Chimes

Collectif Blackbox

Chimes-Lyon-France-2017

A modern and surprising chime

Visitors are invited to activate the carillon, made up of 30 luminous tubes and eight loudspeakers, and watch the space transformed by light and sound. At rest, with no interaction, the Chimes tends towards a state of equilibrium. All it takes is a gust of wind or interaction with the audience to transform the atmosphere of the space, and new patterns of light and sound emerge. Each clash of the carillon’s blades disrupts the audiovisual environment and is likely to generate divergent evolutions. The innumerable combinations offer the audience a multitude of alternatives to explore.

Technical Features

Composition: 36 luminous tubes and 1 chime with hanging structure

Total weight: 650 kilos

Work footprint: Minimum 3,000 ft2 (279 m 2) / Maximum 11,466 ft2 (1,065 m 2)

Several configurations are possible, depending on the site and the desired experience

 

Creation and execution

Collectif Blackbox

Project manager / Artistic Director

Mathilde Joanny

Technical Director

Mathieu Désilets

Creative programmer

Alexandre Lustigman

Integrator

Salim Lounis

Interactive programmer

Jean-Claude Macena and Salim Lounis

Sound programmer

Xavier Tremblay

Co-production

Quartier des Spectacles Partnership and MONTRÉAL EN LUMIÈRE

Executive Production, Touring

Jack World

quotes.title

Chimes evokes the principle of chaos theory. A small gesture has a far-reaching impact on its environment. Inspired by the scientific concept of strange attractors, a random disorder is created by the thirty or so tubes of light and eight loudspeakers that come to life at the slightest flicker of the chimes.

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Gallery

Chimes - Collectif Blackbox

Chimes – Collectif Blackbox

Chimes - Montréal, Canada - 2018 © Frederique Menard Aubin

Chimes – Montréal, Canada – 2018 © Frederique Menard Aubin

Chimes - Regina, Canada - 2022© Lauren Hope

Chimes – Regina, Canada – 2022© Lauren Hope

Chimes - Lyon, France - 2017

Chimes – Lyon, France – 2017

Chimes - Chicago, USA - 2018 © Carla

Chimes – Chicago, USA – 2018 © Carla

Chimes - Montréal, Canada - 2018 © Benoit Rousseau

Chimes – Montréal, Canada – 2018 © Benoit Rousseau

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