Credit: Detail of Spectrum Spirale at WeAreWater
Spectrum Spirale XL is a light fountain that brings together organic and geometrical patterns into a meditative and hallucinatory installation, through illusionary phenomena as persistence of vision (the optical illusion that occurs when the visual perception of an object does not cease for some time after the rays of light proceeding from it have ceased to enter the eye) this work creates tridimensional Fermat’s spirals that appear as holographic rainbows.
Spectrum Spirale XL is the result of an extensive research on stroboscopic lights and water droplets. Previous works led to experiments with enhancing meteorological phenomena through custom lights and sprinklers, this is how the technical knowledge and vision for Spectrum Spirale came to reality.
Water is one of Federico’s favorite elements for its ephemeral and holistic connotations,he uses it both as an alchemic symbol and as a tribute to organic life and natural laws.
Credit: Sketch for Spectrum Spirale XL
Spectrum Spirale XL is a light fountain that brings together organic and geometrical patterns into a meditative and hallucinatory installation
About Studio Federico Murgia
Federico Murgia (1989) is an Italian multidisciplinary artist that lives and works in Haarlem/Amsterdam
Murgia’s background in graphics and drawing has expanded towards more immersive and hybrid practices, exploring the intangible correlations between sonic, luminous and other elements at the edge of the human perceptual envelope. Both in his sculptural and graphical productions, as well as in his site-specific installations and performances, Murgia is particularly interested in evoking unusual and ancestral sensations, triggering sensorial experiences at the verge of transcendence. He collaborate with scientists, designers, musicians and many other creatives from different disciplines.
"Questioning how immateriality may be made into something tangible, I aim to use all mediums on behalf of creating experiences, to trigger unexplored feelings and associations. By playing with physical elements and illusions my final aim is evoking unusual and ancestral sensations, triggering sensorial experiences at the verge of transcendence that embrace the surroundings, creating an interaction between time and space, illusion and reality."
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