At the end of the October, we’ll be unveiling 1024 Architecture’s BOOM BOX in Paris, putting a few of our favorite DJs and electronic acts inside the new performance installation, and shaking it up to see what happens. But until then, we can toy with another kind of “box” installation, developed by a multi-disciplinary uncanny French trio. Inside the Black Box is a complex object that tells the story of this mysterious prism in a true audio-visual show. The project creates a unique live performance that straddles the cross section between a live gig, a theater and film.This project was born from a collaboration between Yro Yto, an installation artist and video animation specialist, and Sati, an ambient-electronica duo. Using a performance-based video technique, the group constructed objects out of raw materials like paper, cardboard, motors, and lights that are manipulated in real-time, filmed and projected on the screen behind the musicians. The mix of high and low-tech materials gives the images a grainy, abstracted look that helps to further obscure their design.The result is a 40 minute experimental film, out of which the audience has to invent their own interpretation and speculate on possible meanings the images and sounds flashing before their eyes might represent. The vertical white flashing lights in sync makes us think of the visuals created by our Creators Trafik for Mondkopf’s new live set.