Traveling the unknown in order to generate new memories

An aluminium plate measuring 12 x 1.8 meters is installed on the exhibition floor to function as a screen on which projections of nautical charts of the world and text excerpts of Darwin's "Journal of Researches into the Natural History and Geology of the Countries Visited during the Voyage of H.M.S. Beagle round the World" mingle with scanning lines and circular projections resembling spotlights.
Fragments of multilayered information moving at multiple speeds form a vast "sea of information" that exists before the formation of meaning and cognizance, and while undergoing continuous change, at times they achieve a momentary state of synchronization. The visitor wanders around and on the screen in pursuit of information generated in such moments of synchronization, and experiences the process of gradually recombining such flowing information into personal memories and images.

Tour Information

• October 28, 2007 - January 14, 2008 Vom Funken zum Pixel
  Venue: Martin-Gropius-Bau (Germany)

• September 1 - 2, 2007 NAMURA ART MEETING vol.2
  Venue: former Namura shipbuilding (Osaka)

• July 15 - August 12, 2007 Body Media
  Venue: Sculpture Art Centre (China)

This performance piece was conceived in parallel with the installation "Voyages".

The stage is completely paved with mirrors that reflect projected images and the performers' bodies, blanketing the entire space with visuals accompanied by a massive, sea roar-like sound. This work, for which the Dumb Type members split up into several groups and gathered choreography ideas related to the keyword "voyage", as a whole appeared in the form of a compilation of loosely connected short pieces.