M.U.S.H.is an interactive audiovisual space in which two people in different locations (DEAF04 in Rotterdam and STEIM in Amsterdam) are connected to each other by means of telepresence equipment. The user enters a dark, silent room. S/he can use a navigation stick to activate sound and image. This brings the system into a “hyperkinetic” state: there is a chaotic play of sounds, ghostly images flash, shadows appear and disappear … If the user moves the navigation stick back and forth long enough, rapidly and slowly, the image of the person in the other Mush-Room will gradually appear on the large screen. The users’ movements create the opportunity for a virtual meeting between two strangers. M.U.S.H. is based on synchronicity and creates the conditions for the testing of telepathic possibilities.
The navigation stick is a wireless movement sensor that registers the changes in the speed at which the viewer moves it. On the basis of this signal the computer changes the “choreography” and the play of sound and image.

Location Amsterdam: STEIM, Achtergracht 19, 1017 WL Amsterdam
Date: 10 t/m 21 November, 14.00-16.00 h en 18.00-20.00 h
URL: www.steim.nl

Location Rotterdam: DEAF04, Van Nelle Ontwerpfabriek, Van Nelleweg 1, Rotterdam
Date: 10 t/m 21 November, 14.00-16.00 h en 18.00-20.00 h
URL: www.deaf04.nl

Reservation and information: (010) 750 28 90

by Joachim Montessuis and Eléonore Hellio (FR)
Collaboration of DEAF04, STEIM and Waag Society
www.deaf04.nl
www.eternalnetwork.org/mush