PULS

Sometimes, old street lamps flicker slightly due to wear. This is a moment when the object begins to lose its function and shifts meaning. The materials used in the installation are objects with a similar history – an old street lamp, small elements made of various materials, and steel structures salvaged from a burned-down commercial complex. One of the objects – a lamp connected to a neural network – responds to the viewer’s presence, translating facial expressions into changes in the intensity and rhythm of light. In another, the light flickers according to a programmed rhythm, no longer responding to external input. In the subsequent ones, the artistic gesture lies solely in the spatial arrangement of materials and the tensions between them. As the reactivity of the object groups gradually decreases, a question arises: Can only that which responds be considered capable of forming a relation? Is it also possible to identify with what remains silent, unchanged, and if so, to what extent?