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Experiments on the Notation of Shapes
by I/O (Input/Output)
Location: I/O (Input/Output)
Artist(s): Joao Vasco PAIVA
Date: 14 Feb - 4 Apr 2010

I/O (Input/ Output) is pleased to present its first audio-visual installation. ‘Experiments on the Notation of Shapes’, by Portuguese artist and Hong Kong resident, João Vasco Paiva is a generative multi-channel video installation where Hong Kong cityscapes are used as coordinates for sound synthesis. Computational translation, footage of urban planning and architectural elements are used as a musical score.

In this work, a post-apocalyptic aura consumes the concrete form of the metropolis. Two wall based projections present Hong Kong cityscapes. The city, its emptiness and its structure are kept in ‘time images’ that solicit contemplation. These images show an architectonic, sculptural place; a place in constant mutation. A floor based lcd screen shows images from the warrens of back-alleys of Hong Kong. In opposition to the projections, motion is obvious here. The buildings skyline shifts rapidly, showing not just its major architectonic features, but individual intervention as well, such as the ubiquitous plastic roofs and air conditioners. The author performs a drift through these hidden streets, trying to capture the space in between the buildings.

By presenting a computerized, cityscape-based orchestra, Paiva puts forward a visual experiment in which the core concept of the work is to congregate ephemeral randomness with pre-established composition rules, creating an audio-visual piece that explores the idea of organized chaos. The city presented as a sculptural playground. There is an obvious contrast between the projected sanguine, landscapes and the frenetic back-alley images. While the walk through back alleys operates as the conductor of the musical score, generating a dynamic frequency modulation, the meditative Hong Kong cityscapes play as servos, and constantly shift from one single frequency to another. Here architecture and perspective are being used as the composition tools. The blockage between the city and the inhabitants diminishes as the city is re-presented minimally, visually and audibly.

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