Marc Vilanova (ES): LIMEN
Fluorescents produce sounds that humans can’t hear. Limen translates these ultrasounds into perceptible frequencies, allowing us to see and listen to the invisible sound of the light.
Limen aims to unveil the invisible sounds of our everyday life. The piece works around the fluorescent lamp, one of the most common sources of light which also produces many tones above 20kHz. Using a special microphone we captured those ultrasounds and translated them into audible frequencies.
The composition uses only those invisible sounds produced by the lamps. This sonic material triggers a choreography of light composed by 128 fluorescents which are displayed in the shape of their ultrasonic waveform. The sculpture is surrounded by a yellow lter, a color known by its ability to increase our concentration and perceptional capacity, enhancing other organs than the ear on sensing those frequencies.
Limen means threshold, the place in between, the boundary of perception, a term that gives the lineal
form to the structure and divides the space in two. The sculpture acts as a threshold between our perception limits, between the visible and the invisible, the hearable and the inaudible, between what we can sense and what goes beyond.
Commission: Art & Tech Days
Produced by: Creative Industry Košice
Co-producer: Klangraum Krems
Residency Hosts: KAIR Košice Artist in Residence, Artist in Residence Niederösterreich
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ABOUT THE ARTIST:
Marc Vilanova s a sound and visual artist working at the intersection of art, science and technology. Vilanova’s artistic production has always been led by a spirit of innovation fueled by an interest in new media. Merging research and artistic practices onto projects in which concepts such audio visuality, automation, machine self-expression, AI and superintelligence and the socio- political implications regarding society’s relationship with technology are explored.
Currently, he creates audiovisual installations while also working with performance and interdisciplinary collaborations with dance, theatre, and moving images. His pieces have been presented in festivals around the world in Japan, the U.S., Canada, Brazil, Colombia, Cuba, Iran, Taiwan, South Korea, Russia and many countries in Europe.
He has received numerous grants, awards and residencies including the prestigious Headlands Center for the Arts, San Francisco 2020, Bemis Center for Contemporary Art Fellowship, Omaha 2019, KARA Award, Teheran 2018, Citizen Artist Incubator, Linz 2017, the Encouragement Prize Tokyo Experimental Festival 2016, Jury Prize at Saxopen, Congress Strasbourg 2015 or the First Prizeat the International Contest of Sound Art Performance, Zaragoza 2014 among others.
As an educator, Vilanova led workshops on transdisciplinary creation, live electronics, free improvisation and extended techniques. He has been invited as a guest professor at the Tokyo National University GEIDAI, Universidad de los Andes, Universidad Javeriana de Bogotá, Moshen Gallery Teheran, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro “UNIRIO”, Sibelius Academy Helsinki, Hochschule für Musik Basel and many more.
https://marcvilanova.com