AN EXPERIMENT WITH TIME
An Experiment With Time
Audio & Visual Installation
John W. Dunne, an aeronautical engineer, philosopher, and fly-fishing lover, published An Experiment with Time in 1927. The installation makes it possible for the past and the future to coexist, premonitory dreams and dreams that refer to neither memories nor anticipation. Marked by this offbeat endeavor, the Italian composer Daniele Ghisi has taken off in this curious time-dilating machine. Through the use of aliases projected on screens and electronic databases, several different series
DANIEL GHISI AN EXPERIMENT WITH TIME installation: sound, video, animation
Commissioned by IRCAM-Centre Pompidou and the Divertimento ensemble
Inspired by the eponymous book by John W. Dunne
Video
Daniele Ghisi, Luigi Acerbi, Paolo Puggioni Storyline
Maryam Babaei script assistant
Luca Morino video assistant
Davide Bordogna graphic advisor
The Experiment cards are drawn by Luca Nava
Julien Reis IRCAM video technician
Photo credits
Miroslav Barták, From Old Books, Karl Jahnke
Copies of the Illustrated London News shoLondon News/Mary Evans Picture Library
Audio credits
Tebblofang,
Additional thanks to
Carlos Agon, Mattia Bergomi, Sylvain Cadars, Aaron Einbond, Carla and Giorgio Felotti, Maria Giulia Ganassini, Jean-Louis Giavitto, Boris Labbé, Virgilio Maffeis and family, Yann Philippe, Andrea Rota, Christopher Trapani, Paul Slocum et Vincenzo Picariello
Sound and visual installation as part of the exhibition "Coder le monde" from June 15 to August 27,
- An Experiment With Time © Daniele Ghisi
- Daniel Ghisi © Bernard Clerc-Renaud/Musica Nova