Light sound installation

The electromagnetic spectrum consists of electromagnetic waves from lower radio waves to the high frequency gamma waves. The visible light is a part of these waves as well, but it's different in frequency. The presence of frequency waves cannot be detected without some kind of detectors to recognize their presence, like eyes. Our senses are able to detect only a limited range of frequencies, while for others we need different utilities. One of the first and for a long time the only such detector was the radio. If we set the frequency of the radio to a certain wavelength, we can sense the presence of this undulation.

Robyn Moody finds very intriguing the fact that there are lots of these otherwise invisible waves that are already there, even before we use smart gadgets to be able to sense them at all. Radio waves, mobile phone waves, the Wi-Fi signal and lots of other undulations surround us at any given time, whether we're aware of them or not. Moody wants to emphasize that these waves cannot be avoided and that it's not even necessary. The growing numbers of devices allows us to detect and use these frequencies, but fear from them grows as well. The hysteria is promoted by different information on the internet and rumors. The »believers« without appropriate evidence quickly adopt these conspiracy theories, even including corrupt scientists and government secrets. People are fascinated by the ideas from fictional movies and they take them as indisputable truth, despite the fact that they didn't watch a documentary but fiction. This kind of attitude doesn't affect just the innocuous wave undulations, but aims also at medicinal science, public health improvement initiatives etc.

Any image can evoke a stronger emotional response if supported by sound. Movie makers and film creators, who use sound to give their image a happy, a nostalgic or a scary character, are especially aware of this. While the 'believers' are trying to impose fear and dread unto the beauty of the inspiring nature, the Wave Interference project shows both the beautiful and the elegant vision of light waves alongside an ever-changing background of sound.

Opening times: Tuesday–Sunday: 18.00–23.30. Until 20^th June 2015.

Coproduction: Festival Ljubljana