Patch for a total light installation. The work consists of a soundscape that plays constantly in the space. Two channels on the controller are activated and only audible when the mirror prisms are rotated.
concept
Late at night, when the apartment lights have gone out, I lie on my back in bed, trying to sleep. Cars drive past the window; the light from their headlights enters the room and moves across the walls. This dance of light—it’s a film I watch every day before finally drifting off to sleep.
The exhibition will take place at the «Bomba» Gallery. The space was chosen deliberately—the Bomba Gallery is a former air-raid shelter. There are no windows in the halls; visitors feel as if they are in an underground dwelling, like Plato’s cave from myth.
How does the installation work?
The light from the lamp enters the mirrored prism, which reflects the light onto the semi-transparent curtain. The curtain disperses the light into numerous beams.
Exhibition visitors spin the mirrored prisms, setting the beams of light moving across the ceiling and walls. If they wish, viewers can lie down on the mattresses. This prone position constrains the viewer’s movement, immobilizing them and immersing them in a state reminiscent of insomnia, making them captive to the installation.
The space features a soundscape. When a prism is spun, a sound emerges that drifts throughout the space like the wind.
This project is sound for an installation where the visual component plays the leading role. While working on the audio portion of the exhibition, it was important to me that the sound did not distract from the installation. The sound should not be a spectacle in this project. Since I expect visitors to spend a long time at the exhibition, the sound should not be jarring or overly dominant in the space.
«Such prisoners would take the shadows passing before them as absolute truth. But when the chains are removed from one of them, when they are suddenly forced to stand, turn their neck, walk, and look up toward the light—it will be agonizing for them to do so. They will be unable to gaze at the things that cast the shadows they once saw in bright illumination. This is where habit is needed, if they are to see everything up there.»
Plato, The Republic