More Moiré²

In More Moiré² you enter a capsule-like room measuring 9 by 13 metres for an experience that puts human perception to the test. As the visitor, you are the main character in a story that follows a carefully composed scenario. You are received by assistants who prepare you to enter a unique space combining light, sound and smell. The horizon disappears and dimensions seem to dissolve, as moiré patterns (produced by interference between two patterns) change under the influence of your movement. This is cathartic 4D cinema with no projected film or video involved. Creator Philip Vermeulen was inspired by the work of light artists such as Doug Wheeler and James Turrell.

More Moiré² is part of the Golden Calf for Best Interactive Competition and can be experienced at Kinepolis Jaarbeurs.

Warning: The installation More Moiré² is using stroboscopic effects. This may provoke epileptic attacks.

Mreee
The moiré effect also inspired a series of paintings by Philip Vermeulen, on display at the NFF Interactive Expo in Bibliotheek Neude (the Library at Neude, Utrecht). Mreees are kinetic paintings that investigate the phenomenon of moiré: interference patterns that arise when two identical opaque sets of lines with transparent gaps move subtly over each other. The interference creates, in the eyes and brain of the spectactor, an alienating perception of cloud decks in fused dimensions. Vermeulen has been studying the moiré effect for some time now, including in the installations More Moiré² (2020) and 10 Meters of Sound (2014).