Komorebi
ABOUT
Komorebi is a swarm of artificial creatures that make music in response to the sun, the clouds and the shadows of trees moving in the wind. Komorebi is a Japanese word meaning “sunlight shining through trees”. We are invited to experience the shadow play produced by the tree canopy on the forest floor as music. The work suggests that “life” is not an exceptional property of organic life forms, but also a property of complex systems reaching beyond biological life as we understand it.
LIVE AUDIO RECORDINGS
Komorebi at KIKK festival, day time
Komorebi at Into The Great Wide Open, night time
LINKS
On Frogs, Fireflies, Invention and Imitation
iii sensory kit #3 - Komorebi
Komorebi Larva DIY kit
Komorebi is a swarm of artificial creatures that make music in response to the sun, the clouds and the shadows of trees moving in the wind. Komorebi is a Japanese word meaning “sunlight shining through trees”. We are invited to experience the shadow play produced by the tree canopy on the forest floor as music. The work suggests that “life” is not an exceptional property of organic life forms, but also a property of complex systems reaching beyond biological life as we understand it.
LIVE AUDIO RECORDINGS
Komorebi at KIKK festival, day time
Komorebi at Into The Great Wide Open, night time
LINKS
On Frogs, Fireflies, Invention and Imitation
iii sensory kit #3 - Komorebi
Komorebi Larva DIY kit
EXHIBITION HISTORY
Into The Great Wide Open, Vlieland, 2022
OORtreders Festival, Pelt, 2022
KIKK Festival, Namur, 2022
Highlight Festival, Delft, 2023
Rewire, The Hague, 2023
Into The Great Wide Open, Vlieland, 2022
OORtreders Festival, Pelt, 2022
KIKK Festival, Namur, 2022
Highlight Festival, Delft, 2023
Rewire, The Hague, 2023
REVIEWS
“Spread over a forest area of a hundred by a hundred meters, shells call each other. They react to each other, as if speaking in a language incomprehensible to humans [...] Marangoni and Vandoren have given them an elegant design. Each part is treated with care [...] In the forest they make spatial music that changes throughout the day.
René van Peer, Gonzo Circus, September-October 2021
“Spread over a forest area of a hundred by a hundred meters, shells call each other. They react to each other, as if speaking in a language incomprehensible to humans [...] Marangoni and Vandoren have given them an elegant design. Each part is treated with care [...] In the forest they make spatial music that changes throughout the day.
René van Peer, Gonzo Circus, September-October 2021
CREDITS
Komorebi is a project by Matteo Marangoni and Dieter Vandoren.
Komorebi is developed with the assistance of Daan Johan (PCB design), Riccardo Marogna (DSP programming), Caspar Krijgsman (OTA programming), Mihalis Shammas and Nicolò Merendino (body design), Rafaele Andrade (3D printing prototypes), Luuk Meints and Ionela Pop (horn casting), Willem Werkplaats (CNC milling), Francesco Di Maggio, Tingyi Jiang, Maria Oosterveen and Siavash Jafari (assembly).
Komorebi is commissioned by Into the Great Wide Open and produced in partnership with Crossing Parallels and Highlight Festival (TU Delft) and with the financial support of the Creative Industries Fund NL and Stichting Stokroos.
