Villő Turcsámy PULZE IMPULSES | interactive space installation
According to H. Bergson, the body is a medium: ‘The body is the transitional place of received and returned movements, the link between things that affect us and things that we affect. In one word, the place of sensorimotor processes.’
On 16 June 2021, Trafó House of Contemporary Art will open its doors with a special event open to the public for three days. After the emergency lockdown due to the epidemic, the rebuilt spaces are finally open to the public, where visitors will be welcomed by an audiovisual experience that can be further shaped in real time by the movement of all those present. In this way, a kind of ‘post-representative space’ (N. Sternfeld) is created, where we become part of the game and actors in the action. Based on the programmed formulas of Villő Turcsány, her pendulum sculptures move in space with a particular rhythm.
The dramaturgy of spatialisation allows our biological and spiritual essence to become visible through abstracted forms. The pulse rates of our body, the systolic and diastolic pulsations, form the first ‘intonation’. Following the path of a narrow corridor, we enter the polyphonic system of theatre space, a system of pendulum movements, accompanied by the rhythm of our spatial movements transformed into signs. On a huge canvas, the rhythm formula of the impulses given by the pendulums and the abstract and constantly moving sign structure of individual movements appearing as dots or lines become visible simultaneously. The accidental presence of the viewer in the space thus generates signals that are synthesised by a software-based system and converted into a ‘moving image’.
The composed sound and rhythm, the sensory capture of movements based on thermal sensing, and the projection animation create an experiential space: The theatre scene, transformed into an experimental space, welcomes the visitor into a medium of meditation - interaction - participation.
I’m O.K.
Kinga German
Villő Turcsány sculptor, multimedia artist
She graduated as a sculptor from the Hungarian University of Fine Arts in 1997.
A multifaceted artist and a leading figure in the contemporary art scene in Hungary: her work includes plastic, performative, sound art and experimental music. Her work has been exhibited nationally and internationally, in group and solo exhibitions, and is part of private and public collections.
In developing and leading university courses, she has initiated the structuring of a creative visual design and spatial teaching methodology. She is currently a PhD candidate at the Doctoral School of the Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design in the Multimedia Art DLA programme. Her research topic is The dramaturgy of space making - contemporary installation as a hybrid medium.
Opening event: 16 June, 18:00-22:00
Programme for the opening: 19:00 AV Talks & Walks in the exhibition space with the exhibition collaborators and curator. The guided tour will be led by: Andrea Kovács, editor of the AV Composers series at Trafó
Related Programmes:
17 June 2021 18:00-19:00 Roundtable discussion: Interdisciplinary creation, digital spatialisation, visitor engagement and design communication in the light of Pulse Impulses. Paricipants of the conversation: Villő Turcsány, Kinga German, Attila Cosovan, József Fülöp, Márton Orosz. Moderator: Kinga Hamvai - limited number of spectators, live stream
18 June 2021 18:00 and 20:00 Audio improvisation: ‘Variations on Modulation’. Villő Turcsány and Bálint Bolcsó, electronic composer
Photo credit: Gergely Nagy
Opening hours 16-17-18 June 2021, between 16:00-22:00
Venue: Trafó House of Contemporary Arts, Budapest, Main Hall
Creator: Villő Turcsámy
Curator: Kinga German
Production Officers: Trafó House of Contemporary Arts and MOME Budapest
Production partner: Code&Soda, XORXOR
Visual identity: Attila Cosovan
Collaborators:
Mobility system development: Róbert Kovács / Hasso Plattner Institute, Potsdam
Generative image, colleague: XORXOR
Interactive sound technology: Ádám Krasz / MOME Doctoral School
Technology consultant: András Szabó / Code and Soda
Software development: György Horák / Code and Soda
Visual consultant: Csaba Lódi
Assistant curator: Kinga Hamvai / MOME Doctoral School
Technical production assistant: Réka Nagy / MOME Media Institute
Technical staff: Trafó, Alpintechnika Pro
Sponsors:
National Cultural Fund Programme, Moholy-Nagy University of the Arts, Lollart, Code and Soda
The show is associated with the development of Villő Turcsány’s master thesis in the Multimedia DLA programme of the MOME Doctoral School.
