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This is “Fall” by Robert Henke.

This art piece was named after a village in Bavaria that was submerged under the waters of a reservoir in the 1950’s, which reemerged in 2015  when the reservoir water level fell. It is a series of suspended, extremely thin swatches of fabric, and the laserlights that play on them in different shapes, colors, and patterns. The cloth pattern itself was designed with an algorithm, and the sound aspect pulls from granulated bavarian music, water sounds, church bells, and other distortions. I love how haunting the backstory combined with the execution of this piece is. I always appreciate art that is a well researched tribute. In this piece, Fall is resurrected.

Here is the installation page on Henke’s website.