Elemental

Elemental is a meditative video-sculptural installation piece I put together at Emily Carr Institute of Art and Design in Vancouver in November 2006. It speaks to our innate connection and communion to the basic elements of nature: earth, wind, water, and fire. When visitors enter the space, they trip off infrared sensors placed around the room, which activate video projections onto a large two-sided screen. Thus, participants can 'compose' the visuals according to thier desires. One side of the screen is white, the other black with a large mandala-like stencil cut out of it so that light and colour from the projection filters through. I used the software MAX/MSP to program the media aspect. Many were entranced, some danced, and I was just happy to bring a bit of nature into a square building in the heart of a big square concrete city.

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• elemental
• sculpture
• installation
• art
• media
• max/msp
• jitter
• sensor
• nature
• earth
• wind
• water
• fire
• elements

[sileophage]

I don't understand. How does it speak? Doesn't it need a mouth to speak? People say "speak in sign language, but that's not really correct.... Really they should say sign. Although I'm not concerned with grammar. I'm concerned with meaning and physicality. Where is the mouth?

[Atalay69]

Art can 'speak' without a mouth. It communicates through formal as well as contextual elements. Actions speak louder than words.

[sarahjayneapps]

thats really cool!! :)