THE FOUNT
The Fount was an installation combining technology with the symbolic power of naturally occurring elements - feathers, water, colour, sound and light. The objects came together as an assemblage, the technological element not only a method of display but as an integral part of the structure. Incorporating 10 procedural videos, 30 glass vessels, 30 white feathers, a silk veil and original source water taken from the fountain in the centre of the town Todi in Umbria Italy, it was exhibited in 2021 as part of the annual OPEN DOORS group show there.
The series of videos BIRDS CAN PAINT that played throughout the duration of the work were created by bird song via mapping the sound frequencies to colour. The choice of which frequency was mapped to which colour model was conceptually underpinned by an ancient Taoist thought called Wu Xing, which, as described in the I Ching (the Book of Changes) is a system of five phases that interprets relationships between phenomena. Using this as a methodology I mapped the bass, low, medium and high frequencies to the RGBA colour model of alpha, green, red, and blue respectively.
The installation incorporated a performance which entailed the artist walking across the main piazza in Todi 15 times there and back to visit the Eagle fountain (a symbol of the towns heritage) so as to fill the 30 glass vessels with original source water.
THE FOUNT Smart Flat Screen display; 10 x 3min generative videos, 10 x 3min sound recordings of Australian birds, silk chiffon wedding veil, 30 white pheasant feathers, 30 glass vessels; clear nylon wire, original source water taken from fountain in Todi, Italy. Dimensions Variable
