Mochvara Gallery

interactive generative (chemical) sound installation
Opening and artist talk: Monday, March 20, 2017 at 8.00 p.m. @ large hall of Pogon Jedinstvo, Trnjanski nasip bb, Zagreb
The installation is open March 21-22, 2017 from 5.00 to 8.00 p.m.
Free entrance.

Time Displacement / Chemobrionic Garden, interactive generative (chemical) sound installation exploring a relationship between hydrothermal chemistry, the passage of time, and evolution of sound. The project consists of several small chemical garden formations in a water glass (sodium metasilicate) solution, to provide an insight into research on chemical processes and the origin of life. The chemical reactions are monitored by cameras to detect changes in colour and shape by means of microcontrollers. The changes affect the code for live sound generation, and slowly alter the generative drone composition pervading the exhibition space. The slow changes in sound evade the scale of human perception.

artists: Robertina Šebjanič, Aleš Hieng - Zergon & Ida Hiršendfelder 
programming: Slavko Glamočanin
production: Projekt Atol Institute & Ljudmila, Art and Science Laboratory, 2015
co-production: Mochvara Gallery
Project was supported by the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Slovenia and MOL – Department for Culture.

Robertina Šebjanič, an internationally exhibited slovene artist, combining art – technology – science. Her ideas and concepts are often realized in collaboration with others, through interdisciplinary and informal integration in her work. She is a member of Hackteria Network, Ljudmila, UR Institute and Theremidi Orchestra.
contact: robertina.net
Aleš Hieng – Zergon, a chemical engineer by profession as well as a DJ, a producer of electronic music and a sound artist who also works in the field of audio-visual performances and DIY electronics. He is interested in sonic and audio-visual experimentations as well as club music.
contact: zergon.org
Ida Hiršenfelder, a Ljubljana, Slovenia based media art curator and sound artist. Her focus research areas are media archeology and archives of media art. She works at the Museum of Contemporary Art Metelkova, +MUSM on projects related to digital archives.
contact: beepblip.org