MICHAEL PENDRY

6 PANI Projectors, 12 LED flood lights, Dolby-Surround System
„STÖRUNG..." ( Disruption )- The reversal of a cloister architecture with its atrium garden is the starting point of this installation. The visitor sits in the nave, set in a blue, comforting surrounding and literally looks "outside" on to a huge 30x10 meter projection of the Paradise Gardens by Jan Breugel (1450) on the walls to the aisles. The atmosphere is peaceful, homely, and beautiful – birds twittering, the sounds of crickets...

Yet, the idyllic, peaceful setting is disrupted randomly by an unexpected light and sound shift. The paradise changes for a short momentum into "The Hell Fall of the Damned" by Peter Paul Rubens (1615).

Mountains of muscle and flesh, battles and demons appear larger than life, the light changes into blood red, sounds of guitars and screaming voices echo. For a few seconds, the visitors experience a Dante like inferno scenario – frightening, disturbing, surreal.

The moment you encompass the disruption, the space shifts back into its original state of peace and paradise.

The ambivalence of life reflected in and on all its different layers and the ubiquitous presence of the unexpected is the pivotal element of this installation.