The Crossing

An installation of holograms with an interactive soundscape by Martina Mrongovius and Philippe Pasquier.  Silver-gelatin holographic prints and ultra-sonic sensor with pure-data programming exhibited in Beyond the Window, Bus Gallery, Melbourne, March 2008.

This installation uses responsive image and sound elements to enclose the space of a journey…a kind of remembered experience of glimpses mapped into a structure.  The imagery was collected on a road-trip across Japan, between discussions of Shinto and the nature of the road. A digitally constructed collage/montage was transferred into two holograms, leaving scenes that inhabit an ephemeral landscape punctuated by the familiar markings of the road.

The soundscape layers a background recording with distorted voices, as the viewer moves they scratch the soundtrack, stopping causes the sound to fragment in unpleasant 'seeds'.

The idea of this installation is that each encounter is different and combination of holographic images and responsive sound is designed to keep the viewer moving.

© Martina Mrongovius