Synopsis

Lunatic, from luna (moon), means crazy. Lunática is the mad woman. Marked by the magickal passage of time, lun@ticå was presented as a performance, a cyber-performance, and an installation. The vernissage was in a new moon, the midissage in a full moon, and the finissage in the next new moon—symbolizing a cycle of closings and beginnings, decay and growth, dark and light.

Commemorating Samhain and the days of the dead in different cultures, we greeted the darkness with an altar. Dedicated to our lunatic ancestors, it carries memories of the past, actions of the present, projections for the future. With this work, we transformed our individual projects from ặnim@ into collective rituals—preparing for the new cycle of working together. By releasing our madness, we sang~danced~touched.

Created by

sWitches (pamela varela, Ines DeRu, ella hebendanz)

Format

installation, performance, and cyber-performance

Software

Max/MSP, TouchDesigner, Ableton Live, Milumin, Arduino IDE

Media

metal and glass objects. wearable electronics, conductive ink, sound and poetry, organic matter, machines

Credits

Concept, creation, technology sWitches (pamela varela, ella hebendanz, Ines DeRu)
Installation with Sarah de Mulder
Special thanks to the SIGN team 

Presented at

2021, “JAM-POD”, SIGN, Groningen, NL

Project Links

Performance Trailer, lun@ticå