A large-scale installation called “Dreams of Gaspard”. It was exhibited at an event in the France Institute in Saint Petersburg dedicated to the longest night of the year. This project was a reflection on the poem “Gaspard de la Nuit” that was written by Aloysius Bertrand and a piano suite by Maurice Ravel. The central part of the installation was the Flywheel of sleep, a 5 meters high object comprised of wood, metal and diode-lamps. The lamps action (“animation”) was controlled by an Arduino. The Flywheel was spinning in both directions to symbolize that both the sleep was controlling us and we were controlling it.
Dreams of Gaspard
