Blackout

Made with Dark Matters

AbsoluteTransform Today - Nikolaj Kunsthal (2015) 
Fokus Festival - Nikolaj Kunstahl (2015)
Scenes Unseen in the Subtropics - He Xiangning Art Museum,  Shenzen (2018  — 2019)

Blackout is a research installation that explores hidden patterns in the human mind. Neuroaesthetics is the combination of serious science, common phenomena, and a visual base for artists throughout history. Hidden visual images are embedded in all humans and can be enhanced by triggering the visual cortex in the human brain. Some natural states such as different stages of sleep, looking at bright lights, and deep meditation can provide long-lost images or reveal hidden colourful patterns. 

The installation features three seats with 27 strobes placed in selected spots around a secluded space. The audience is invited to sit down in the seats with their eyes closed while wearing headphones that feature a music piece timed to the light for an enhanced audio/visual experience. The strobes will make different timed patterns in a 3x9 matrix, which will activate quasi-hallucinatory imagery on the audience's eyelids and create visuals for the music piece. Every imagery - colour or graphic pattern - will be different for each audience member.

Credits
In collaboration with Jens Jørgensen
and Music by SØS Gunver Ryberg