Formosa
2009
Installation
Commissioned by Crate
‘Formosa’ was commissioned as part of Matthew De Pulford’s ‘Bad Translation’ programme for Crate.
The installation was staged in Margate’s Shell Grotto, an underground chamber lined with over 4 million shells. Visitors to the installation triggered a series of sensors that operated various sound sources taken from recording analogue data cassettes. The sound sources in turn triggered a series of sound-reactive projections.
The work referenced the Grotto’s rich history as a site of Seances. It employed ideas prevalent in Electronic Voice Phenomena and also the notion of obsolescence in technology.
Following its staging at the Grotto the piece was also shown at Crate’s project space.
