Living Imaginaries
Video and audio recorded by Dave Kerr
2019
Renamed as "Living Imaginaries" in 2020
Living Imaginaries started with a small question “how would it sound and look if I live inside a plant?”
I was intrigued by the contrast of plant’s subtleness of its exterior, and the vibrant life activity of
its interior. In the installation, multichannel speaker system plays realtime synthesized audio that is
spatialized, and two projectors emit green particles generated in realtime. The visuals from the projectors
are reflected by mylar films which are scattered around the space. In the center of the installation,
a small acrylic board scribbled with blue paint is hung from the top, which provides a gentle touch and stability to the vibrant energy that is surrounding it.
Through this, the visuals which were originally an moving image, obtains a materialistic
aspect that fills the space. Through incorporating spatiality, strong presence of particles
as materials not just visuals, and the realtime liveliness fulfills the recreation of a living
imaginaries about that spawn from my own small imagination.