sonnenberg: science fiction or everyday life?

Niklas:“I immediately noticed the network coverage via Freifunk on the Sonnenberg. I’d like to have something like that in Berlin too. Chemnitz is already further ahead than other cities and that’s a great thing.”