Black Hole Empire
making the invisible visible
[reverse - inverse // swallow - spit // absorb - radiate // black hole - white hole // gravity - distance// density - gravity - light//bending of space time]
After almost 100 years of Einsteins prediction of Black Holes in the Universe, LIGO (the biggest ruler in the world) picked up the gravitational waves of two black holes colliding, turning their existence from fiction into facts.
I researched Black Holes by interviewing scientists, cosmologists, doing online physic courses. I’m interested how their scientific model could be translated into a performance and costume design, making these abstract entities more comprehendible to a wider audience. Another reason was the attack of the intellectual and scientific research by members of the public. I craved for factual measurements that science could bring, as well as that something fictional became fact, because of the measurements of the gravitational waves of two black holes merging together, 100 years after Einsteins prediction of their existence. The performance has been further developed, into an hour long work “Black Hole Empire: After the Event Horizon”, first performed at UBIK Rotterdam in 2018. Introducing the world on the other side of a black hole where there could be a holographic work mirroring what’s on the other side of a black hole.
Using images of different stages of different cycles of dying stars and merging them with the photogrammed faces of my performers, i created 3d printed facemasks worn during the performance.
This Research project looked at Black Holes as a design model to create costumes and performances using digital technology such as 3d printing, 3d modelling software, 3d photogrammetry, Arduino and conductive rubbers and a haptic mouse arm.
The choreography was developed in collaboration with Aline Derderian and Wet Mess
Music was composed by Matthijs van Wageningen.
The performance premiered at London College of Fashion at Arcade East as part of London Design Week, and has been performed at the "10th anniversary of David Roberts Art Foundation Frieze Evening of performances" at the legendary Club Koko in Camden, as part of Monster Chetwynds " Mega Hammer"
Artist-in-Residence at London College of Fashion Digital Anthropology Lab, premiered during London Design Week at Arcade East.
This 9 months research project has been generously supported by Stichting Stokroos and CBK Rotterdam (Centre of Visual Arts Rotterdam), Fashion Space Gallery and London College of Fashion. Special Thanks to Dr. Daniela Huppenkothen and Dr. Boris Leistedt, from New York University, who helped with the scientific specifics of the behaviour of Black Holes.
Pictures by Luxxxer, Nesreen Salem, Claire Lawrie and film by Oscar Oldershaw and Joseph Campbell
making the invisible visible
[reverse - inverse // swallow - spit // absorb - radiate // black hole - white hole // gravity - distance// density - gravity - light//bending of space time]
After almost 100 years of Einsteins prediction of Black Holes in the Universe, LIGO (the biggest ruler in the world) picked up the gravitational waves of two black holes colliding, turning their existence from fiction into facts.
I researched Black Holes by interviewing scientists, cosmologists, doing online physic courses. I’m interested how their scientific model could be translated into a performance and costume design, making these abstract entities more comprehendible to a wider audience. Another reason was the attack of the intellectual and scientific research by members of the public. I craved for factual measurements that science could bring, as well as that something fictional became fact, because of the measurements of the gravitational waves of two black holes merging together, 100 years after Einsteins prediction of their existence. The performance has been further developed, into an hour long work “Black Hole Empire: After the Event Horizon”, first performed at UBIK Rotterdam in 2018. Introducing the world on the other side of a black hole where there could be a holographic work mirroring what’s on the other side of a black hole.
Using images of different stages of different cycles of dying stars and merging them with the photogrammed faces of my performers, i created 3d printed facemasks worn during the performance.
This Research project looked at Black Holes as a design model to create costumes and performances using digital technology such as 3d printing, 3d modelling software, 3d photogrammetry, Arduino and conductive rubbers and a haptic mouse arm.
The choreography was developed in collaboration with Aline Derderian and Wet Mess
Music was composed by Matthijs van Wageningen.
The performance premiered at London College of Fashion at Arcade East as part of London Design Week, and has been performed at the "10th anniversary of David Roberts Art Foundation Frieze Evening of performances" at the legendary Club Koko in Camden, as part of Monster Chetwynds " Mega Hammer"
Artist-in-Residence at London College of Fashion Digital Anthropology Lab, premiered during London Design Week at Arcade East.
This 9 months research project has been generously supported by Stichting Stokroos and CBK Rotterdam (Centre of Visual Arts Rotterdam), Fashion Space Gallery and London College of Fashion. Special Thanks to Dr. Daniela Huppenkothen and Dr. Boris Leistedt, from New York University, who helped with the scientific specifics of the behaviour of Black Holes.
Pictures by Luxxxer, Nesreen Salem, Claire Lawrie and film by Oscar Oldershaw and Joseph Campbell
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