Dear spectrers, Here is some infos about my last work - Axis Mvndi - that tries to explore some important concepts in radio art: the usage of radio waves at a cosmic scale and brodcasting whithout receiving.
Best, Nicolas -- *AXIS MVNDI* Cosmic radio sculptures -- https://nimon.org/en/axismvndi -- Axis Mvndi is a device that sends radio waves in space in order to draw shapes at a cosmic scale. By playing on the movement of a dish antenna, ancient cosmological models are materialized into space and become autonomous shapes in infinite movement. Axis Mvndi proposes a theoretical and artistic shift on the use of the electromagnetic spectrum through the broadcasting of waves that will never be received. They are used for their greater specificity: their traveling at the speed of light. The shapes drawn by Axis Mvndi correspond to representations of the universe imagined during antiquity: Babylonian constellations, seas of the Hindu cosmic egg, Greek burning wheels or Norse Yggdrasil. Using modern techniques to project these figures in space, Axis Mvndi is positioned as a poetic realization of these ancient representations. The installation is centered around a motorized 2m parabolic dish antenna. This antenna is rotating continuously, broadcasting waves in the desired direction to achieve the drawing of a cosmological form. On a wall, a video projection follows in real time the course of waves. Anthropological and scientific documentation on cosmological representations is displayed on another wall. The antenna, mounted on a rotor, is oriented horizontally and vertically according to the shape of the cosmological model executed. The installation plays on the orientation of the antenna and the duration of emission of the wave, depending on the position and the orientation of the emission location on Earth: the movement of the antenna is superimposed on the movement of the earth. This movement is the only apparent action and places the broadcast in a reality perceptible to the visitor. A video projection displays and explains the current process. It allows to visualize the model that Axis Mvndi is reproducing and the path of the waves already emitted to realize it. Nearby a wall documents the context of emergence and retraces the history of the cosmological models executed by Axis Mvndi: tables containing texts, diagrams and sketches made by the artist following the anthropological researches carried out. -- More infos: https://nimon.org/en/axismvndi Video documentation: https://vimeo.com/366461008 -- Exhibited in Acces(s) - Pau - France https://acces-s.org/
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