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The Promise of Something Silver
The Promise of Something Silver presents a strange scene where mundane objects transform and shift their definitions.
The scene is composed of eight technological entities, each behaving in their own way. In this site energy emerges from unclear sources, the objects are activated, unlocking their kinetic and poetic potentials. They oscillate, flicker and spiral, engaging in an unstable dialogue with each other and the self.
A group of phones wander in thought. Two desktop computers endlessly loop and collide with each other. A power strip generates its own current. With every shift in perspective, the scene transforms.
Reflecting on the broken promises of technological enhancement and progress, the objects do not attempt to fulfil this promise; they rather stay with what’s already there, creating a world where something grey might turn silver.
Present Entities:
Stekkerdoos (x1)
(A powerstrip which is not plugged in, but is still on. Usually something to power other electronics, never allowed to just be powered ON)
360° Selfie-stand, 2 Phones, Collected Thoughts (x2)
(Two phones connected to a rotating panoramic selfie-stand, tumbling through the space. Each phone is synchronously performing a script, constructed from TikTok reviews)
Desktop Computers (Looping) (x2 = 1)
Polyether (Vape, Smoking) (x1)
Fractals (Aluminium, Extruded) (x3)
Phone (Spiraling) (x1)
Central Screen, (Monitorarm, Resin-printed Hand) (x1)
Bias Lighting, Black Plane (x1)
(A black plane, imitating a turned-off screen, of which it’s edges are illuminated, translating the content of the central screen to a frame of light)
The Promise of Something Silver presents a strange scene where mundane objects transform and shift their definitions.
The scene is composed of eight technological entities, each behaving in their own way. In this site energy emerges from unclear sources, the objects are activated, unlocking their kinetic and poetic potentials. They oscillate, flicker and spiral, engaging in an unstable dialogue with each other and the self.
A group of phones wander in thought. Two desktop computers endlessly loop and collide with each other. A power strip generates its own current. With every shift in perspective, the scene transforms.
Reflecting on the broken promises of technological enhancement and progress, the objects do not attempt to fulfil this promise; they rather stay with what’s already there, creating a world where something grey might turn silver.
Present Entities:
Stekkerdoos (x1)
(A powerstrip which is not plugged in, but is still on. Usually something to power other electronics, never allowed to just be powered ON)
360° Selfie-stand, 2 Phones, Collected Thoughts (x2)
(Two phones connected to a rotating panoramic selfie-stand, tumbling through the space. Each phone is synchronously performing a script, constructed from TikTok reviews)
Desktop Computers (Looping) (x2 = 1)
Polyether (Vape, Smoking) (x1)
Fractals (Aluminium, Extruded) (x3)
Phone (Spiraling) (x1)
Central Screen, (Monitorarm, Resin-printed Hand) (x1)
Bias Lighting, Black Plane (x1)
(A black plane, imitating a turned-off screen, of which it’s edges are illuminated, translating the content of the central screen to a frame of light)