EKO (2019-2022)
Audiovisual Performance. Darkness, LED Wall Display, Surround Sound.
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EKO performance setup, EMPAC / RPI Troy, 2019
Audiovisual Performance. Darkness, LED Wall Display, Surround Sound.
EKO performance setup, EMPAC / RPI Troy, 2019
EKO is unfolding in the splendid void of pitch-darkness. In irregular intervals, for fractions of seconds only, bursts
of animated, abstract light forms seem to appear out of nowhere.
Back to darkness, retinal afterimage impressions are left imprinted onto viewer’s retinas. These after images slowly diminish and dissolve into the dark, until the next eruption of light.
EKO starts with ~15minutes of complete blackout, with an abstract surround sound-scape, something like a slowly gyrating patterned mass.
Once first light disrupts the dark, the work’s sound-scape attunes to and accentuates the fragile nature of the afterimages. Sound is present always, with high dynamic range.
EKO runs for about 40 minutes.
Due to the phenomenological nature of the work, video documentation is not available. Photos depict 1⁄3 sec moments of light, before retinal after images, which can’t be documented.
Credits:
+EKO Production credits
Reviews:
+EKO at The Theatre, Royal Plymouth
Photos / Stills:
© Kurt Hentschläger
Back to darkness, retinal afterimage impressions are left imprinted onto viewer’s retinas. These after images slowly diminish and dissolve into the dark, until the next eruption of light.
EKO starts with ~15minutes of complete blackout, with an abstract surround sound-scape, something like a slowly gyrating patterned mass.
Once first light disrupts the dark, the work’s sound-scape attunes to and accentuates the fragile nature of the afterimages. Sound is present always, with high dynamic range.
EKO runs for about 40 minutes.
Due to the phenomenological nature of the work, video documentation is not available. Photos depict 1⁄3 sec moments of light, before retinal after images, which can’t be documented.
Credits:
+EKO Production credits
Reviews:
+EKO at The Theatre, Royal Plymouth
Photos / Stills:
© Kurt Hentschläger
