Artist statement
Constellations transforms the Gallery into a ridiculous splendour of sound and light. The work is designed to respond to the site and each iteration develops on the last. The Canberra version uses a grid of 60 small crystal balls suspended from the ceiling. Invisible in the darkness, these crystal balls become target points for white laser light that explodes and refracts on impact – splitting into a colourful cornucopia of light and sound.
The work explores the potential for symmetry and patterned interaction between the beams, the targets and the immersive sound world. As with most of my audiovisual work, the voltage you see (in the form of laser beam displacement) is often also the voltage that you hear.