STANDING WAVE: DRAWING TIDE
Light installation based on the extreme tides of Bay of Fundy, Nova Scotia
Fluorescent tubes, yellow cords, transformers
6.2m x 4.5 x 2m
Place Markers-Mapping Locations and Probing Boundaries, curated by Peter Dykhuis
Dalhousie Art Gallery, Halifax 2012
A standing wave is a phenomenon produced when the particular frequency holds an equal harmonic resonance. The Bay of Fundy is one of the only large tidal water bodies where the in and out going tide harmonise with the shape of the geology causing a natural standing wave phenomena, in turn creating extreme tidal pulses. The in-situ research undertook 11 hours occupying the tidal zone (the duration of an in and out going tide) drawing and measuring the experience of how the body and perception comprehend such large bodies of moving water. The spaces between the fluorescent tubes are intuitive based on the site experience, in order to create a wave within a wave, a pulse that undulates both ways simultaneously to emulate the resonant frequency.
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