Client: International Digital Art Biennial, Arsenal Contemporary Art
Location: Montreal, QC, Canada
Completion date: 2018
Project Team
Artist
Sakchin Bessette
Artist
Aliya Orr
Overview
Synthesizing elements from ancient and contemporary practices, Whispers is both a supernatural experience and mind and body training session exploring the boundaries of elemental sensation. Executed to dramatic effect on a large scale, the piece enacts a sense of natural spectacle that simultaneously draws upon the notion of ritual. Unfolding over a period of 30 minutes, the piece functions in two states: a 12 minute wind therapy session and an ambient 18 minute rest period. Developing a hypnotic build and an overwhelming amplitude of strength, Whispers exists in the space between fear and enchantment, invoking the power of the invisible