Video by Navid Navab
Triptych of kinetic audio-visual-haptic sculptures investigating emergence of order out of chaos via the laws of complex harmonic motion.
Role
I contributed to the software that controls the sculptures' embedded mechanical, sound and lighting systems, allowing compositional control over hundreds of parameters. My work also facilitated system configuration, network communication and long-term reliability during exhibitions.
Tools
Max
Exhibitions (selected)
2019
Sight & Sound Festival, Eastern Bloc, Montréal, Canada
2019
Chaosmosis mAchInes, Helen Gardiner Phelan Playhouse, Toronto, Canada
2019
Device_art triennial: Machines Are Not Us, Museum of Contemporary Art, Zagreb, Croatia
2018
Ars Electronica, Linz, Austria
2018
MGLC: The International Centre of Graphic Arts, Ljubljana, Slovenia
2017
ALVIN: Reflections & Refractions Around the Work of Alvin Lucier, Milieux + FOFA Gallery, Montréal, Canada
Credits
Concept, artistic direction, design, composition, sculpture, programming, electronics, technical design, fabrication
Navid Navab
Ceramic artist (on microcosm no.3)
Marie Côté
Technical assistance
Evan Montpellier, Joseph Thibodeau
Design consultants
Garnet Willis, Tatev Yesayan
Research collaboration:
Topological Media Lab
Fabrication collaboration
Studio Robocut (Montréal), SceneArt (Slovenia, microcosm no.2)
Support
Canada Council for the Arts, Office of Research Concordia University, Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec