2005 VOICE WITHOUT SOUND
National Library of Quebec, the Grande Bibliothèque building in Montreal, Quebec
This luminous wall is 27.5 metres long, the length of a public corridor. It is a kind of sound graph of breathing and of the silent voice of the books, with unexpected sharp, low and drawn out accents.
4 stainless steel rectangles embedded in a blown glass wall
1st part: 15 metres x 2.9 metres
2nd part: 12.5 metres x 2.9 metres
850 glass rods 2cm in diameter partially frosted to diffuse the light
850 metal rings
850 LEDS/Kinetic Color Software Program
4 animation cycles programmed to change with the seasons
Crédits photos : Richard-Max-Tremblay



