PING lightWAY | soundWAY
PING: a light artwork by Gijs van Bon in which the light used in networks becomes the link between art and technologyIn the distant past, primitive means like smoke signals, drums and fire beacons were used on mountain tops to transmit messages. The light art work is a reference to this. Light and sound are communicated using modern technology, from one beacon to the next, until the message has reached the end of the line. Slow sounds, the sound of drums getting louder or the tinkle of a little bell travel down the 200 beacons that extend in a 150-metre line in the small park along the Wal. A chain reaction of messages embraces the GLOW visitor with atmosphere and dynamic light and sound. Sometimes fast and hard, sometimes poetic and hushed.
PING employs hi-tech contemporary technology. A wireless network links the beacons in an intelligent system that allows for the flow of information. Utilising this makes more possible than just the basic communication of messages. The PING kick-off took place during GLOW2018.
PING employs hi-tech contemporary technology. A wireless network links the beacons in an intelligent system that allows for the flow of information. Utilising this makes more possible than just the basic communication of messages. The PING kick-off took place during GLOW2018.