johannes girardoni: metaspace v2
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Metaspace V2 is contained, sits inthe dark, and uses projected light sequences on it’s interior to generate an immersive color-soundscape based on the frequencies captured by it’s sensors.TRANSCRIPT
Metaspace V2Johannes Girardoni
Off
Two interactive light and sound installations in Off and On make light audible
and break down the space between technology and our senses (between artificial
and natural systems.) The installations use two opposite approaches. In the
front gallery, Chromasonic Field is a dispersed array of pigmented resin beams
installed under natural light. Everything in this work is open and exposed – the
sensors, the wiring, and the material. The installation is laid out for viewers
to wander through it’s elements. Movement through the work subtly shifts how the
chroma of the resin elements is perceived. The installation’s appearance slowly
evolves throughout the day as the LED-illuminated resin mixes with natural
light to varying degrees. These light conditions are measured with sensors and
re-articulated as sound. In contrast to the openness of the work in the front
gallery, Metaspace V2, the sculpture in the main space, is contained, sits in
the dark, and uses projected light sequences on it’s interior to generate an
immersive color-soundscape based on the frequencies captured by it’s sensors.
In it’s default state the sculpture cycles through the visible spectrum over a
1 year period, but when viewers enter the work, the light and sound behavior-
sequences of the work are altered. The installations’ sensors respond to
visitors, creating a feedback loop between visitor and work.
And On
Metaspace V2 (left)
Chromasonic Field (right)
The (Dis)appearance
of Everything
Installation with
resin, LEDs and
Spectro-Sonic
Refrequencer (v2.0)
Dimensions variable
2011
Metaspace V2
Raw aluminum,
fiberglass, resin,
LEDs, sensors with
Spectro-Sonic Re-
frequencer
14 x 9 x 9 ft
(425 x 275 x 275 cm)
Metaspace V2 is an interactive sculpture that converts light frequencies to
sound through Spectro-Sonic Re-frequencing. A raw aluminum shell provides the
framework for the sculpture’s seamless interior skin. The sculpture is entered
through a low and narrow opening. Inside, the space expands into an immersive
light and sound environment that continuously evolves. Colored LEDs illuminate
the space through a resin lense at the top of the sculpture. The curvilinear
geometry of the work scatters the colored light inside, in effect dematerializing
physical boundaries and creating a pure color space. Sensors measure the light
frequencies of the specific color and drive a tone generator that converts the
frequencies of light into frequencies of sound, making light audible. The
visceral sound vibration shifts and modulates as the light condition changes.
The sensors also register the presence of visitor’s movement in the space, which
changes the progression and speed of the color sequence and hence the sound. In
this set-up, virtual and physical information is processed both by the viewer
and the work, creating a feedback loop between viewers and the work. Natural
and virtual structures, layered on top of one another, create a multi-sensory,
immersive environment of phenomenological events and digital systems. Matter
becomes light and light becomes sound. Ultimately, in the heart of this setting,
Metaspace V2 questions the border of natural and artificial phenomena.
Metaspace V2
The Infinite Room
Light and sound
sculpture with slaked
lime, steel, wood
and Spectro-Sonic
Refrequencer (v1.5)
Dimensions variable
2008–2012
2685 South La Cienega Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90034
310 559 5215
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