IMPULSE
Luminotherapie
Place des Arts, Montreal, QC /// 2016
Motion triggered see-saws bring childlike life to the side walk in Montreal. The public is invited to activate the installation by mounting the see-saws; the intensity of light and pitch of the sound is varied by the high and speed at which the see-saws are ridden. When not in use they return to a mute, low light horizontal state and have two options for play: formal and informal.
Formal play is structural, it challenges the audience to re-create a performance, with previous knowledge of who the other players are. Informal play is organized chaos, seemingly uncoordinated movement creates beautifully coordinated music and light shows for the onlooker. This project is a innovative way to open up the lines of communication between strangers, not just through words, but through the silent language that is shared experience. Play testers make the conscious agreement to leave embarrassment, pretentiousness and fear at the door when they enter this space. They open themselves up to the influence of others and together create awesome, interactive light and sound pieces.
Conversation Domes
Jessica Frelinghuysen
Inside each dome is a voice or voices that are trying to talk to the other domes. Each dome embodies a person, and the viewer may simply listen or talk back. The sound inside the domes is added to by the noise around them, during peak times the user is surrounded by a cacophony sound.
Complete privacy is a thing of the past. Conversations are recorded actively and passively and are playback-able at anytime by any person. What sort of sounds, what snippets of information about other people can we gain from standing still for a moment.