Soundlighter
Festival Svetlobna gverila, Galerija Alkatraz, Ljubljana
30 September – 08 October 2014
The installation establishes a habitat in a reverse loop of liquids, sound and light. The members of the IZLAND tandem mix chemical solutions of different densities with paints and dust, then submerge them into water, and solve them with alcohols; next, the pouring in an aquarium is projected onto a spatial chamber. jesusonecstasy captures the lighting output and sends it back into the space by means of a digital sound synthesizer. In a completed loop, sound frequencies cause vibration of the liquids, while particular substances within the system define wave lengths and velocity of the journey of frequencies. The whole system is responsive on changes in its surroundings, and it also reacts on the presence of the viewers. Visitors enter the inner space of the installation, which is defined by a cylindrical projection screen. In the Soundlighter installation we also face the issue of speed of the supposedly real time, which requires microseconds to travel all the way from the shooting camera to the computer interface: real time is actually not real; rather, it always moves away …
PAST EVENTS
Soundlighter 2.0 // Lightning Guerilla Festival: Re:akcija 4 // Plevnik-Kronkowska Gallery, Razlagova ulica 9, Celje // September 6 − 23 2016
Soundlighter 2.0 // Monfort, Portorož, Slovenia // October 23 − November 15 2015
Festival Lumina, Cascais, Portugal // September 11 − 13 2015
Festival In/Visiblecities, Gorizia, Italy // June 3 − 7 2015
Lightning Guerrilla Festival, Alkatraz Gallery, Metelkova City, Ljubljana // September 30 – October 8 2014
Colophon
Marko Vivoda, Gašper Milkovič-Biloslav & Mitja Cerkevnik: Soundlighter, 2014/2015
sound and light installation
Produced by: Društvo Ljudmila (Tina Dolinšek) and Projekt Atol (Uroš Veber).
Coproduction: Strip Core/Forum Ljubljana & Galerija Alkatraz.
Acknowledgments: Andrej Koruza, Kaja Kisilak, Tim Marc, Robertina Šebjanič, Egon Stanič, Albin Cerkvenik, Samuel Simonovič, Marko srt. 22, Matija Milkovič-Biloslav, Jani Černe, Uroš Veber, Katerina Mirović, Ida Hiršenfelder, Miha Zupan, Borut Cajnko, Marko Kociper, družine Vivoda, Cerkvenik in Milkovič-Biloslav, Daniela Zajc, Nataša Pijaža, Lea Bradašević, Luka Kaše, Mateja Tomažinčič, David Malnar, …
Project was supported City of Ljubljana (MOL) – Department of Culture and Slovene Ministry of Culture.
Bios
IZLAND are Gašper Milkovič Biloslav and Marko Vivoda, who are jointly developing new approaches to VJing, basically distancing themselves from the increasingly common digital creation of it, and focusing on the analog experience, using modern technology only as a tool for the best possible representation of creation.
IZLANDjesusonecstasy aka Mitja Cerkvenik graduated in Computer and Information Science in 2012 with the production of a sound synthesizer with a MIDI input and a rhythmic sequencer (rhythm machine). In recent years, he has created music for theater performances (Metamorphoses 1 and 2), short and documentary films (Dying Silence, Slayer – both awarded at the cultural and artistic competition “Istria Nobilissima” in 2007 and 2012). He also demonstrates his musical skills with remixes (Lollobrigida – won the MTV competition in 2009). He also co-created videos for his music group “Sirote” (L’uvala della Morte – won the “Istria Nobilissima” competition in 2009). He is currently developing various electronic musical instruments and effects that he uses in solo performances.
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