AFTEREAL

Yasuhiro Chida (JPN)

A multitude of luminous traces snake in the air, vibrating with a slightly bluish glow in the darkness. The overall movement evokes waves. But as you contemplate this work, perhaps you see some powerful and mysterious energy irrigating the earth, or the fleeting imprint of ghost trains heading for an unknown destination, or strange, yet peaceful creatures drinking in the moonlight?

Aftereal is a landscape of lights that occurs in front of the viewer's eyes and at the same time does not actually exist in that space. Those images are afterimages that only exist in our eyes or brains.
In this world, there is no such thing as a true appearance, for what we see are appearances that our bodies and sensor, acting as mediums, have captured.

The installation is made up of hundreds of white strings usally creating 2 plots around 20x15 m, with movements and vibrations triggered by small motors. The bluish colour is created by ultraviolet stroboscopic lighting.

Aftereal was exhibited a.o. at Amsterdam Light Festival in 2018, Fete des Lumieres in Lyon in 2021, La Villette in Paris in 2022, AAIC/Gifu, Japan in 2023, Pilsen in 2024.