THE
FIFTH ELEMENT
2007, Kunstenaar in Bedrijf, Nefit, Deventer,The
Netherlands
Wood,
acryl, sound equipment, artificial grass, polystyrene,
glass and electric light, size 250 x 200 x 200 cm.
With
many thanks for the cooperation of Marien van Riet, employee of Nefit.
Interactive installation commissioned by Nefit, a factory producing gas-heaters.
Theme was energy and co-operation. In this work the four elements are
starting-point.
Four
chairs are visualising water, fire, wind and earth. They are standing
around a square table with a fire print. Under the table are complex sound
equipment with speakers is mounted.
The employees of Nefit are invited to take place on the chairs.
As a team of four persons they lay their hands on a pair of hand shapes.
Buttons under these shapes are connected with the sound equipment. With
light pressure a sound is audible.
For each element a different and individual sound. Earth/Didgeridoo, Water/Harp,
Air/Violin and Fire/Flamenco guitar. But…if the team is co-operating perfectly
by pushing the buttons with exactly the same pressure, the table leaf
is lighting up with flashing lamps and a loud sound of fire-works.By
co-operating perfectly the team made forces free for the fifth element
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