Rebecca Baumann and Danny Rose: Mechanised Colour Assemblage

Overview

Sprinkling a bit of winter magic over Sydney, Vivid is back for a sixth year, and its Mechanised Colour Assemblage is tipped to be the multisensory centrepiece of Circular Quay. A collaboration between Rebecca Baumann and French-Italian collective Danny Rose, this installation is a continuously morphing listening and viewing experience.

Translating Baumann’s work into an audiovisual facade is likely to prove tricky for Danny Rose. She uses unconventional materials such as tinsel, flip-clocks, fans and detonators; however, with 3D-mapping technology and an eight-channel sound system, the project will be spatially configured to conflate colour, sound and emotion.

Both artists have solid reputations for pulling off large-scale interactive installations. Seeing them join forces is likely to produce a synaesthetic feast.