Monday, May 4, 2009

Edith Kollath's "disport."

Edith Kollath has a series of works about breathing.  Here's her disport. (2009, mixed media installation):


Kollath writes about disport.:
As you approach this room installation (diameter app. 14'2", height app. 10'6") you'll recognize an organic   movement resembling a breath movement executed by free-flowing textiles.  These textiles form a cell, which is based on the shape of a pentagon. Its walls consist of white transparent chiffons organized in layers within a trapezoid.  Each trapezoid module continually slides away from the center and returns again in a regular rhythm. Opening - closing, inhale - exhale.... Simultaneously, the light inserted in the central pentagon shape shifts from a warmer darker tone to a brighter cooler white.
You are invited to enter the cell. How do you perceive the room, how do you perceive yourself? How does the cell affect the encounters with other people? By creating an immersive accessible room installation fully controlled by an Arduino Microcontroller I explore phenomenological questions.

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1 Comments:

Blogger Stuart said...

This reminds of waves crashing on a beach and that feeling of rhythm and comfort. I'm also reminded of how seemingly effortless breathing is and the disconnect between effortlessness and this elaborately constructed installation. But this makes sense, because I think that it must take much effort to achieve the clarity that would make life seem effortless.

May 4, 2009 2:12 PM  

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