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 aims to unveil the invisible sounds of our everyday life. The piece works around the uorescent lamp, one of the most commune sources of light which also produces many tones above 20kHz. Using a special microphone we captured those ultrasounds and translated them into audible frequencies.

The composition uses only those invisible sounds produced by the lamps. This sonic material triggers a choreography of light composed by 128 uorescents which are displayed in the shape of their ultrasonic waveform. The sculpture is surrounded by a yellow lter, a color known by its ability to increase our concentration and perceptional capacity, enhancing other organs than the ear on sensing those frequencies.

Limen means threshold, the place in between, the boundary of perception, a term that gives the lineal
form to the structure and divides the space in two. The sculpture acts as a threshold between our perception limits, between the visible and the invisible, the hearable and the inaudible, between what we can sense and what goes beyond.

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, Light, Construction, Software: Marc Vilanova

Production: Tatiana Takáčová, Ivana Rusnáková, Paula Haslinger

Studio Assistant: Rebeca Urízar

Installation Support: Gabriel Podolinský

Software Support: Alfredo Ardia

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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