IDA HIRŠENFELDER: Hyperthermia
interactive sound & light installation
The Match Gallery // until 24 August
OPENING: Friday, 23 May, at 9:30 p.m.

The project presents a unique musical instrument with electroluminescent strings that emit electromagnetic waves in the rhythm of solar storms. The strings translate the echoes of cosmic noise as generated by the stars in our galaxy; thus, the interactive installation teaches us how to synchronise with the Sun. The installation comprises two components, connected solely by electromagnetic radiation, namely: the first is a computer that translates and processes solar storm data in real time and uses it to control electroluminescent strings, whilst the second is an array of detectors. Some of these are static, others are available to the audience, who use them to create a new layer of sonority mixed with the sound of strings as they walk around the space. The audience manipulates the soundscape with the help of detectors, creating a unique psychoacoustic experience.

IDA HIRŠENFELDER (beepblip) is a sound artist and archivist. She creates interdisciplinary sound installations and soundscapes, compositions and sound walks, with a particular interest in sound ecology, experimental music and the placement of sound into space. She is a member of the bioacoustics and sound ecology group Jata C and the modular synthesis community Clockwork Voltage. She also runs workshops on the detection of inaudible sound from electromagnetic detectors, hydrophones, ionospheres and ultrasound.

Concept and execution: beepblip (Ida Hiršenfelder)
Programming and electronics: ::vtol:: (Dmitry Morozov)
Video and photodocumentation: Miha Godec

Special thanks to: Osmo/za (Project Atol and Ljudmila) & Rampa Lab
The project was funded by the Ministry of Culture, the Republic of Slovenia, and the City Municipality of Ljubljana.
co-production: Museum and Galleries of Ljubljana (MGML)