EPIDERM V.2, Cycle 7

Artists
Monument-National
Digital technologies ushered in a new era in human history. Nanotechnology, the science of the infinitesimal, promises to have an even greater impact. The nanotech revolution makes it possible for humans to manipulate molecular structures and individual atoms on a nanometric scale - that is, to within a millionth of a millimetre. Inspired by such technological advances, Epiderm explores that which is normally imperceptible. It is a nano-optical simulation that bridges the gap between the visible and invisible world. The performance explores a universe that expands inward, approaching extremes of reduction and complexity that are difficult to fathom.
Skoltz_Kolgen chose to interpret the dynamic of an infinitely small world in an idiosyncratic way. Their piece proposes an artistic approach that is both macrovisual and sensorial in nature. Its starting point is a virtual world-fiction that gently draws the spectator in. Starting at the surface of the skin, Epiderm delves inward to take the audience on a journey towards the infinitely small: familiar things such as hair and pores give way to cells, which in turn fade to reveal a foreign landscape of atoms. The nanoworld is a system composed of microparticles that interact with each another on a scale where all known reference points cease to be relevant.
backs, heads resting on cushions, from where they can contemplate the giant circular screen hanging from the ceiling. Spectators' horizontal positions and the 5.1 surround sound provide optimal
conditions for the perception of both sound and image, accentuating the force of attraction and repulsion among atoms and immersing users deep within the nanoworld. In this world of the infinitely small, if a human stood one nanometre tall, a red blood cell would appear to be 1,759 stories high.
- Date
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June 02, 2006 21:00 - 21:45
- Venue
- 1182 Saint-Laurent Blvd | (514) 871-9883
Montréal, Canada
Monument-National - Tickets
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$10.00 at the door + tx & sc