My exhibition visits have sparked a wave of ideas in my head. I feel very confident that I can make something that works in a gallery context but also doesn’t compromise my style and personality in order to achieve that.
IDEA 1
After recently re-watching Christopher Nolan’s ‘Tenet’, I took inspiration from the duality of the film, which is most blatantly demonstrated through the two rooms in the film separated by a mirror. One room goes forward and the other in reverse. I thought it could be interesting to expand this into an 8-channel piece with a sound slowly transforming from moving forward to being in reverse as you move through a circular corridor. Mirrors would be an important element.
IDEA 2
This idea largely stems from the Shilpa Gupta quote that I spoke about previously, where she talks about interactivity being a perfect way to move towards stimulating residue in the memory. With a quadraphonic speaker setup and audio reactive light display, the visitor would be able to turn knobs on a simple MIDI device in the centre of the room. This device would change certain parameters and character of an endless generative sound. I feel this idea is strong because it grasps the co-produced artist/visitor method very well. The piece would have no start or end and every person would have a unique experience that they are actively involved with.
IDEA 3
Based partly on Shilpa Gupta’s ‘For in Your Tongue, I Cannot Fit’ and the use of mirrors displayed so beautifully at the ‘LUX’ exhibition, this idea is the most simple. With varioud microphones suspended from the ceiling and a 5.1 speaker setup, the visitor would walk into a room that is recording its own atmosphere, so they would be able to hear themselves and everything around them in a different way. The sound would go through extensive processing which would create imperfections and artefacts so that the speakers produce sounds that occasionally delay, mutate and break up. The only problem with this idea is controlling the feedback caused by the mic’s and speakers.
IDEA 4
I feel like this idea is the most ambitious because it hinges on me or a potential collaborator making an animation from scratch. In all honesty I believe this idea would be better suited to a longer project. Despite this, I do think it would work well as the end result is simple, drawing from the aesthetic style and satirical nature of Nalini Malani’s work.