Semaphore is a cinematographic installation that emphasizes a subdued and meditative state by submerging the audience in a world of pulsating and shifting shapes. The work is created from two basic compositional premises; pulse and feedback. The backbone of the composition is a stream of visual and sonic pulses, leaving its intervals to be explored and brought to life by a feedback generating network, consisting of envelopes, gates, compressors and masks. The intertwining layers provide the experience of an elaborate audiovisual time-space-continuum. Running almost entirely without input from the outside world, the system becomes a magnifier of its own rudimentary functions and algorithms.

Semaphore [81:21 / 720p / 5.1 Surround] © 2008 Telcosystems. Exhibited at NiMK Amsterdam and Baltan Laboratories Eindhoven.

Made with Max/MSP/Jitter.

Semaphore is produced by SML and made possible with the generous support of Fonds BKVB and Dienst Kunst en Cultuur Rotterdam.