Artists : NONOTAK ( Noémi Schipfer & Takami Nakamoto)
www.nonotak.com
Many thanks to : Ana Ascensio, Justine Beaujouan, Boris Edelstein, Adrien Boulanger, Fanny Visser,Will Wires Dardelin, Dominique Peissel, Fabrice Giraud, Fabio Manozzi, Jorge Escobar, Yves Evéquoz, Sougwen Chung, Wengnam Yap, Adi Panuntun, Sony Budi Sasono, Gaz Bushell, Anthony Rowe, Loic Shutter, Linda Cavaliero, Audrey Powell and Walid Van Boetzelaer
Mapping festival 2013 Geneva. www.mappingfestival.com
Inspired by -ANTIVJ's 3DESTRUCT http://www.antivj.com/3Destruct_v2
-ILAN KATIN's Work: https://vimeo.com/31817427
-JULIO LE PARC's WORK http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GHo0yyuRxpk
-RYOJI IKEDA's TRANSFINITE http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=omDK2Cm2mwo
-ANTHONY MC CALL's Work: http://www.anthonymccall.com/pg2.html

The idea of "ISOTOPES" is to generate a dematerialised space. The catalyst of the project have been post Fukushima's atmosphere. This tragedy that collided within our memories and childhood has led us to think about the brittleness of reality. This point of no return reflects the brutality of this evolving world that surrounds us, replacing any individual's existence into fiction.

"Isotopes" is an open space which can also be perceived as a prison. At first, the slow and hypnotizing moving lights attracts the visitor into the heart of it. Then, the rhythm and the intensity become continually more aggressive until it generates immaterial barriers: it's easy to get in but neigh impossible to get out. This echoes the way humans approach nuclear power. First seduced, then addicted by its comfortable energy, humans have become trapped in an unstable situation. The rhythm of the lights and the sounds bring back the connection between the Japanese and their awareness of radioactive omnipresence. Sometimes you can forget it, like the glow of a night light, but sometimes the conscience gains the upper hand, and fear comes back with loss of ground reference. Through the metamorphoses of its appearance, this installation leaves the visitor between what once existed and what didn't, drawing them into the spectrum of their own volatile emotions.

NONOTAK / ISOTOPES v.02 Mapping Festival 2013 Geneva

&#x2014;Noémi Schipfer and Takami Nakamoto&#x2014;have created an installation, called

Fukushima nuclear meltdown that happened back in 2011.

The piece featured at Geneva's 2013 Mapping Festival and consists of projected light which entices the viewer to investigate further. But, once the unsuspecting visitor has headed towards the light like a moth to the flame, they become trapped in this beguiling maze--the intense and aggressive rhythm of the lights and sounds becomes an audiovisual cage.

The pair wanted to evoke the mixed feelings local people had on nuclear power following the Fukushima disaster, how a once attractive way of generating energy suddenly became a nightmare from which they couldn't escape.

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Nonotak's installation features walls of abstract light which beguile and then trap the viewer.

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