The site-specific installation Whiteout expresses experiential qualities shared by a “whiteout” weather condition when visibility is severely reduced due to heavy snowfall - a condition that happens often in the region of Hallein, Austria during winter months.
The project is the result of research on the region’s climate and weeks spent on location. It is installed at a salt factory; the industrial building was originally part of the underground salt mines in the region. A series of translucent screens run along the aged wood beams of the ceiling. The screens are made of thermally bonded polypropylene filaments and are firmly pressed and arranged along the ceiling’s beams, creating spatial passages that vary from 30-90cm. The experience is subtle, as the screens move in response to the static release of a person walking between them - the screens then return to their original position. One experiences variations in visibility, light and an awareness of the body's natural energy affecting your immediate space.
Whiteout
