11/3/2014
HR-Stamenov
Platform, Vasa
A strange phenomenon connects two cities located on the two opposite sides of the Gulf of Bothnia in the Baltic Sea: Vaasa in Finland and Umea in Sweden.
On March 12, a strange phenomenon will connect two cities located on the two opposite sides of the Gulf of Bothnia in the Baltic Sea: Vaasa in Finland and Umeå in Sweden.
A transport corridor, provoked by the opening of a Wormhole, also known as an Einstein–Rosen bridge, which is a hypothetical topological feature of space-time, will create a ‘shortcut’ between the two cities. The phenomenon will allow a Train to appear inside a building in Vaasa, then 3 minutes later in Umeå, then back in Vaasa after 3 min. and after 3 min. again in Umeå…
The observers of the phenomenon will receive a clear evidence for the existence of the Wormhole, and the practical equations from the Theory of General Relativity will be evaluated as possible solutions for transport.
HR-Stamenov, the current artist in residence of Platform, presents this light spectacle.
The immediate attention, which the media installation provokes, leaves the passers-by uncertain of what they have just seen, for the train literally ‘appears’ inside the buildings. The project is an illustration of the scientific theories of time travels and space distortions.
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The project is realized with the kind collaboration of:
PLATFORM, Vaasa www.platform.fi
MIRA House, Vaasa www.mirahouse.fi
Kulturförening Kretsen, Umeå kretsen.org
Norrporten, Umeå www.norrporten.se
Date: 12.03.2014
Vaasa 19.00–22.00, Umeå 18.00–21.00
Miratalo / Mirahuset, Kirkkopuistikko 34 / Kyrkoesplanaden 34, Vaasa
Storgatan 38, Umeå