우리는 그들에 존재에 관심을 가지기 보다는 나의 삶에 더욱 치중하며 살고있다.
우연히 TV프로그램에서 뉴욕 메디슨 스케어 가든에 설치된 예술작품에 언급을 유심히 보게 되었다.
단순히 조명이 잔디 중앙으로 일렁이는 듯 싶더니,
조명을 조정하는것은 조명 엔지니어도 아닌, 공원에 온 사람들이였다.
그들은 두개의 봉을 손으로 잡고 자신의 맥박을 빛으로 표현하고 있었다.
내 자신이 살아있다는 것을 눈으로 확인하는 순간이다.
매일 숨을쉬지만 숨을 쉬는것을 느끼려고 하진 않는다.
하지만 물속에 들어가보면 숨쉬는 것에 고마움을 알게된다.
다른사람들은 어떤 생각을 하게될까?
수많은 빛의 향연속에 나의 맥박이 일렁이고 있는 느낌?
많은 사람들이 참여할수 있는 설치예술품이라서 더욱 관심이 갔다.
특히나, 이것또한 Aesthetics+Installation ART+ Computer programming 기술이 융합된 예술품이란 것이 더욱 매력적이다.
아래에 작가와 작품에 대한 설명을 덧붙여 본다.
Rafael Lozano-Hemmer 의 작품을 좀더 유심히 관찰해볼 계획이다.
"Pulse Park" is comprised of a matrix of light beams that graze the central oval field of Madison Square Park. Their intensity is entirely modulated by a sensor that measures the heart rate of participants and the resulting effect is the visualization of vital signs, arguably our most symbolic biometric, in an urban scale.
In Pulse Park, evening visitors to Madison Square Park have their systolic and diastolic activity measured by a sensor sculpture installed at the North end of the Oval Lawn. These biometric rhythms are translated and projected as pulses of narrow-beam light that will move sequentially down rows of spotlights placed along the perimeter of the lawn as each consecutive participant makes contact with the sensor. The result is a poetic expression of our vital signs, transforming the public space into a fleeting architecture of light and movement.
Pulse Park is inspired by Roberto Gavaldón’s film “Macario” (Mexico, 1960) in which the protagonist has a hunger-induced hallucination wherein individuals are represented by lit candles, as well as by the minimalist musical compositions of Conlon Nancarrow, Glenn Branca and Steve Riech. Pulse Park is the culmination of a series that Lozano-Hemmer debuted at the 2007 Venice Biennale with Pulse Room. Conroy Badger — programming Commissioned by the Madison Square Park Conservancy
Pierre Fournier, David Lemieux, Natalie Bouchard, Boris Dempsey, Stephan Schulz— Antimodular production
Debbie Landau, Sam Rauch, Jeffrey Sandgrund, Stewart Desmond — Mad Sq. Art production
Scharff Weisberg — Staging
Major support for Mad. Sq. Art is provided by Founding Partners Agnes Gund and Anonymous. Substantial support is provided by Jill & Peter Kraus, Leucadia Foundation, and Henry Luce Foundation. Project support is provided by the Toby D. Lewis Trust, Haunch of Venison, bitforms Gallery, OMR gallery, Galerie Guy Bärtschi and the Speyer Family Foundation. This project is supported in part with public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs.