Bruno Vianna · A fountain to fish satellites
10 May 2011 – 15 July 2011
Bruno Vianna works with film, mobile media and installations. He directed four short films between 1994 and 2003, and made his first feature film, Cafuné, in 2006. In 2008 he released Resaca, an interactive fiction feature film that is edited live at each session. He has worked in digital media such as Palm Poetry and Devorondina, a device that recycles electromagnetic fields into images. In 2010 he made the documentary Satélite Bolinha, about satellite hackers in Brazil. He is preparing a feature film about the MST (Movimiento de los Sin Tierra en). He studied film and has a master’s degree from the prestigious ITP programme at New York University.
Project in residence
Una fuente para pescar satélites
Salt water is an excellent conductor of electricity. Thus, if a water antenna could be built, it would have excellent properties, which is why radio amateurs often make water antennas in long PVC pipes.
This project proposes a source of water antennas for listening to satellites. As a satellite passes through the sky above the installation, the most appropriate jet is switched on according to its direction. Motors control the inclination of each jet depending on the elevation of the satellite. Each jet is connected to a radio.
The next pass is announced on the small screen, and the satellite signal can be heard through the headphones as it passes by.
Project developed during an artistic residency at LABoral Centro de Arte y Creación Industrial
Project supported by the Fundación Telefónica, Vida 13.0 production aid award
