AN ENDLESS GOLDEN BRAID

Suspended from the top level of vienna’s Prospekthof (Semper Depot) , a 20 meter led-string spirals downwards. Once light enters the pitch-black room, sound is set into motion – each light-segment (3m) is connected to one specific loudspeaker; being intrinsically linked to each other, sound and the light travel through the space synchronised & simultaneously; a seducing composition for an audio-light-symbiosis that seems to re-measure the room’s proportions, light it up and finally disappears, leaving back only shadows of resonating sound.

The piece uses the led’s variating voltages as audio-input signals – these are transformed by several custom made software patches in Max-msp in realtime (live). Light becomes the main-force, it controls the dynamic structure of the piece – it produces music from a sound that originates from within itself.

all images © David Visnjic
supported by bkmoes – scholarship for composition 2023