MICRO explores the small universe that is our body and mind. It consists of an 10ft x 14 ft x 10ft structure that has 200 translucent balls hanging from the top of the structure, each ball containing a speaker. When a ball is bumped into it generates a unique sound, and lights up with one of 5 different colors. As people play with the balls they are engulfed by a symphony of lights and sounds surrounding them on all sides.
MICRO was an honorarium installation at Burning Man 2014. Throughout the week, there were a number of dance performances with the piece. The video highlights a few excerpts from those performances.
MICRO has also appeared at
2023 Lowell City Hall - JFK Plaza, MA
2017 Wave Festival, Breckenridge, CO
2016 MICRO in Kingston NY
2015 Cameron Art Museum, NC
2015 Pause Festival in Melbourne, Australia, commissioned by Federation Square
Credits(original build in Burning Man 2014):
Concept/Design/Creative Direction
Kiori Kawai
Concept/Music/Electrical Design
Aaron Sherwood
Performance
Betta Lambertini, Logan Scharadin, Julia Montepagani,
Matthew Hardy, Joshua batson, Kris Seto, Elise Knudson, Kiori Kawai
Building
Andy Sigler, Lisa Park, Rosalie Yu, Laura Chen,
Wyna Liu, Scott Horton, Mark Hebert, Elise Knudson, Chris Hallvik, Angela Orofino,
Momo Nakayama, Logan Scharadin, Julia Montepagani, Chelsea Southard, Ni Cai
Cinematography
Roy Rochlin, Talya Stein, Momo Nakayama
Guardian Angel
Eric Rosenthal
Special thanks
The Generator Inc., Camp Contact, River School Farm
Photography
Momo Nakayama, Kiori Kawai