J. Meejin Yoon recently completed an interactive sound and light installation in Athens for the Olympic Games. It was one of nine projects selected in an international "Catch the Light" competition organized by the Athens 2004 Committee. We have nine images in the gallery. And for added freshness, check out these short flicks online: 1 2 3 (might be slow to load on some connections).
The piece is sited at the entry to the Ancient Theater of Dionysus, at the base of the Acropolis. The field of fiber optic lights responds to pedestrian movement, emitting a pulsing rhythm of white light and a white noise, when activated. The semi-flexible fiber optic strands create a flickering wake of lights, tracing visitors as they cross the field. Whereas white light contains the full spectrum of colored light, white noise is the full spectrum of sound frequencies. The luminous soundscape effectively masks the sounds of the surrounding city, creating a space of sonic refuge within the city.
J. Meejin Yoon is an Assistant Professor with the Department of Architecture at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and founder of MY Studio. jmy@mit.edu
Project Team: J. Meejin Yoon, Matthew Reynolds, Marlene Kuhn, Kyle Steinfled, Eric Howeler, Naomi Munro, Lisa Smith.
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brilliant good '
also, White Noise White Light on VOA, albeit the article is somewhat misnamed "MIT Students Design Special Athens Exhibit".
waaait a minute- we did exactly this project in octobre last year in Glasgow as part of AAA architecture studies, a project developped by Maiken Schmidt in Denmark. Where did these guys get the idea from? It simply sounds too familiar, and the pics could be, as tough as it sounds, even our own. Straaange things happen.
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