- Artist
- Tania Candiani
- Year
- 2022
- Medium
- Two-channel video installation, octophonic sound 27’20’’. Single channel video 10’. Chalk mural
The sound action for voices and instruments intertwines different paradigms of understanding life, from ancestral Indigenous cosmogonies to quantum physics
Quantum Prelude is situated at MUAC’s Espacio Escultórico (Sculptural Space) in Mexico City. The circular, megalithic monument, circumscribed by 64 triangular prisms, mirrors the presence of 64 musicians performing in the space, orchestrating their sounds as a living score. The two-channel video installation draws a parallel between the Sculptural Space and CERN’s Large Hadron Collider, creating a striking visual narrative with archival images of early particle detectors from CERN. A poetic narration on the universe, alongside a musical composition by Rogelio Sosa, complements the visual imagery.
Described by Candiani as a ‘choreographic narration,’ the sound action replicates the arithmetic, geometrical and harmonic qualities of music—reflecting the laws of physics and the organizing principles of the cosmos. Ultimately, the sound action draws connections between the narratives of quantum physics and the worldviews of ancestral Indigenous cosmogonies.
