Ephemeron is an interactive installation resulting from the collaboration of artists during the e-MobilArt project. Ephemeron, a responsive sculpture, attempts to express the eternal ephemeral human epic: the daily song of pain and struggle, love and loss, lived by beings full of “mud and dreams". The installation comprises an audio soundscape, projected video and a large fabric form under high tension and with a floor of sand. Visitors may enter the form, where the projected video and soundscape become sensitive to their presence.

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collaboration, interaction, visual arts, sound, music, video
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Supplement 1: Ephemeron - creating the interactive installation

Installation view of Ephemeron at the 2nd Biennale of Contemporary Art, Thessaloniki, Greece, May 2009. (© Eleni Panouklia)

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Supplement 2: A simulation of what might happen if a visitor enters the sculpture

An audio simulation of what might happen when a visitor enters the sculpture. The generative audio engine registers the time spent inside and both diminishes the degree of abstraction and increases the fragment length of the recorded folk songs, facilitating a more congruent understanding of the abstract audio environment. (© Barry L. Roshto)

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Supplement 3: Ephemeron - creating the interactive installation

This short video documents our collaborative process; from creating the sculptural form, to developing the video audio, then creating separate interactive components for both video audio, finally installing and exhibiting the installation at the 2nd Biennale of Contemporary Art, Thessaloniki, Greece. (© John Holder)

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