Summaery 2014

Cranachstrasse 47

Fakultät: Medien, Studiengang: Medienkunst / Mediengestaltung (M.F.A.)

Cranachstraße 47 is an audiovisual piece that invokes themes of space and temporality, kinesis and stasis, by exploring the nexus between architecture and light. The flickering of light bulbs the rise and fall of dimmers convey a sense of transience and transferrance. The ignition of a light bulb becomes an articulation, creating an unpredictable rhythm that both reveals and hides space. The barely audible lamps were recorded closely or with electromagnetic microphones. The recorded sounds were then reintroduced intoo their original rooms through impulse responses. Rather than simply perceiving space, we perceive a space as it is 'seen' and 'heard' by light.

The film was shot in the "Villa Duerckheim" (Weimar/Germany), built after plans by Art Nouveau architect Henry van de Velde."

(Leuchtstoffröhren und Dimmer erkunden die Räume eines Hauses. Das Zünden des Licht wird zur Artikulation, es entsteht ein unvorhersehbarer Rhythmus zwischen Offenlegen und Verbergen. Die kaum hörbaren Klänge der flackernden Lichter wurden vor Ort nah mikrofoniert bzw. elektromagnetisch aufgenommen und mittels Impulsantworten in den originalen Raum gesetzt.)