On the same wavelength
The interactive installation "On the same wavelength”, created in collaboration of two artists Pavel Chubuk and Ksenia Stepas, represents an understanding of modern communication and contact between people.
The basis of the work is a well-known experiment in physics – the propagation of sound. The sound is seen as a wave-like distribution of oscillations of the particles within the elastic environment.
The installation consists of two hollow objects with a light inside, between which there is located a transparent tube that works as the conductor of the sound wave. The objects themselves play a role of an amplifier of a sound.
The interaction is seen through the fact that any visitor can immerse his head into the object and literally say something. In fact, it is possible to hear what has been said in another object, through immersing the head, just as well.
The installation consists of two hollow objects with a light inside, between which there is located a transparent tube that works as the conductor of the sound wave. The objects themselves play a role of an amplifier of a sound.
The interaction is seen through the fact that any visitor can immerse his head into the object and literally say something. In fact, it is possible to hear what has been said in another object, through immersing the head, just as well.
Suspended objects are at a distance, but at the same time they are in a connected state. Same in reality – there is a modern contact, where communication at a distance through certain tools becomes more accessible and even more important than the usual face-to-face contact. Accordingly, there is created a cognitive state of the contactor “close-far and far-close”.
Moreover, within this installation, there is thoroughly examined the state of the contactor – of participant of the conversation, who, through the interaction at a distance, gets the opportunity to hide or, on the other side, open his essence. Thus, certain communication tools allow us to create a screen through which the contacting person can protect himself from real reactions and reflexes generated by interlocutor.
On the other hand, this installation may observe modern communication as a more negative concept than a positive one. There is created an isolated context that remains clear only for the sender of the message, and the receiver's task is to decipher the context.
Moreover, within this installation, there is thoroughly examined the state of the contactor – of participant of the conversation, who, through the interaction at a distance, gets the opportunity to hide or, on the other side, open his essence. Thus, certain communication tools allow us to create a screen through which the contacting person can protect himself from real reactions and reflexes generated by interlocutor.
On the other hand, this installation may observe modern communication as a more negative concept than a positive one. There is created an isolated context that remains clear only for the sender of the message, and the receiver's task is to decipher the context.
