Timekabinet
site-specific sound installation

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There is a time ball on the lighthouse in Nowy Port, Gdańsk. The first device of that kind in the district dates back to 1876. Before the introduction of radio communication, time balls were an important optical signal for the sailors. They could calibrate their on-board chronometers and position their ships along the lines of longitude at sea. It is an ingenious system that works by the means of electromagnets and time signals. A long history precedes the arrival of the time ball.

Timekabinet is a sound installation that evokes other worlds, ancient times, the vast sea and journeys of exploration by means of a paper map and a spherical magnet.

VIDEO DOCUMENTATION

Production: Laznia (PL) & Nucleo (BE)

Exhibitions:
2019 - Aural Landscape, Bon Accueil, Rennes (FR)
2017 - Albanova Festival, Musica, Alden-Biezen (BE)
2015 - Meanwhile ... the City, Laznia, Gdańsk (PL)

set-up

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preparation of the work

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working visit

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