Modus Motus (2008)

'Modus Motus' is an interactive installation that tracks the movement of various pendulums and translates its physical energy into an auditive and visual response. Light and sound are generated in real time according to a series of parameters affected and controlled by the user, resulting in a spatial experience that fluctuates constantly.

The main concept of 'Modus Motus' is inspired by Steve Reich's 'Pendulum Music', a composition created for a number of microphones suspended in pendulous motion over corresponding loudspeakers, and thus producing a feedback prescribed by their specific motion. In Reich's footsteps we explore the idiosyncrasies of the performance space and the equipment used in order to come to a distinctive encounter with various of our senses.

Click here for a quicktime video of the installation in action. [19.3MB]
Filmed at Dharts in Destelheide and the Pluto Festival in Opwijk.

'Modus Motus' is co-produced by Dharts, Belgium.
Presented at: Dharts, Destelheide; Pluto Festival, Opwijk; Gather It Yourself, Gent.