FIREFLIES
Shedhalle Zürich Swiss 

INSTALLATION: 
Spotlight, Digicam, Beamer, Generator


Fireflies is a media installation that was installed in different localities in southern California and other environments. The beam of light from a highly focused cinema spotlight was projected into the countryside. Dust from the dry desert, drops of rain and fog, pollen or insects attracted by the light entered the spotlight beam and were brought to illumination. The movements in the light beam, whether generated by outside factors like the wind or, in the case of the insects, self-produced, was documented, per video.
The videos show in long shots the rhythmic movements of the objects within the beam. The still photos "collect time" and show the sequence of movements as tracks. The exhibition at Shedhalle also featured the documentation video "The Lemay Island Remote Location Project" - a permanent and energy autarchic version of "Fireflies" located in the desert of Utah, USA. Curated by Anke Hoffmann and Yvonne Volkart

PLACE(S) OF EXHIBITION:
- Villa Aurora Los Angeles 2000 www.villa-aurora.org
- KunstSalon Köln 2001 www.kunstsalon.de
- GAK Bremen 2001 www.gak-bremen.de
- ZKM Karlsruhe 2002 www.zkm.de
- Gropius Bau Berlin 2006
- Shedhalle Zürich 2010 http://www.shedhalle.ch

CATALOGUE / PUBLICATION:
- Achim Mohné, Fireflies, 2000, published by Kunstsalon Cologne