Coalescence - Burning Man Honoraria 2021
Donation protected
Curious Form is proud to announce COALESCENCE, a new artwork heading to Burning Man 2021 as a recipient of an Honoraria grant. To make the artwork possible, we are asking for your support to help cover the original soundtrack by New Orleans musicians, custom lighting, and transportation from New Orleans to Black Rock City.
Coalescence is two larger-than-life symmetrical metal orchids with interactive lighting in the flowing petals, seating on the leaves, and an ambient soundscape. The lighting and audio soundtrack respond to proximity and density of the crowd.
Through its scale and interactivity, Coalescence aims to bring out a spirit of play and wonder in the audience. It is a playful dialogue between nature on a macro scale and quantum interaction on the micro scale. A symbol of love, beauty, and fertility, the orchid contrasts the dry science of physics, while serving as an analogy for the interaction of the universe’s smallest particles.
The logic behind the interactivity is based on the fundamentals of quantum mechanics. Just as with entangled quantum particles, each of the entwined orchid stems react to input on the other. Just as with quantum superposition, the soundtrack is unknown until the orchid senses people, at which point it comes alive, building in solidity. On the quantum level, reality is only the interaction of things. Space is only quanta of energy and matter engaging. By engaging with each other and the piece, participants make the space, the community, and the artwork real.
Coalescence is two larger-than-life symmetrical metal orchids with interactive lighting in the flowing petals, seating on the leaves, and an ambient soundscape. The lighting and audio soundtrack respond to proximity and density of the crowd.
Through its scale and interactivity, Coalescence aims to bring out a spirit of play and wonder in the audience. It is a playful dialogue between nature on a macro scale and quantum interaction on the micro scale. A symbol of love, beauty, and fertility, the orchid contrasts the dry science of physics, while serving as an analogy for the interaction of the universe’s smallest particles.
The logic behind the interactivity is based on the fundamentals of quantum mechanics. Just as with entangled quantum particles, each of the entwined orchid stems react to input on the other. Just as with quantum superposition, the soundtrack is unknown until the orchid senses people, at which point it comes alive, building in solidity. On the quantum level, reality is only the interaction of things. Space is only quanta of energy and matter engaging. By engaging with each other and the piece, participants make the space, the community, and the artwork real.
Organizer
Will Nemitoff
Organizer
New Orleans, LA
