The Immortaliser / 2008
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“Interactive installation that translates sound into a statue”
Statues often serve as a memoriam to people or events with a great influence. The immortaliser is a statement arguing that everybody deserves a statue. Every individual changes the world forever. Without you, the world would have been a little different. Sometimes you are very aware of your influence and sometimes your influence happens without your own notice. This installation uses a multiple microphone setup with both direct and ambient microphones. The sounds are analysed and converted to the movement of a drill.
The statue is created during the entire exhibition. Of course it is hard to see what your influence on the statue is just as it is often hard to see how you are changing the world. Some people are so eager to see their influence in the statue that they will scream or do anything to see the relation between their action and the shape of the statue. In the real world this is comparable with the drive and ambition to have success or power.
A project in collaboration with Richard Hardstone and Lisa Dalhuijsen.