Re-Action
Sound performance/installation - Braga/Fiocco (2011)
8 iron plates, 4 speakers, piezo capsule, cables, computer running CP Max/MSP Patch, fresh lemons, vinagre, salt water.
72 hours performance | 2011
For three consecutive days we have performed over the blank iron sheets triggering their transformation, in a process that involves the phenomenon known as oxidation, progressively converting the iron into rust. Several means have been used to wear out the iron: water, bleach, salt and hydrogen peroxide, as well as hand instruments and objects.
The sound implication of the gestures on one of the plates were captured, processed and arisen again on the other plates of the system, in a concurred or a delayed relation. Some transducers have been stuck on the big windows of the gallery facing the street. The vibes of the city spread out in the room. The context influenced the actions of the performers and the reactions of the system.
The mutual forces of action and reaction between two entities always occur in pairs: if a force acts upon an object, then a corresponding force will act upon the subject that exerted it.
The sounds coming from the actions on the metal plates, together with the ones coming from the windows facing the city, have been used to create a sound-sensorial memory of the system, a juxtaposition between the inner space of the gallery and the outdoor setting of the city.
This way the plates have been gradually transformed into emotional windows, layers expressing and testifying the experience of those days.
The corrosion of iron has started an irreversible process that won’t stop until the iron itself would be converted into oxide. The plates are bound to fade and to be completely converted into dust with the process of time.
