ATOM
audiovisual kinetic light art performance
ATOM is an audiovisual live performance created by light artist Christopher Bauder and musician and composer Robert Henke.
A room is filled with deep, evolving noises from a four-channel sound system.
An array of white, self-illuminated spheres floats in space like the atoms of a complex molecule. Through variable positioning and illumination of each atom, a dynamic display sculpture comes into being, composed of physical objects, patterns of light, and synchronous rhythmic and textural sonic events.
Change, sound, and movement converge into a larger form. The height of the helium balloons is adjusted with a computer-controlled cable, whilst the internal illumination is accomplished using dimmable super-bright LEDs, creating a pixel in a warped spatial matrix. The sonic events, the patterns of light, and the movement of the balloons are manipulated in real time.
Shows
2016 Festival del Pitic / Hermosillo, Mexico
2013 Arma 17 / Moscow, Russia
2012 UnSound Festival / Cracow, Poland
2012 Electroni[k] / Rennes, France
2011 MUTEK MX / Mexico City, Mexico
2011 EKKO Festival / Bergen, Norway
2011 FIC / Guanajuato, Mexico
2011 sound:frame Festival / Vienna, Austria
2009 STRP / Eindhoven, Netherlands
2009 Trama Festival / Porto, Portugal
2009 MUTEK Festival / Montreal, Canada
2009 La Casa Encendida / Madrid, Spain
2009 Berghain / Berlin, Germany
2008 Centre Pompidou / Paris, France
2007 STRP / Eindhoven, Netherlands
2007 TESLA Berlin, Germany
2007 La Notte Bianca / Rome, Italy
2006 SIGGRAPH / Boston, USA
2006 Elettrowave Festival / Arezzo, Italy
2006 Luminale / Frankfurt, Germany
2005 NEXT’05 / Copenhagen, Denmark
Awards
2006 BIP Interaction Design Award
Artists
Christopher Bauder
Music: Robert Henke
Technical support
KINETIC LIGHTS
Photos
Justine Lera
Christopher Bauder