Ralf Baecker — The Collapse of a Microcosm (2025)

An electronic memory becomes sensitive to changes in its surroundings.

A loop of illuminated modules suspended inside a room.

Ralf Baecker — The Collapse of a Microcosm (2025)

In Moss, ninety modules combine memory, light, sensors and small speakers. Signals circulate around a loop in which changes in light and passing shadows leave traces that transform over time.

The installation invites us to consider memory as a material process exposed to its environment. The machine does more than preserve a past: it replays and alters it.

Documentation source: https://rlfbckr.io/project/tcoam/

Image: Studio Ralf Baecker ; documentation vidéo / video documentation, Lars-Ingar Bragvin Andreas / Texas Reklamebyrå.

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