Jim Madsen, Mark-David Hosale: Messages from the Horizon

Title:

Messages from the Horizon

Artist(s):

Jim Madsen
Mark-David Hosale

Symposium:

ISEA2020: 26th International Symposium on Electronic Art
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Medium:

Installation

Artist Statement:

Messages from the Horizon is an artwork inspired by the elusive nature of black holes and their study. Three semi-transparent displays represent black holes using an effect called persistence of vision. An array of monitors collects and assembles messages from the simulated black holes. Each monitor offers a different perspective of otherwise unknowable information from the simulated black hole messages through visualizations and sonifications in real-time. The result is an expression of the process of astronomical observation, knowledge acquisition and the human condition that simultaneously celebrates human achievement and the existential limitations of our being.