sound and light installation, 2014
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_ TECHNICAL DOCUMENTATION • Technical Rider (PDF) • Montage guide (PDF) • Maintenance guide (PDF) |
_ MEDIA DOCUMENTATION • PHOTOS : HD photographs (78MB/ZIP) • PRESS : Press clipping (PDF) • VIDEO : download on Vimeo |
CREDITS
• Art direction, visual design, sound composition, audiovisual programming: Nicolas Bernier
• Technical direction and fabrication: Robocut Studio
• Co-production: LABoral Centro de Arte y Creación Industrial, Maison des Arts de Créteil, Perte de Signal, Nicolas Bernier
• Support: Conseil des arts et de lettres Québec, L.E.V Festival
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DESCRIPTION
frequencies (light quanta) is the latest audio-visual installation by Montreal sound artist Nicolas Bernier. Putting forward his growing fascination towards science, light, and basic sound generation process, the artist is here pursuing his research by focusing on the quantum — the smallest measurable value of energy. The whole project is based on the possible conceptual relationships between basic quantum physics principles applied to the audio-visual creative process: particles, probabilities, wave/particle duality and discontinuity. Metaphorically structured around these notions, the audio-visual composition stems from 100 sound and light fragments that develop themselves aleatorically, generating an ever expending but yet disruptive form in time and space.
As photons (or light quanta) are emitted by electrons, one can think of the installation’s electrical sounds signal as being the trigger of the light signals. The sound composition relies fundamentally on the use of micro sounds and “clicks” which is the shortest audible sound that human can ear. According to the description given by physicist Richard Feynman in his book The Strange Theory of Light and Matter, the click is also the sound emitted by the photomultiplier, a tool used to detect photons,. The architectural structure of frequencies (light quanta) is a poetic reading of those machines and electronic circuits that bring a better understanding and visualization of the infinitesimal world. In this structure, 100 acrylic sheets are mounted on a black monolith. Each acrylic is engraved with graphics forms made of lines and dots which create a moving animation when the acrylics are lighted up. This physical apparatus allows a singular multidimensional visualization of the sound enabling the creation of audio-visual patterns.
RAW VERSION, 8 MINUTES DOCUMENTATION, SOUND FROM CAMERA
