Description:
the installation consist in nineteen rectangular frames, each with a perimeter measuring 10.8m. Each side of the frame acts as a track for a trolley. Between four trolleys is stretched an elastic cord, whose diagonal varies from 270 to 320 cm long. The trolleys are powered by motors that can precisely control their position along the track. The movement of the motors is coordinated by a guiding software and the cord stretched inside the frame moves by following the rule of homeomorphism (it alters the form but not the perimeter).
Operation:
The cords stretched inside the frame design a sequence of sections. This sequence describe a volume and this volume can be set in movement- for instance in torsion- be coordinating the motors in simulta- neus motion. The frames can olso design broken sequences, moving the motors asynchronously untill they arrive at an almost independent random movement that simulates chaos.
In absence of a human gure placed on the platform, the installation produces, with a a free system, thegeometric sequences described above. In this way it shows the observer its potencial for the composition and decomposition of space. The presence of a person at the start of the path is detected by sensors that measure his/her height, from a minimum of 130cm to a maximum of 205cm. Thanks to this data and the correct positin of the cords, the machine is capable of composing a spatial geometry that permits it to be traversed . When the person exits the installation , the cycle of free geometries is resumed.
In absence of a human gure placed on the platform, the installation produces, with a a free system, thegeometric sequences described above. In this way it shows the observer its potencial for the composition and decomposition of space. The presence of a person at the start of the path is detected by sensors that measure his/her height, from a minimum of 130cm to a maximum of 205cm. Thanks to this data and the correct positin of the cords, the machine is capable of composing a spatial geometry that permits it to be traversed . When the person exits the installation , the cycle of free geometries is resumed.
Purpose:
The installation, in keeping with the geometries described above, produce s a practicable longitudinalspace, the form of which is de ned in relation to the height of the visitor.
The path is therefore bound up with the physical dimension and the visitors traverses it on intuiting the possibility of physically passing trough the space, recognising the size of his/her own body in relation to the installation.
The machine appears capable of indipendently generating the design of a path in space based on the detections made by the sensors and hence in relation to the measurements of the human body.
The path, clearly marked in the plan, is recognized by the user as a 3D space generated at the moment
The path is therefore bound up with the physical dimension and the visitors traverses it on intuiting the possibility of physically passing trough the space, recognising the size of his/her own body in relation to the installation.
The machine appears capable of indipendently generating the design of a path in space based on the detections made by the sensors and hence in relation to the measurements of the human body.
The path, clearly marked in the plan, is recognized by the user as a 3D space generated at the moment
photo credits: alberto canepa
photo credits: alberto canepa
photo credits: alberto canepa
photo credits: alberto canepa
