Julian Palacz makes visible the data that we leave behind digitally as well as physically and that is collected automatically by various actors, and gives it poetic form: as drawing, sculpture, book and installation.
TitleYearGroupTechnique
Ihre Sendung ist da!2026Logistics
Wirbel-Analysen2025TracesPigment print on Hahnemühle paper
Flussaufwärts2025Traces4K-Video
Top Ten2024Traces26 laser engraved drawings
Fluid Cities2024Tracesinteractive web application
Da stehe ich nun…2023TracesInteraktive Webanwendung
Spying on the Neighbors2022Traces4K UHD movie
Ikonographie des Transportwesens2022Logisticssilkscreen on paper
This Side Up2022LogisticsHD video, tilt indicators/servo motors/control unit, fineliner on paper, cardboard/mobile phone/powerbank/software
Handle With Care2021Logisticsvideo HD, fineliner on paper, paper cut on cardboard, truck cover on stretcher frame
Candids2020TracesUV printing on acrylic glass
Algomontage2020Found FootageSuchalgorithmus, Filmsammlung, Eingabepult, Projektion
Les murs ont des oreilles2019Tracesmonitor panels, aluminum, audio analysis algorithm
173527992018TracesBright Steel
Fram-Expedition2018Tracessublimation print on fabric
Untitled Documents2018Tracespigment print on paper
Observers2018Tracescustom software, camera, 2-channel video projection
Eavesdroppings2018Tracesengraving on insulation panel
Surveillance Topography2017Tracessandstone 3D print
Detektor2016Tracesmonitors, camera, face recognition algorithm
Dissolution, Solubility2016Mathematicspigment print on paper
Planetenhaufen2016MathematicsUV-Druck auf Acrylglas
Sinus-Grafiken2016MathematicsPigmentdruck auf Papier
Text Messages2016TracesUHD-video
Prime Entanglements2016Mathematicspigment print on paper
Beacon Series2015–2016Mathematics
phone numbers2015TracesUV-print on aluminum composite, accompanying publication
Fragmentierungen2015Traceshard drives, glas engraving
Content Type Image data center2014Traces3 pigment prints, showboard
New Techniques2014Found FootageCooling element, LED tablet
Surveillance Studies2014Tracespigment print on paper, TFT screen
Ich Du Er Sie Es2014Tracesdirect print on Dibond
hello (again)2014Tracesscript, screen shots & prints
Dumbo2013Traces3 channel video installation
Mao Yuans2013Tracesvideo HD 1080p, 2:21 minutes
Maneki-neko Stories2013Found Footagelocomotor system of a lucky cat, LED display
Play it, Sam2012Found Footagecomputer program, electrical piano, projection
END TELL data center2012Tracesthermal paper, thermal printer, computer
Striking Surface Playground2012Tracesred Phosphors mounted on wood
dersubtile mini me2012Found Footagepaper/media player/speakers
Content Type Image2012Tracespaperback book, 538 pages color
The secret of dawn / Das Geheimnis des Morgengrauens2011Found Footagecomputer, rain sensor
I am the 99%2011Traces56 bank statements
Aufmerksamkeitsungeziefer2011Tracesvibration motor / microcontroller / batteries / rubberband
Ytivitcap2011Found FootageVideo, HD 1080p
Japan postcards2011Mathematicsalgorithm, paper collage
Polizei stirbt aus2011Found FootagePerformance, C-Print
Ich-Aktie2010TracesLaser-Plot
Finanzfiasko2010Traces6 bank statements mounted on Aluminum
algorithmic search for love2010Found Footagesearch algorithm, film collection, input desk, projection
END TELL2010Tracespaperback book, 740 pages
Zeitmaschine / time machine2010Found FootagePCB, antenna, cellphone, answering machine
Improving Art History2010Found Footage12 C-Prints
Prime Numbers on a Timeline2010Mathematicsgenerative video
Suchergebnisse / search results2008Mathematics12 C-Prints
whitehouse2008Mathematics8 C-Prints
Bewegungsstudie einer Computermaus / motion study of a computer mouse2007TracesC-Prints