Limen. 2019

Sound/Light Installation

10m x 0,6m x 2m. 4 channel sound, 128 LED fluorescent lamps, dmx relays, wood, steel, polymethyl methacrylate, custom software.

Limen begins with an exploration of the fluorescent light tube. This industrial, workaday lamp emits frequencies above 20 kHz, which lie beyond the threshold of human hearing. These extremely high-pitched sounds were recorded with specialsied ultrasounds detectors and transformed into an audible composition built, which will remain imperceptible otherwise.

128 fluorescent tubes are arranged in a linear structure based on the waveform of the ultrasonic emissions, dividing the space in two. As the composition fills the room, in turn, their sonic presence triggers a delicate light sequence: darkness alternates to intermittent, intense bursts that displace across the structure. Together, the tubes form a yellow field that spills beyond their boundaries into the surrounding architecture. Through an accumulative and collective experience of light and sound, they shift between object and phenomenon, between their material presence and optical effects.

Credits

Commission: Art & Tech Days

Produced by: Creative Industry Košice

Co-producer: Klangraum Krems

Residency Hosts: KAIR Košice Artist in Residence, Artist in Residence Niederösterreich

Idea, Sound, Design, Software: Marc Vilanova

Production: Tatiana Takáčová, Ivana Rusnáková, Paula Haslinger

Studio Assistant: Rebeca Urízar

Installation Support: Gabriel Podolinský

Software Support: Alfredo Ardia

Text:

Ana Prendes

Special Thanks: Igi Ayedun, Michal Hladky, Petra Houskova, Anna Mária Trávničková, Miroslava Rybarova, Lisi Grand, Klaus Moser, Ernst Steindl and the Minoritenkirche Team.

Camera: Robert Rampacek, Tatiana Takáčová

Edit: Marc Vilanova

Color: Venus Villa

Photos by: Tatiana Takáčová

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