Signal To Noise
2012
Manuel Abendroth, Jérôme Decock, Els Vermang
dimensions
self carrying structure
Diameter 340 cm , Height 183cm
material
Aluminium structure, 512 split-flaps, custom-made electronics
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.
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