The installation breathes, dreams, and reacts—its emotional states unfolding through sound and light.
Our Role Sound Concept, Interaction Design, Sound Design, Music Composition & Production, Audio Supervision, Programming, Mix & Master, On-site Implementation // Client Merck // Creative Direction, Concept, Design, Lead agency TAMSCHICK MEDIA+SPACE // Technical Planning, Implementation, Construction, Hardware, Software, Programming iart ag // Architect HENN // Year 2018
The main layout and design of the Light Cloud is inspired by the cognitive and emotional states such as sleeping, dreaming, remembering, feeling and thinking. Each audio-visual composition reflects a certain state of consciousness, like perception, self-awareness, awakeness, ability to act and intentionality. Depending on each state, the modes of the compositions range from passive to reactive to interactive. Thus, visitors become sometimes observers, sometimes participants.
During the day the installation rearranges the sound compositions according to it’s state of mind, so that on each visit the space feels completely different. With more than 80 unique soundscapes, the visitors experience interactively a broad set of self-evolving scenarios that range from playful musical compositions up to complex sound experiments.
A smart system behind the mirrored surfaces continuously connects new correlations between the movements of the visitors and the resulting audio-visual responds. Sound, light and movement merge to an interactive canvas.
To envelop visitors fully, the installation used a spatial sound system of seven ceiling speakers (seen thediagram), four exciters hidden behind mirrored walls, and one subwoofer beneath the floor.
Together they created a seamless field of sound — a living presence that could be felt as much as heard, surrounding the body and dissolving the boundaries of the room.
