/// Sinopsis
In Colloquium, large virtual insects respond to human presence, or intrusion, metaphorically acting as an immunological system, dispersing or regrouping themselves depending on visitors’ behaviors.
This is part of a series of artworks, in different media, as an attempt to update, in contemporary times, the old biblical plagues, historical and mythical. Operating on the hypothesis of their possible transposition to other territories of significance, the revisited pests would be non-linear metaphors of the much more furious pests that now plague us, globally, on several fronts: social, environmental, cultural and “civilizing”, threatening a future that seems increasingly unfeasible.
In Colloquium, the repulsion to contact between interactors and virtual insects – made explicit by the instantaneous erasure of insects and their successive multiplication through the walls – is reinforced by the environmental sound dimension. Formed by sound tracks specific to insects, the sound environment can become intolerable due to its disorderly accumulation.
_ by Regina Silveira, 2022
in collaboration with: Marcos Cuzziol (software), Rogério Rochlitz (sound design), Demétrio Portugal (technology production)
Context:
Colloquium is part of a series of artworks, in different media, made as an attempt to update, in contemporary times, the old biblical plagues, historical and mythical. Operating on the hypothesis of their possible transposition to other territories of significance, the revisited pests would be non-linear metaphors of the much more furious pests that now plague us, globally, on several fronts: social, environmental, cultural and “civilizing”, threatening a future that seems increasingly unfeasible.
The evil insects were first conceived as an expanded graphic pattern that could occupy walls and façades of architectural spaces. Mundus Admirabilis was first shown in Brasilia, as part of the exhibition Gardens of Power (Centro Cutural Banco do Brasil, 2007), where it was applied inside a gigantic glass building, sort of splendorous cage where the insects allegorically addressed meanings of deterioration, connected to the political life in Brazil.
In other circumstances the accumulated insects were associated with domestic porcelaines, such as in Rerum Naturae with Mundus Admirabilis, installed for the exhibition PHILAGRAPHIKA, in Philadelphia (2010), directly alluding to plagues and the very present threat of global contamination.
Technical description and requirements
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The set up can adapt to the room and environment proposed for the piece. The installation depends on
- one computer to run the application: (i7 minimum [Mac ore PC] at least)
- one sensor (camera connected to the computer running the application)
- one computer to output the mapped video (that receive video from the other computer and send it to a number of projectors OR LED walls)
- multi source sound system (5.1 at least to produce a more immersive experience)
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