Interactive installation, 2007
Samuel Bianchini and Thierry Fournier
A white dot on a black screen is following the spectator movements while he/she is using a computer mouse in front of it. Without activity, device broadcasts the sound of human breath, barely audible. When the dot moves, the voice of a woman appears, firtsly like if it’s static, thereafter it begins to grow and increases rapidly with the hand actioning the mouse.
As the spectator’s gesture develops or focuses on a point, as it speeds up or slows down, in motion or not, the sound unfolds, flourishes and enters the sound itself, opening larger gates. The voice shifts from breathing to whispering, from singing to shouting, from the tiniest details to burgeoning vocals.
It develops like an exploration into the very matter of sound and its depth only with gesture; the voice is reacting to the gesture and requests it. This blindfolded voyage ushers in a dialogue in between instrumental gesture and stroke. This sound gradually gives a shape to an acoustic body that stretches and opens through the tactile exploration – although this sensual and mental appreciation is offered to the player and spectator.
Captation video
(Reduced version on laptop)
