Signal To Noise
2012
Diameter 340 cm , Height 183cm
Manuel Abendroth, Jérôme Decock, Els Vermang
abstract
This machine consists of 512 split-flaps spinning at random speeds putting the spectator into the center of a never ending stream of letters that occasionally form words. The familiar clicking sound may evoke nostalgia for the pre-digital jet age or provide us with deeper insights into logic and meaning.
dimensions
self carrying structure
material
Aluminium structure, 512 split-flaps, custom-made electronics
project text
The random flow of comprehensible words confronts the visitor with the infinite appearance of words, significations and associations. The aim is not to deliver a limited amount of possibilities equalling a single messages, but to provide endless emergence. The circular installation invites the visitor to plunge into an audiovisual composition within the centre of an auto-poetic machine. + What was the inspiration for the piece? Also, what is the message or statement you’re trying to convey?
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history
2017 ___ Interstice festival, Le Dome, Caen, France
2016 ___ Biennale Nemo, group show, Centquatre, Paris, France
2016 ___ Terminal P, group show, La Panacée, Montpellier
2014 ___ Artist:Novelist, group show, MOMA, New York
2014 ___ Physicality, group show, Musée d'art contemporain, Montreal, Canada
2014 ___ writing, drawing,...., solo-show, DAM Gallery, Berlin, Germany
2013 ___ Scopitone festival, group show, Le Lieu Unique, Nantes, France
2012 ___ Ososphere, group show, La COOP, Strasbourg, France
2012 ___ Luminato, group show, Pearson International Airport, Toronto, Canada
2012 ___ S:N, MediaRuimte, Brussels