Cabin Fever
Tate Modern Photography: Mischa Haller
TULCA Festival Photography: Ros Kavanagh
Cabin Fever is an audiovisual artwork featuring 14 multilingual dreams sung in 9 languages by over 50 performers worldwide, using Zoom video conferencing software. Unlike its predecessor, Cabin Fever PROTOTYPE, which used generative software to create dynamic, algorithm-driven colour effects, this iteration relies on a more organic approach. Every 5 minutes, groups of singers cover their computer cameras with colourful objects from their homes, creating shifting colour palettes on screen. Each colour spectrum represents a different group of singers, with variations emerging from the natural interaction between the camera, lighting, and the textures and colours of the chosen objects.
The work explores unconventional uses of video conferencing technology, bringing together amateur performers who have never created online art before. Through this creative process, the participants connect digitally, discovering new sonic and visual possibilities.
Tate Modern Lates, 25 March 2022
TULCA Festival of Visual Art, 4-20 November 2022
Performers: Renata Adamacova, Adel Alabd, Vicky Annand, Nicholas Balstone, Everton L de Barros, Ellen Bolger, Alison Buckley, Madeleine Buckley, Nick Buckley, Jane Bugnosen, Belinda Calaguas, Christiane, Claudia, Andrew Diamond, Belén Durán, Alison Furnham, Allan Gardam, Noriko Gregory, Jonathan Hammonds, William Hammonds, Harper, Paul Harrington-Moore, Simon Hearn, Jane Higginbottom, Jill Hummerstone, Denis Khomyshin, Candis Litsey, Janie Lucchese, Ciara McCarthy, Sarah Mercer, Alison Monaghan, Javier Navarro, James Naylor, Nina, Olivia, Perseus O’Brien, Erik Ostwald, Edenia Padayao, Averil Pooten Watan, Ruby, Vivienne Sayers, Ulrike Siemann, Patrick Trench, Mark Sapaen Watan.
With thanks to: Chloë Richardson, Karen Sutton, Prof Gunter Berger, Maria Judge, Andy Ingamells, Klara Schneider, Chris Fite-Wassilak, Anne Tallentire, William Hammonds, Susie and Jonathan Hammonds, Anne Tanaka, Barbara Morgenstern & Chor der Kulturen der Welt, Javier Ruiz & Avoces Choir, James Naylor & Walthamstow Voices Community Choir, Levi Wataka, Jennifer Tham, Yoshimi Gregory, Yasuno Miyauchi, Chizuru Matsumoto, Jono Palmer, Oliver Warren, Nina Jua Klein, Simon Wilson, Angharad Cooper, Alison Furnham, Sarah Richards, Elaine Gibson-Bolton, Andre Cobb, Edward Smith, Claudia Kramer, Hannah Maley, Ilka Handreg, Kristina Kramer, Linus Bickmann, Georgina Riel-Waabishki Mukwa Kwe, Vasiliy Knyazev and the Kamchatka Philharmonic Choir, Pedro Portellano, Gonzalo de Pedro Amatria, Natalia Salazar & the RAYO team, Adrienne Wong, Michael Wheeler, Margaret Evans and & the FOLDA team, Liat Rosenthal, Jessye Bloomfield, Pete Triggs & the Tate Modern Team, David Finn, Clare Gormley & the TULCA Festival Team and everyone who shared dreams online.