Satellites

Nonotak

Date and Time

  • Elders Woolstores, Fremantle
  • 3 - 19 Nov 2023

Date and Time

  • Elders Woolstores, Fremantle
  • 3 - 19 Nov 2023

Satellites was a new commission by the internationally acclaimed studio Nonotak, set within the vast and desolate Elders Woolstores, which was exclusively open for the Fremantle Biennale for the first time in over 30 years.

An immersive light and sound experience, Satellites saw a bespoke lighting unit engaged in a captivating dance, moving in a battle-like rhythm that was synchronised to a soundscape. Their elegant motions created a mesmerising spectacle, with viewers engaged in a timeless performance. At the heart of Satellites lies the exploration of duality, the sense of opposing forces harmoniously coexisting.

This was a captivating and hypnotic kinetic light sculpture and three-dimensional experience, bringing to life the secret interior of one of Fremantle’s most iconic buildings.

About the artist

Nonotak

Nonotak is a creative duo founded by former illustrator Noemi Schipfer and former architect-musician Takami Nakamoto that was conceived in 2012. Nonotak work with light & sound installations and performance pieces to create ethereal, immersive and dreamlike environments which are built to envelope, challenge and stagger the viewer capitalising on Nakamoto’s approach to space, light & sound and Schipfer’s experience with kinetic visual and complex, geometric illustrations. This results in a duo who creates pieces that put together light, sound and space in order to provide the audience a unique visual and sensitive experience. The large range of projects Nonotak are capable of designing and producing allowed them to experiment in many different fields of arts: Architecture, Music, Fine Arts, Digital Arts, Theatre, Cinema, Dance, Design and Fashion. Sound and visual contents are all produced in house, including their documentative contents that are available online as a visual preview of their work. Nonotak’s aesthetic is inspired by minimal architecture and optical art.

Elders Woolstores, Fremantle

Elders Woolstores, Elder Place, Fremantle WA, Australia

Photos: Rebecca Mansell

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