Three interactive spaces spread across Launceston – some in plain sight, some hidden away.
Inside each space, you’ll be connected with those people occupying the other two, through layered projections, silhouettes, sound and light. It’s an exploration of technology and human communication, and a good excuse for shadow puppets.
Spaces for this work included a church, a theatre, and a vacant shopfront in the Launceston CBD. Each installation included a bespoke interactive experience combining video art and music in a playful and compelling way. Lacaune was Soma Lumia's response to COVID-19, as a time when we're spending our lives stuck in our little boxes and communicating through wires, could we make that...fun?
Featuring an interactive soundtrack composed and performed by Ian Chia.
Software developed by Rhiannon Ross.
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Lacunae in action at Mona Foma 2021.
Lacunae has also been featured at Illuminate Adelaide (2022), featuring a new soundtrack in collaboration with Jesse Budel. This development was supported by South Australia Musuem, Walkway Gallery (Bordertown) and Muuray Bridge Regional Gallery.
Lacunae Flow
Lacunae Flow is a newly developed iteration of this work, commissioned as an acquisition by Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery in Launceston. Intended to serve as a bridge between the museum site in Inveresk and the art gallery in Royal Park, Lacunae Flow allowed participants to dance with one another in each location. With a new video triptych depicting the confluence of Launcestons three rivers, this new iteration of the work features collaborations with composers Ian Chia and Frances Cameron, programmer Rhiannon Ross and youth dance company, Stompin.
Lacunae Flow was supported in part by the Regional Arts Fund’s quick response grants.