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LUX © Granular-Synthesis



LUX is the latest GRANULAR-SYNTHESIS installation reflecting on the theme of technology as a "Second Nature," a body of work including <360> (2002), MINUS (2002), RESET (2001), and FELD (2000).

Presented by GRANULAR-SYNTHESIS at the Gallery Lia Rumma in Milan on March 4th 2003, the installation was specifically created for small to medium size spaces is as powerful and immersive as the larger scale pieces.

The audience walks through a light-blocking gate-like construction leading into a dark space, with a video projection on the opposite side of the space, constituting the single light source. Sound appears to be inherent to the image and vice versa. Both sound and image represent two qualities of one aesthetic creation.

Any motion, change or reorganisation of the visual and sonic formations function as a unified field, as any modulations of the video in light and colour cause equal modulations in the sound.

The sound, synchronised with the visuals, is a densely woven fabric with a high dynamic.The low end / bass is powered by a battery of subwoofers which spread out an even energetic rumble - and at times a slow pulse - rather than creating distinct sound events at localizable positions.

The overall structure and length of the piece creates the perception of an endless continuum. The duration of the loop is approximately 20min.

LUX was also presented at Laboratorio Alameda in Mexico city (Mexico), IEAR! festival in Troy (USA) in 2003, Z33-Feel the New exhibition in Hasselt (Belgium) and at the Arborescence festival Aix en Provence (France) in 2004.