Rocio von Jungenfeld

I-Walk, 2012, I-Park Foundation, Connecticut, USA

Audiovisual walk and installation

Speakers, projector, paper, portable projector, surveillance webcam

I-walk is an ephemeral site-specific visual-walk and an installation that reflect on the natural enclave of I-Park premises, and on the buildings constructed within the park (main house, library house, studio huts, tool sheds, barn, workshop studio). The artwork consists of an 8-minute silent video projected with a portable projector on different surfaces, building walls and on five origami houses that were installed along the path that connects the main house with the pond studio.

To complement the visual-walk there is an audiovisual installation with origami houses, wool and mirrors inside the pond studio. The origami houses in the installation represent the different buildings of I-Park and were set up in the space according to their geographical positions, taking the distances from a 1:200 map. The installation was a temporal model of the physical environment. The wool threads in the installation indicate the path that connects the main building with the pond studio, and the different buildings that you have to pass by on your way to the pond. Inside the installation a radio frequency surveillance camera was streaming in real time how people were moving in the installation space, and this live video footage was projected with the pico projector onto one of the origami houses inside the pond studio.

This video is also available through the I-Park Foundation page ‘A Sense of Place’, to see the list of artworks related to please click here.

The visual material features outdoor spaces and textures appropriated from the surrounding environment, close up footage from buildings and trees, and blurry and glittery textures produced by light. The installation sound is a recording from a live improvisation with a piano frame that is set up outdoors in I-Park (rusting, full of leaves, acorns). I performed the improvisation and played with the sounds produced by things found during my daily walks (pine cones, pebbles, twigs).

Stills by Michelle Aldredge

Here is a short documentary about the artists that participated in this residency at I-Park Foundation. I and my work appear on 04:04-04:50 min.