Clepsydra

Clepsydra is an attempt at the representation of gravity, a mental construct used in the clepsydra to measure time, yet the true identity of which leaves open fascinating horizons in the field of recent discoveries relative to gravitational waves. In the interpretation of this concept, the space-time continuum is obtained with the help of sound, which constitutes the fourth dimension, as well as the source of the modifications represented.

Throughout the installation, four different phenomena concerning just as many space-time events are visualised, inside two parallel universes. The key feature of the installation is the close connection between audio and video, the correlation of which is achieved through a real-time analysis of samples from the right and left channels, which go on to influence and modify their corresponding universes. The visitor thus finds himself immersed in a non-place, crossed conceptually by sounds and images shifting from one universe to another.

The Clepsydra display foresees two video projections, twenty metres long and five metres high. The immersive quality of the two large screens, one in front of the other, may be experienced by the visitor either through the corridor formed by the two screens or by choosing to view the installation from the outside. The installation was designed to be integrated within the Ex Scalo Farini in Milan, featuring a matrix of columns that characterise the architecture of the space.

Production
Installation Views

Ex-Scalo Farini, 2016

Ex-Scalo Farini, 2016

Credits

Clepsydra is an artwork by fuse*