A two part audio-visual video intervention at the National Space Centre in Cork, Ireland, as part of SpaceFest and the Cosmic Debris Residency at Greywood arts.
System Shocks: Denial Loop, 35 Screens + 1 projector, a mixture of vga and digital screens, lighting, various space centre control equipment and original site furniture such as chairs and filing cabinets. Live modular sound which was manipulated with performance and looped playback of recorded performances with multiple speakers and mixer.
System Shocks: Denial Loop
An audio-visual video intervention, using the built in monitors of the round room under the Big Dish at the NSC. It explores the concept of a system meltdown, information distortions and noise interferences from the build up of space debris having a negative effect on the earth's magnetosphere, the protective region around our planet. This magnetic field, which shields against solar winds and cosmic particles, deflects harmful charged particles from the Sun and other sources.
The continuing build up of unmanaged and unregulated Space junk causes electromagnetic noise that disrupts signal transmission and creates breakdowns in communications and satellite relays, with adverse effects on climate change and the ability to track climate and other essential data accurately, potentially leading to misguided policy decisions. The video work incorporates various mixed media sources including NASA satellite images of climate change impacted areas, which in some points are seen as transitions over time, mixed and manipulated with real-time algorithms, images and text. Compositions on the main screens also included sites specific montaged animated images from the space centre. The sequences on the panels contained satirical alert and warning messages such as "Signal deterioration detected, Denial Loop initiated" to suggest the consequences of avoiding accountability from a system of increasing corporate and private business interests in low-orbit Space expansion. I also used sound in live performance to create a sound track using manipulated sources including satellite radio communications with modular immersive sound design.
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