Based on a square, the zon-mai has the shape of a house.
The dimensions
Total height: 6 meters
Length: 6 meters
Width: 6 meters
Façade: 6 x 4, 50 m (+2,25 m for the roof)
Screens and video projectors
17 videos, 2 to 5 minutes long are projected back to back on each of the zon-mai’s façade. These videos were made by Gilles Delmas from Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui’s choreographies. The entire surface is made of retro-projecting screens.
The images are projected from inside the structure to cover the 6 exterior sides of the zon-mai. The images are divided in 4 on the lateral sides, in 2 on the front and the back with a triangular image on each side, designed to fit the shape of the house. A large image structured by the supporting axis is projected on the roof.
The structure
A metal frame in aluminum structures the house. The fire-proof screens on which the images are projected are hung to the structure by elastic straps.
Conceived as an moving structure, the zon-mai can be taken into pieces and moved on its 4 casters.
The computers and the sound
A network of 3 PC controls the video-projectors by sending them video flux. The PC network synchronizes the images as well as the sound which is spread through 4 amplified low voltage speakers.
Conception © Gilles Delmas
Audio - Interview Marc Boyer - Lardux films
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