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Project proposal outline

What do you want to make?

An A/V installation, a network made of micro and macro universes which interact and evolve with each other, made of small projections, circuits and examples of new organisms made of plastic, glass and light. The installation would interact with the audience, merging itself with the outsiders and invading the space to create even a larger system. The audience become a part of the evolution when entering inside the new artificial universe; the process of metamorphosis would work in both ways, influencing the mind state of the visitors and the behavior of the systems. An alive organism made of smaller systems that are adapting to each other and to the unknown environment, expressing and manifesting itself with projected moving images, lights, sensors, transparent objects and sound. Organic sculptures inside the organism are the embryos, experiments of the new life, an attempt of the creation and persistence in the new environment. The circuits, lights and sensors are the nervous system of the organism. The installation is an attempt of the integration of a new possible artificial universe. A newborn organism with a sequences of sensible adaptation experiences, generating and reinforce connections, ramifying and rooting concepts, evolving in a “peduncular garden of senses”.

How do you plan to make it?

The installation is a network of black elastic ropes and circuits, which contain small screens for projection, sculptures of semi-transparent plastic and light and sensors placed in a dark space. Each small universe would represent a system inside the big organism. The elastic ropes hang from the sealing and entangle in the floor, completely invading the exhibition space. The contrast between tension and slackness inside the network creates a shape of amorphic creature. The sound comes from several speakers positioned around the space, creating an immersive sonic experience. The sculptures are made of semi-transparent plastic and the light creates their movement and define their shape. The glass in front of them makes the impression of the laboratory experiment. The network of circuits is made of sensors for light, which interact with the projections, audience and sculptures. Motion sensors react to the movements of the audience, changing lights in a way that make the organism look and act like an exanimating entity. There are small screens for projection in amorphic shapes, mapped from the projector below the sealing. The videos dictate the evolution of the space and atmosphere, creating a dynamic circle of life.

What is your timetable?

I will build the first prototype of the installation for an exhibition in NDSM in Amsterdam in late October. It is a good opportunity to test it. I will understand which elements works better and which one are unnecessary.

Why do you want to make it?

I have this kind of the installation on my mind for a very long time and I see the exhibition in October and the graduation show as a good opportunity to make it real. I am looking for new ways of representing the work and I want to avoid the classic set up of videos and photography, for which I think is overused. It also refers to my past process of creating and it merges my experiences with different media. It is an experiment of creation which is connected with my las year concept of cybernetics and science, originating new environments and organisms in order to express my imaginary world.

Who can help you and how?

I will build the first prototype for the exhibition in October in collaboration with my friend from our art project ‘mraak’ from Berlin. I will ask for additional help in the interaction station.

Relation to previous practice.

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