Based in the beautiful city of Modena, Italy, fuse* is a studio and production company that works at the intersection of art and technology.
At the heart of its inspiration, which is expressed mainly through live performances and installations, is the desire not only to challenge the pre-established order of things, but also to establish a new relationship between light, sound, movement and space.
Through their sophisticated work that intertwines science, art and technology, the studio is part of the international scene of artists who are committed to the creation of culture and knowledge. They also maintain close contact with the territory and its community. In this spirit, indeed, since 2016 fuse* has co-produced NODE, an international festival dedicated to the meeting of the visual arts with electronic music, cinema and new technologies.
fuse*’s last project, Treu, has been premiered at Pochen Biennale in Chemnitz, Germany on October 22nd. This work, which is a real time audiovisual installation, questions the concept of trust and is on display at Wirkbau Chemnitz until November 1st.
[Fig.1] Treu, 2020. Credits: fuse* Studio.
“Reality oscillates between realism and abstraction depending on indexes that measure market confidence collected in real-time. On one hand, the past and the present are visualised through photogrammetry, a technology which allows to obtain reliable information about physical objects through the process of recording, measuring and interpreting photographic images. On the other, an artificial intelligence predicts possible futures elaborating the data from the past; the same data that had the power to shift public opinion - trust - and to trigger processes of social change or to repress them.” - fuse*studio.
Multiverse, a real time A/V installation based on generative graphics and sounds, leverages the hypothesis of the multiverse, a theory of physical cosmology according to which there is a group of multiple universes that encompasses everything that exists (i.g., time, space, matter, information, energy, and the constants and physical laws that regulate them).
[Fig.2] Multiverse, 2018. Video, Credits: fuse* Studio.
“The installation lays its foundations precisely on this concept and, through the creation of a succession of digital paintings generated in real time, attempts to represent the eternal birth and death of infinite parallel universes.” - fuse*studio.
[Fig. 3] Multiverse, 2018. Still image of the process used in the creation of the artwork. Credits: fuse* Studio.
As fuse* explained: “Multiverse aims to create a relationship of great intimacy with the viewer while wanting to keep the hierarchies between the two main characters. On one side the ephemeral and vulnerable human figure and on the other side something extremely vast and incomprehensible, almost impenetrable, such as the universe.”
In November 2020, Multiverse took part in AS-Helix: Art and Science Integration in the Age of Artificial Intelligence, an exhibition at the intersection of art and science held in Beijing at the National Museum of China. The work won the Wu Guanzhong Art and Science Innovation Award assigned by Tsinghua University and has been exhibited among those of over 200 artists including Refik Anadol Studio, teamLab, Tobias Gremmler, etc.
Recently, a prototype dome version of Multiverse, created for the program FUTURE VISION LAB of Taiwan Contemporary Culture Lab, will premiere in Taipei on November 1st.
[Fig. 4] Multiverse.dome, 2020 at Future Vision Lab. Credits: fuse* Studio.
“The experimental projects presented at FUTURE VISION LAB involve super high-resolution images and open exhibition platform to create a fully immersive experiential space, generated through artificial intelligence (AI) and images, with generative art and a high-speed computing platform to initiate a vision for visual experimentation and innovation. The exhibitions and performances that are taking place over a three-month period are the result of collaborations among up-and-coming new media artists.” - Future Vision Lab.
From November 2020 to January 2021, FUTURE VISION LAB will provide a wide range of visual experiences: https://clab.org.tw/en/project/future-vision-lab.
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