Installation piece by COLECTIVO「大音量コンピューター」 premiered in 2018's edition of Semibreve, a multimedia festival in Braga, Portugal. It manifests the ideas of communion, shared spaces and time, and the art-friendship duality.
Nine different artists contribute with generative music/sound algorithms. Originally conceived independently, reflecting the particularities and desires of each creator, through the collaborative efforts, a new piece emerges. The collective arises via the multitude of the individualities and a shared goal. Multiple paths converge into a single point, a center.
A dialogue between individual and collective is initiated. As a collective, the parts make up the whole. Nine speakers manifest the nine intervenients. Together, they form the encircling sound. A space for communion and comtemplation emerges.
The final result is unique, a moment of 一期一会, a vague sense of presence.
Although the generative nature can only be experienced with time and presence in the installation, the linear album version takes a glimpse into the created experience.
Viagem - Making of [ａ ｖａｇｕｅ ｓｅｎｓｅ ｏｆ ｐｒｅｓｅｎｃｅ ] from COLECTIVO 「大音量コンピューター」] — made and edited by Joana Rodrigues, Marcelo Sousa and Ivo Santos. Footage recorded during the setup and running of the installation. Like a déjà vu of the whole process, an overlap of textures and memories.
Official festival photos of the installation by Adriano Ferreira Borges.
The promotional flyer for the installation, distributed with the currently deactivated website on the back — loudvolume.computer, and digital concept art for the speaker and laser configuration for the installation.