Powerline

Powerline is an audio-reactive installation created for the OFF:Rooms event, which took place in St. Petersburg on April 22, 2017. It was located in one of the abandoned workshops of an engineering factory on the outskirts of the city.

The installation was inspired by the relics of Soviet industrial power, whose potential has remained unclaimed for many years. After the breakup of the Soviet Union, these factories fell into disrepair, unable to adapt to new economic and political realities. Some became home to small semi-legal businesses, while many turned into vandalized ruins. Powerline is a short circuit caused by these circumstances.

The installation consists of 220 meters of electroluminescent wire mounted on 6 steel frames. Driven by a generative beat structure, they created a throbbing 15-meter "voltaic arc," filling the space with electric buzz and sparks during the night.