delay~ sensitive, plastique et sonore / 2007 2008
delay~ means
echo chamber in English and ~ is the symbol for sound
Variable dimensions, for a space from 300 to 600 m2
At
the interface between the virtual and the physical, this installation
combines various phenomena involving sound, light and vibrations that
make contact, come to life, in order to reveal, through energy flows,
our minute, even invisible, different coexistences with space.
This installation
amplifies, transmits, coexisting sensory relationships so that objects
and beings come into contact. At the junction between matter, senses and
thought, this creation is both universe and organism.
delay~ inhabits spaces. A spatial network is created by threads stretched taut like a spider’s web. The installation fills the exhibition space, creating resonances with existing spatial volumes.
Various elements - glass balls
filled with water, mirrors, magnets – are suspended in mid-air,
separately or together, according to the form of the network. Whether
static or moving, their weight pulls them towards the ground, but they
remain in suspension. The magnets are the driving force, generating movement
through variations in the magnetic field and causing the air-borne web
to oscillate.
All these elements in suspension are driven by the contact that they have
with the ground. By generating vibratory, oscillatory movements, the ensuing
variations illustrate the relationships which coexist between the pieces
that make up the installation.
Different volumes are to be found on the floor: some to do with sound, others light, moving or static… All the elements are composed, organised, following certain principles of connection that mark the points of impact, the connecting paths between concomitant or distant elements.
The movements originate from variations in the environment: human movements, sounds emitted in the area surrounding the installation are picked up and generate frequencies. Some variations act on all the elements. Others are more local, smaller, and act in a limited space.
All these relationships are active and uncover similarities. Similarities between thought and perception, between the biological and the material, the physical and the psychological.
Tiny phenomena are amplified and contribute to the meeting of physical and imaginary environments. The piece is concerned with linking the everyday, that which is present permanently, with parallel visions, other possible states.
production ZINC
with collaboration Luccio
Stiz