EPIPHONY - "Epiphony" is a reflective dome in which ‘two bubbles collide’. It deals with the interpersonal space between two individuals, where mutual emotional being is measured with heart rate and electro dermal activity: the higher the arousal, the more the skin conductance increases, as well as heart rate. Sound is the foremost feedback of this biological interaction: by backcasting the internal process of the two being ‘alone together’, it exposes this unique private experience.
‘The only way to unravel the mystery of the other is by listening.’
- This installation was exhibited at Into The Great Wide Open Festival and developed by Alida Glasbeek, Görkem Arıkan and Francesco Di Maggio.
TWENTY YEARS LATER - In ‘Twenty years later’ Alida Glasbeek (1994) investigates the coming of age of her older generations (1930, 1949, 1971). The historical relation of our elders time with the present is fundamental. It deeply influences how passed and new events will leave their mark, and how we will set course for the future.
If we were to learn from the past, what knowledge of our elders will we nurture while shaping the present?
This installation tells the stories of 4 generations. Painfully personal and sometimes relatable; each one of them tells about what marked them most in their coming of age. The stories accompanied by found historical sound and video footage, personal pictures and voices are woven together in their 3D scanned bodies. As animated monuments of time they are portrayed in a life-sized projection. The viewer can discover the images in the details of their bodies and find the connections referred to in their narratives. With every revisition comes to light that all generation’s excerpts bear a lesson for the future and their experiences will be passed on, one way or another.
