ROSHANAI

روشنايى - roshanai

2016年火人节

在是非对错的观念之外，有一片田野。

我在那儿见你。

当灵魂躺在草地上，

这个世界太满了，不值得讨论。

——鲁米

ROSHANAI是一条启蒙之路，以静态形式变换颜色。沿着这条走廊，视角的变化和对立统一。伊斯兰数学艺术与伟大的西方风景相结合，用你的心声和普拉亚的低语唱出小夜曲。

ROSHANAI由两块双层面板组成，创造了一个108英尺长的光和声音隧道，还有一个3英尺长的走廊。走廊的两侧从末端的8英尺高上升到中间顶端的12英尺高。同时，面板下沉到地面形成一个浅山谷。伊斯兰几何图案的分形排列被切割到外部面板上，从内部照亮图案并投射出奇妙的暗影。

入口是16英尺高的大门，灵感来自伊朗伊斯法罕大清真寺，尖尖的拱门充满了神圣的几何图形。室内墙壁光滑，地面边缘嵌有超亮的LED射灯，以纯色照明。ROSHANAI以每小时变化一次的单色色调照明，内墙的颜色与外墙的颜色互补。

ROSHANAI的另一个特点是声音——40个手工制作的打击乐器放置在墙壁之间，通过旋转电磁阀演奏。乐器包括手鼓、苏菲鼓、木块和铃铛。最初的节奏是由一个惊人的波斯手鼓手创作。

节奏来自中东各地，重点是伊朗。我们创造了这些节奏的集合，每个主题都有几十个变化。我们还添加了一些3d音景，利用散布在雕塑上的40种乐器。声音是非常可编程的。我们已经创造了超过40个小时的音乐，艺术可以播放。

由40人组成的机器人管弦乐队由奥伦·伯科维茨指挥。“雕塑发出的声音分为两类。第一类是基于短而规范的模式通过编程生成的音乐，这些模式构成了传统波斯打击乐的积木。第二类由一系列动作组成，根据乐器在结构中的位置触发鼓，利用雕塑的独特结构。通过这些简单的构建模块的所有可能组合，生成了13个小时的独特音乐和声音。”

在未来，我们将在大门和内墙中加入接近传感器，以创造互动的声音效果。

ROSHANAI是波斯语“照亮”的意思，描述了这件作品的物理和哲学方面。作为一个伊朗家庭的一员，最近的种族主义和反穆斯林情绪驱使我去欣赏古老而多样的伊斯兰文化之美。作为一名艺术家，我设计了象征统一的元素和一种实际上会迫使视角发生变化的形式。我很高兴ROSHANAI在火人节上被称为“拥抱隧道”，因为狭窄的走廊空间迫使人们身体上靠近和互动。从字面上和概念上来说，ROSHANAI是一条启蒙和爱的道路。

ROSHANAI

روشنايى - ROSHANAI
2016 BURNING MAN

Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and rightdoing, there is a field.

I'll meet you there.

When the soul lies down in that grass,
the world is too full to talk about.

-Rumi

ROSHANAI is a path of enlightenment, shifting colors in static form. Along this corridor, perspective changes and opposites unite. Islamic mathematical art is married to the great Western landscape, serenaded with the voice of your heart and the whisper of the Playa.

ROSHANAI comprises two double-walled panels that create a 108-ft long tunnel of light and sound with a 3-ft corridor. The sides of the hallway rise from 8-ft tall at the ends to 12-ft tall at the apex in the middle. Simultaneously, the panels sink into the ground to form a shallow valley. Fractal arrangements of Islamic geometric patterns are cut into the outside panels, lit from within to illuminate the patterns and cast fantastic night shadows.

ROSHANAI detail. Photo by Oren Berkowitz, 2016
ROSHANAI detail. Photo by Oren Berkowitz, 2016

The entrances are 16-ft tall gates inspired by the Great Mosque of Isfahan in Iran, pointed arches filled with sacred geometry. The inside walls are smooth and lit in solid colors by superbright LED spotlights embedded in the edges of the floor. ROSHANAI is lit in monochromatic hues that change every hour, with the color of the inside wall being complementary to the outside wall color.

Another feature of ROSHANAI is sound - 40 hand-made percussion instruments are placed between the walls and played via rotary solenoid valves. The instruments include Tabla drums, Sufi drums, wooden blocks, and bells. The original rhythms were created by an amazing Persian hand drummer, Pezhham Akhavass https://www.pezhham.com/

The rhythms come from all over middle east with a focus on Iran. We created a collection of these rhythms with dozens of variations on each theme. We also add a number of 3d soundscapes that make use the of the 40 musical instruments spread across the sculpture. The sound is very programmable. we have created over 40 hrs of music that the art can play.

The 40 piece robotic orchestra was lead by Oren Berkowitz "The sounds made by the sculpture fall into two categories. The first category is music that has been programmatically-generated based on short, canonical patterns that form the building blocks of traditional Persian percussion music. The second category is comprised of sequences of movements that trigger drums based on the location of the instruments in the structure, utilizing the unique structure of the sculpture. With all the possible combinations of these simple building blocks, 13 hours of unique music and sounds are generated."

In the future we will incorporate proximity sensors in the gates and inside walls to create an interactive sound effect.

Sufi drum inside ROSHANAI. Photo by Oren Berkowitz, 2016
Sufi drum inside ROSHANAI. Photo by Oren Berkowitz, 2016

ROSHANAI is Farsi for “illuminate,” which describes the physical and philosophical aspects of this piece. As a member of an Iranian family, I was driven by recent racist and anti-Muslim sentiments to create appreciation for the beauty of the ancient and diverse culture of Islam. As an artist, I designed elements that symbolize unity and a form that would practically force a change in perspective. It is my great delight that ROSHANAI became known as the "hug tunnel" while it was at Burning Man, as the narrow corridor space forced people to be physically close and interact. ROSHANAI is a path of enlightenment and love, literally and conceptually.