The idea is to replicate or create a landscape in an ‘empty’ room.  By projecting strong beams of sound, vibrations and possibly light down from the ceiling people could move around to room and feel like they’ve travelled around the scene. So if it was an area in the Lake District, for instance, at parts of high altitude vibrations with a very high frequency could be pumped in, with whistles and high pitches of sound, and sharp fresh light.  At lakes, the vibrations would be quite soft and almost muffled, with deep softly pulsing sound, and almost muggy light.

I went to see Anthony McCall’s installation at the Serpentine Gallery a couple of years ago, and the way he focused the light in to very tight areas is something I would like to replicate with the sound and vibrations, but through cylindrical columns projected from above, so they can be passed between easily to experience the different areas.

Potentially imagery could be projected down the cylinders, but I’m not sure whether this would add to the effect or dispel the senses evoked from the other mediums.

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