wellen (waves) was a temporary art installation that could be walked on and swum in at the Herti public indoor swimming pool in the city of Zug
The spatial audio composition consists of computer-generated sine tones and the length, width and depth ratios of the indoor swimming pool. The sine tones are mixed in three different tracks and output synchronously via five loudspeakers.
The special characteristics of an indoor swimming pool are primarily the water and the hall. In addition, the space is large in terms of area and volume. Indoor swimming pools are usually noisy places. People come here with their schools, for fun or to do sports. The sine tones, i.e. waves, change their pitch, volume and generated overtone structures. They move around the room according to certain rules. As the room has a strong reverberation, only a few tones will move quietly. To experience all these subtleties, you need the exact opposite of everyday life: peace and quiet. You have to move as quietly as possible, both in the water and outside the pool.
The visual composition consists of digital images. The images contain features of the room on the one hand and waves on the other. They are projected using a projector.
The light images serve various purposes. They provide a source of light in the almost dark indoor swimming pool and project images which, through superimpositions of the same colour, show us that we do not always have to see everything as we believe we see it. The images are projected onto the floor of the pool through the water. This creates various reflections. Movements in the water obscure the image and alter the reflections.
Thanks to:
Vreni Wicki, Markus Vanza, Sigisbert Flury, Oswald Iten, Kurt Gnos, Markus Häusler, Roland Dahinden
