Andrea Cuius and Roland Ellis‘ installation (commissioned by poet Sabrina Mahfouz for her solo show Dry Ice) at London’s Wimbledon Theatre is one that dazzles in terms of both artistic concept and technological precision.
The two programmed a set of 30 bare tungsten lightbulbs to coordinate with live sound information from an onstage microphone. A word, sentence, song, or conversation causes the different-sized bulbs to flicker on and off in sync with the sound – I’m reminded of neurons firing in the brain, or metropolis’ million windows glowing on and off at night. Whatever comes to mind, the result is hypnotic and absolutely enchanting.
Found via designboom. Music by Rehab Music.