"Radiant Live" (2019) by HC Gilje

The premiere of the live performance Radiant Live took place on Feb 23rd 2019 at Paradiso in Amsterdam. It was commissioned by Sonic Acts as part of the Expanded Experience program for the 25th year anniversary of the festival.

A large scale light painting in constant change using laser and phosphorescent paint.

A white laser beam moves over a large surface and draws lines and curves which are only visible for a very short moment before they disappear, except that the ray of light leaves traces: The surface is covered with phosporescent pigment which captures light and then emits a green shimmer which slowly fades out. The simple forms projected in bursts of light from the white laser are layered onto a constantly evolving web of green shimmering lines.

The relation between the always moving point of light and the ability of the surface to absorb and emit light creates a tension between the quick and the slow, the present moment in contrast to longer stretches of time, what is built up and what breaks down, layers of time being constantly overwritten.

Commissioned by Sonic Acts. Part of Re-Imagine Europe, co-funded by the Creative Europe Programme of the European Union.

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