United Visual Artists
dal 11/2/2014 al 31/5/2014
Segnalato da
11/2/2014
United Visual Artists
Barbican Centre, London
"Momentum" invites to experience a carefully choreographed sequence of light, sound and movement, which responds to the unique space of the Curve. Explore the installation at your own pace and discover how your perception of time and space change.
'Our internal model of time, movement, mass and space is based on a lifetime of experience, perhaps even genetically encoded. What happens when we build a new model? What happens when we bend the rules?' UVA
United Visual Artists invites you to experience Momentum, a carefully choreographed sequence of light, sound and movement, which responds to the unique space of the Curve.
Momentum consists of twelve pendulums that activate light and sound as they swing, drawing attention to the Curve’s vast arc, inviting you to journey through the space guided by your heightened senses. Each pendulum has been meticulously designed and built using steel, aluminium, and custom electronics. The sound is individual to each pendulum, prepared and tuned to seamlessly resonate as they move within the Curve.
Momentum creates an environment that has its foundations in detailed research, sophisticated computer technology and mechanical expertise. Yet, the effect is to create a space that feels wondrously transformed, one which you are invited to experience and explore.
Share your experience @barbicancentre #uvamomentum
United Visual Artists (UVA) is a London-based art practice founded by Matthew Clark, Chris Bird and Ash Nehru in 2003. The studio combines a wide range of disciplines including architecture, computer programming and technology, engineering, sculpture, performance and design. UVA’s site-specific projects - sensual, absorbing and immersive – query received assumptions about space and time, combining rigorous research with a poetic vision that confounds expectations and alters perceptions of space.
Imagine: © United Visual Artists 2013
For further information, images or to arrange interviews, please contact:
Ann Berni, Media Relations Manager +44 207 382 7169, ann.berni@barbican.org.uk
Ariane Oiticica, Media Relations Officer +44 207 382 6162, ariane.oiticica@barbican.org.uk
Media View, Wednesday 12 February, 10am – 1pm
Barbican Art Gallery, Barbican Centre
Silk Street London EC2Y 8DS
Opening hours:
Saturday to Wednesday, 10am – 6pm
Thursday & Friday, 10am – 9pm
Tickets: Standard: £12 / Concessions: £10
13–17 years: £8 / Under 12s: free