SEPTEMBER AT THE HOTEL OZONE

INVOKING A DEMON LANDSCAPE

Esther Mañas and Arash Moori present ‘Invoking a Demon Landscape’ a new work conceived specifically for the Espai 13 ‘Implicit Sound ‘ cycle. Their first solo exhibition in Barcelona consists of multiple surveillance cameras positioned within a hidden area inaccessible to the general public. A live video feed reveals the mechanics of a serpentine machine, whilst embedded microphones invoke hidden sounds of electrical static, hiss and low frequency vibrations. Visual elements of the space are channelled towards a projection screen where red, green and blue filtered images collide to create stroboscopic effects aided by elements such as sparking fluorescent´s. Mañas and Moori refer to their digital lantern show as a type of ‘Imploding Cinema’ in which site and sound collapse in an uroborus vacuum.Through a process of making the silent audible and the shrouded visible, Mañas and Moori reconfigure a displaced landscape by invoking its double.

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Esther Mañas y Arash Moori presentan 'Invoking a Demon Landscape', una obra nueva concebida especialmente para el ciclo 'Sonido implícito'' en el Espai 13. La exposición, su primera muestra individual en Barcelona, consiste en múltiples cámaras de vigilancia situadas en un área oculta inaccesible al público. Una transmisión de video en directo, capta y revela el mecanismo de una máquina serpenteante, mientras micrófonos incrustados invocan los sonidos ocultos electroestáticos, sibilantes y vibraciones de baja frecuencia. Los elementos visuales del espacio se concentran al azar en una pantalla en la que imágenes filtradas rojas, verdes y azules chocan entre sí, creando efectos estroboscópicos con la ayuda de otros elementos como el parpadeo de lámparas fluorescentes. Mañas y Moori, describen su particular linterna digital como una especie de ‘Cine Implosivo‘ en el que espacio y sonido colapsan en un vacio uróboros. A través de un proceso en que el silencio se hace audible y lo oculto visible, Mañas y Moori reconfiguran un paisaje desplazado mediante la invocacion de su doble.

Audio excerpt 'Tones in the Voice of Shadows'

Tones in the Voice of Shadows - Esther Mañas & Arash Moori - 2009. by EM&AM

Tones in the Voice of Shadows

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The installation 'Tones in the Voice of Shadows' from Esther Mañas and Arash Moori, situated in the former loading area of Leipzig’s central station, is shrouded in an unusual and almost ghostlike visual and acoustic effects: An empty and forgotten office space , scarred by traces of demolition and neglect, forms the stage for a scenery which the artists have re-animated with waving light and amplified sound.This quondam place is transformed into a temporary situation of experience speculating what happened within and after the erstwhile hustle and bustle, what occurred or disappeared – possibly also in the sense of Edgar Allan Poe from whom the title of the installation is taken:„And then did we start from our seats in horror, for the tones in the voice of the shadow were not the tones of any one being but a multitude of beings and the familiar accents of many thousand departed friends..."

-Christine Rahn

Especially for the festival z w i s c h e n g r u e n exploring urban landscapes which follows this year the running of the Parthe river and takes places at the former loading area of Leipzig’s central station,

Dates: Sunday, June 28 – Friday, July 3 starting at 3 pm.
Finissage:Saturday, July 04 starting at 5pm until 9pm
place: former loading station, Leipzig’s central station, westside
meeting point: bicycle store »Eckhardt«
duration: approx. 2 hours

Please note: The show can only be experienced in context of guided festival tours

www.zwischengruen.de
www.residence-blumen.de
From May till August 2009 Esther Mañas and Arash Moori are participating in the *blumen* artist-in-residence programme in Leipzig.

August 14 – 30, 2009

final show with new work from the residency stay

IINSIDE THE BEEHIVE + DIGICULT INTERVIEW

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