CREDITS:
CLIENT: SUPERFLUX
COMMISSIONER: MUSEUM FOR APPLIED ARTS, VIENNA
PROJECT LEAD: JON ARDERN & ANAB JAIN
CURATION: MARLIES WIRTH
DESIGN & PRODUCTION TEAM: ED LEWIS, FLORIAN SEMLITSCH, LEANNE FISCHLER, NICCOLO FIORITTI, LIZZIE CROUCH, EVA TAUSIG, NICOLA FERRAO, MATT EDGSON
Motion Graphics: Dimitris papadimitriou, Michele vannoni
Motion Graphics: Dimitris papadimitriou, Michele vannoni
Invocation for Hope was an immersive installation in the central hall of the Museum of Applied Arts (MAK), for the Vienna Biennale 2021. The creation of Invocation for Hope required the installation of more than 400 trees within the MAK. In collaboration with the forestry and fire departments of Austria’s Neunkirchen region, trees that had been burned in a recent wildfire were salvaged and transported to the museum.
The moment of revelation at the heart of the work is when the viewer, looking into the pool, is confronted with the sight of a living animal reflected back at them. A collaboration with Alpenzoo Innsbruck allowed us to achieve this. By installing underwater camera rigs in the water troughs of the zoo’s native Austrian wildlife, the zoo were able to capture footage of various animals as they drank water.
Motion designers Dimitris Papadimitriou and Michele Vannoni then turned this footage into a series of abstract clips which are projected onto a screen beneath a two-way mirror at the bottom of the pool. This enables the viewer to experience an unexpected and evocative moment of connection with an ‘opposite number’ in the animal kingdom.
The moment of revelation at the heart of the work is when the viewer, looking into the pool, is confronted with the sight of a living animal reflected back at them. A collaboration with Alpenzoo Innsbruck allowed us to achieve this. By installing underwater camera rigs in the water troughs of the zoo’s native Austrian wildlife, the zoo were able to capture footage of various animals as they drank water.
Motion designers Dimitris Papadimitriou and Michele Vannoni then turned this footage into a series of abstract clips which are projected onto a screen beneath a two-way mirror at the bottom of the pool. This enables the viewer to experience an unexpected and evocative moment of connection with an ‘opposite number’ in the animal kingdom.
