Dialogs, impossible conversations
Multimedia installation
Lisboa, 2005
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Dialogs represents a hypothetical conversation between a man and a woman inside a museum. The two people talk about the form and meaning of an abstract painting, without understanding the motivations of the other person and consequently reach a common feeling.
Each participant’s point of view is represented by a luminous display composed of a series of interlocking, fragmented panels that explode within the space dilating perspective.
To understand the two different points of view, visitors must position themselves in a precise point in front of the display, whose panels are composed of consecutive letters and therefore words and phrases that express the opinion of the character.
Every display is also connected to an audio system that exaggerates the characteristics of distortion and incomprehension of the dialog between the couple.
Project presentations:
October 2006, Pompidou Centre, Paris
October 2005, Fabrica Features, Lisbon
January 2005, Kunstmuseum, Basel
Project by
Francesco Meneghini
Ramon de Marco
Pedro Ferreira
Converstion text
Leonora Sartori