M24Filip Borelli (HR)

2019, interactive kinetic light installation

M24 is an installation made up of 24 sculptures that combine the properties of aesthetics and physics into an interactive experience.The swirling of water in a sphere, triggered by the action of the audience, activates the movement of fluorescent particles exposed to UV light, creating clusters akin to miniature galaxies. The kinetic sculptures in the shape of translucent spheres set in a parallel relationship represent an enlarged context of transience of time in one day of a person’s life.

Each sphere is a unique universe containing its own forms, relationships and cycles in a game of creation and destruction. There are 20 smaller, handheld sphere sculptures and four bigger ones. The scientific background of this work is based on contemporary ideas about time and space, such as the theory of parallel universes and string theory.

The interactivity of the M ​​series emphasizes the importance of human impact on the environment, by centering on action as the main cause of motion in space. Observed in the context of everyday life, the consequence of human actions may be manifested through the existence of microplastics in the waters of the world.

It is the letter M that symbolizes the idea of ​​the multiverse as a possible explanation of temporal-spatial relationships, in which the observer creates reality by undertaking action.

By questioning the multiverse ideas of string theory, the artist places the viewer at the center of the time-space continuum as the main link between worlds. It is the viewer who initiates the change that connects the multiple universes during the game of creation and destruction.

Collaborator: Tanja Puklek Borelli

Filip Borelli (HR)

Filip Borelli is a Croatian new media artist engaged in research of interaction of light, sound, movement and music. He graduated in Zagreb, Department of Animated film and New Media at the Academy of Fine Arts and at the Faculty of Economics. In his works, he often employs scientific approaches to the research of natural phenomena. Kinetic sculptures, interactive installations, performances and experimental films form the core of his artistic expression. He has been a performer and musician since 2009 and is a member of the Croatian Music Union. His awards include second place at the 35th Youth Salon of the Croatian Society of Fine Artists for his work Space Feedback Music (Vibrations of space) in 2020. He has participated in numerous exhibitions and festivals in Croatia and abroad, including the Silbersalz Festival (DE), Touch Me festival (HR), IAB – Industrial Art Biennial (HR), Blockheide Leuchtet (AT), Wir wollen das DAS (AT) and MTF – Music and Technology Festival (DE).

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