Posts Tagged ‘graz’
SHADOW WHISPERS
An interactive media installation in public space. Premiere was at the Klanglichtfestival in Graz October 25 – 27, 2023 in collaboration with Michael Strohmann, who designed the sounds and interactive technology. 18 LED RGB spots, 3 LED scanners, 8 loudspeakers, a computer, two video cameras and a lot of cables. The realization was made possible with the help of Holger Lang, who made his Sternstudio gallery available to me for the weeks-long preparation phase.
The space: a 13 meter long passageway at the Karmeliterplatz in Graz at the foot of the Schloßberg. Lightinstallation: 13 different impressionistic color presets slowly alternate with each other. The low-angle position of the LED spots create big shadows of the passers-by on the opposite wall. Additional spots in different colors create more colored shadows.Three scanner project moving spots on the ceiling in corresponding colors, now and then they meet in the middle of the opposite wall waiting to be „touched“. This „touch“ then triggers their upward movement. At the same moment, the flapping of birds‘ wings can be heard. The soundscape consists of frog, insect and owl voices that react to the presence of people.
IN-SIDE-OUT
IN-SIDE-OUT is part of the project SOLARIS curated by Mehr Licht in Graz, Schlossbergstollen-Galerie. Based on the novel by Stanislav Lem „In-Side-Out“ questions the alien in ourselve. „In-Side-Out“ is a dynamic light installation that stages the oscillations of light and sound. IN-SIDE-OUT, dimension 3 x 2,5 x 30 meter, is a project by mutual loop (Martina Tritthart & Holger Lang) at the Schlossbergstollen-Galerie GRAZ, July 31st 2020 – March 2021
A tube of vibrating lines within a tunnel that has no visible end is a metaphor for diving into the ocean of the unconscious, into the secrets of our own identity, in which we become strange and eerie to ourselves. The path into the unknown and unexplored within our souls can only be taken slowly. The whole picture will never be fully visible. Like a dark sun, the far end of the corridor reflects the transition into what is hidden inside the world that we know. Light and matter lead us into the depth of the mountain and at the same time into the depth of memories of our adventures, experiences and the impressions that we have gathered. We stretch a bright thread that can figuratively bring us from the underground back to the daylight of our consciousness. This connection builds the tunnel that links us with the hidden, with the darkness and the mysterious inside us.