Luc Messineszis' experiential sound art installation “Amalgama”, was selected to feature at the 5th edition of the minus20degree festival for art and architecture in Flachau, Austria, entitled Global Village. With this work, Luc attempts to conjure a hyper-reality by creating an amalgam of two profound realities, using the medium of sound and appropriate diffusion techniques as a catalyst.
The Artwork: A basic alchemical process involves two different elements mixing and transforming into something new. Following this paradigm, Luc Messinezis with his artwork "Amalgama" utilizes such alchemical processes and fuses two distinct realities in order to produce a new one. By diffusing a typical Mediterranean summer soundscape into the whited-out winter landscape of the Alps, a hyper-reality emerges, which perceptually and emotionally challenges the ambler. The artwork fuses two seasons, two places and two cultures by exemplifying an amalgamation of anthropogeographical signification. It recalls and reflects.
Luc Messinezis is an artist and researcher working across sound, installation and performance.
Festival Link: https://www.m20d.eu/
