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Symphonie Cinétique – The Poetry of Motion is a kinetic composition that exploits the poetic synergy of music and mechanical motion in a space. It was conceived in an intense collaboration between Icelandic musician Ólafur Arnalds and Joachim Sauter in the MADE Space Berlin.
Symphonie Cinétique brings together five kinetic works that have been developed over the last five years at ART+COM. The installations in the exhibition are prototypes of large kinetic artworks that were realised in this period. For every of these Prototypes Olafur Arnalds developed a musical- or sound theme. With this a score for a 16 min performance had been developed in which the installations performed together or as a soloist accompanied by Òlafur on a grand piano and a tablet.
After the performance the installations had been exhibited together with their musical themes.
These works are part of Symphonie Cinétique:
Delta Phi is based on the principle of caustics – the way light refracts on water.
The chrome-plated surface was computationally designed and 3D-milled. Encoded into each facet
are hidden Greek letters, which become legible in the surrounding room with the help of reflected surface light.
Phi is the sign for luminous flux. Delta stands for change and movement.
Resonance is a kinetic installation made of light, movement and a mirrored body.
Its ever-changing multiplexed pattern of movement is literally coded in hardware.
The abstract, moving light architecture merges with, expands, and adds a new dynamic to the actual physical space.
Infinite Cube is a spatially concentrated, but at the same time expansive, kinetic installation. The spheres follow a computational narrative that moulds them into a fluid succession of abstract shapes. An optical illusion extends the apparently clear spatial confines of the installation into infinity.
Viewers are also reflected in the installation, and their presence adds an additional layer to the interplay of real and reflected space.
Tri is a kinetic installation composed of triangular mirrors that move vertically and rotate around two axes in a complex choreography of flowing three-dimensional structures. Their physical movement is enhanced with ceiling lighting and an interplay between the reflective triangles and the dark, overlapping shadows they cast on the floor.
Manta Rhei combines choreographed light with physical movement for a kinetic sculpture, which blurs the boundaries between natural and artificial, animate and inanimate. Manta Rhei can perform a wide spectrum of patterns ranging from harmonious to more conflicting. The changing ‘behaviour’ evokes the impression of an animated object with a certain degree of autonomy.
The collaboration between Olafur and Joachim had been initiated by MADE a creative platform located in Berlin for artists from a variety of fields. It is a venue for interdisciplinary projects that invites artists to step out of their artistic routines.