Atom
In a darkened room a matrix of 64 moving, helium-filled balloons each containing a bright whit LED floats in space like the atoms of a molecule. This collaborative piece titlted Atom has been performed by visual artist Christopher Bauder and Robert Henke at Centre Pompidou in Paris, at Tesla Berlin, and at several other festivals in 2007 and 2009. The weightless objects represent three-dimensional digital data organized in a dynamic composition of physical particles. The balloon ballet is built out of synchronized movement, lighting, and music. According to Henke, three types of synchronized relationship patterns can be achieved. First, “a multiple particle situation where the individual the individual balloon is not important anymore but rather an overall experience of some flickering, living organism is achieved. The second type of interaction is a strict mapping of discrete musical events to visual gestures and patterns. This typically produces the most breathtaking and massive impression. And in a third step there is musical events that are synced to the sequencing of the LED patterns but not directly related to them.”
Henke and Bauder immersed in their installation.
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