ADAM WADEY  |  WHAT MOVES?

2017 | Secret Garden Party

‘What Moves?’ presents an impossible spectacle. Using light and water, and drawing on the ‘persistence of vision’ phenomenon, it creates a choreography of static water streams seemingly suspended against gravity.

Through synchronising the frequencies of the oscillation of the water outlets with strobe lighting, the installation allows the weightless-water effect to be viewed with the naked eye.
The piece induces a heightened awareness and appreciation of our sensory abilities and limitations. It encourages us to reflect on the knowledge we consider infallible and where the limitations of disbelief lie. 

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Copper piping, speaker drivers, strobe lights, water management system, sine-wave generator, amplifier, custom lasercut components. 
 

18m x 3m x 1m