Explicação das casas (Explanations of Houses) is one of several “explanations” that the poet Daniel Faria published in 1998 in his book Explicações das árvores e de outros animais (Explanations of trees and other animals).
The house was for Daniel a symbol of reference in his extensive work, despite his premature death, and merges with the construction of his own subjectivity. A metaphor for a transitory encounter, the house as an inside-place was never, for the poet, closed in on itself, on the contrary, it is a place for others built a little above the ground, as if it were levitating.
Samuel Silva and Duarte Amorim chose Explicação das casas as a pretext to design the space through light and sound. Daniel’s verses are the triggers for the creation of compositions, drawings, and light movements intensified by a soundscape created by the Haarvöl.
Levitação (Levitation) leads us to a suspension in which the poet’s words give way to gravityless architectures halfway between something.
DescriptionAn immersive installation by Duarte Amorim and Samuel Silva with the collaboration of Haarvöl. CommissionedCasa da ArquitecturaMediumAluminum foil, mirrors, laser, ILDA controller, hazer machine, LED tubes, a circuit board with relays, computer, soundcard/midi interface, Touchdesigner software, wiring, and 4 columns.Year2021
