A conversation is an interactive piece. There are 10 solenoids producing sounds and creating a composition between images and sounds. Each solenoid is coupled to a light. When the solenoid turns on, it makes a mechanical sound and it correspondent light turns on, making visible the image attached to it. But, when the viewer/participant gets next to the piece, the experienced scenery breaks down.
Its dimensions are very small so invites for closeness. The viewer/ participant wants to get close to the piece in order to be able to view the images that turn on and off in composition with the sounds that the solenoids are generating. However, the participant attempt of being part of this private world always fails.
It is a work that is asking for a distance and, because of the nature of the pictures, we can think that is not only the artwork that is asking for a distance but the artist as well. |