Audiovisual Environment, LED Wall Display, Surround Sound, 2017
SOL is a minimalistic environment rooted in darkness. The installation builds on loss of control, a shift in perceptual awareness, and a feeling of dislocation and time slowing down.
SOL is part of a series of phenomenological environments, together with FLUX (2025), EKO (2019–22), SUB (2019), ZEE (2008), and FEED (2005).
The all-encompassing darkness of SOL is lifted, at intervals and for fractions of a second only, by animated bursts of abstract forms appearing out of nowhere. As the space falls back into darkness, visitors experience abundant retinal afterimages, which gradually drift away until the next eruption of light is triggered.
The ambient surround soundscape of SOL mixes abstract drone sounds with swarming field recordings, immersed in a sea of infra-bass.
Due to the phenomenological nature of the work, video documentation is not available. Available photos, see below, show 1⁄3 sec moments of light, before any retinal after images, which, as said, can’t be documented.
Credits:
+SOL production credits
Reviews:
+The Splendid Phenomenology of Hentschlägerian Voids
G. Roger Denson
Images:
> Photos # 1,2,5,6 © Timo Ohler
> Photos # 3,4,7 © Kurt Hentschläger
