delirious fields—ensemble, 2022
Nineteen suspended spheres in variable electromagnetic fields and aluminum rods
108’’ x 264’’ x 15’’
274 cm x 670 cm x 38 cm
An ensemble of suspended spheres dance in space. Each sphere orbits around a coil driven by an electromagnetic field that attracts or repels it. A probabilistic code controls the strength of each field in real-time. The fields fluctuations and the conditions of each system—distance between spheres and coils—generate a seemingly random choreography, characterized by subjacent emerging patterns. A set of displacements, turns, and orbits expresivelly reveal the alterations of the field, the ethereal “material” with which the sphere dialogs.
Each system is complemented by a resonant rod tuned to slightly different frequencies. Eventually, the spheres contact the rods, generating delicate resonant sounds. The rods’ resonances interact as they superimpose, creating subtle alterations in the resulting sonority.
Through movements and sounds, the work elicits the inseparable relationship between our physical surroundings and the non-perceptible forces that govern the natural world.
