Performative Installation, consisting of 8 iron plates, 4 speakers, piezo capsule, cables, computer running CP Max/MSP Patch, fresh lemons, vinagre, salt vater, 2011.

RE-Action is an evolving installation based on the actions of two performers on a system of eight sounding iron plates and on the consequent reaction of the environment itself.

For three consecutive days the performers will act over the blank iron sheets triggering their transformation, in a process that involves the phenomenon known as oxidation, progressively converting the iron into rust. Several means will be used to wear out the iron, such as water, bleach, salt and hydrogen peroxide, as well as hand instruments and objects.

The sound implication of the gestures on one of the plates will be captured, processed and arisen again on the other plates of the system, in a concurred or a delayed relation. Some transducers will be stuck on the big windows of the gallery facing the street. The vibes of the city will be spread out by a system of speakers placed at the corners of the space. This context will influence the actions of the performers and the reactions of the system.

The mutual forces of action and reaction between two entities always occur in pairs: if a force acts upon an object, then a corresponding force will act upon the subject that exerted it.

The sounds coming from the actions on the metal plates, together with the ones coming from the windows facing the city, will be used to create a sound-sensorial memory of the system, a juxtaposition between the inner space of the gallery and the outdoor setting of the city.

This way the plates will be gradually transformed into emotional windows, layers expressing and testifying the experience of those days.

The corrosion of iron will start an irreversible process that won’t stop until the iron itself will be converted into oxide. The plates are bound to fade and to be completely converted into dust with the process of time.