Sneaky Serpents
Sneaky Serpents is an interactive underwater light installation first shown at the 2014-2015 edition of the Amsterdam Light Festival.
Second venue was the light festival of 2015-2016 in Norrköping, Sweden.
Third venue was the Noorderzon Festival in Groningen in August 2016.
Fourth was the Shenzhen Cultural Festival, China 2016/2017.
Winner of the MANA award 2020 CITIC Press Lightening Selection in the Outdoor Works of Light category (China).
Like frogs in a pond, these light snakes start to come out of their hiding places as soon as the first snake dares to appear. They produce a slight hissing sound. Then, when frightened by a sudden sound, like clapping hands of the visitors, they will disappear quickly back to their dens. Until, after a while, one dares to emerge again…
Often the audience is divided in those who don't want to disturb the snakes, as they want to see them and those who do want to disturb them, as they want to experience the interactivity.
Interactions between those two groups of visitors are quite enjoying.
Concept: Robin Noorda, programming and technique: Paul Godschalk and Menno Schrap. Also thanks to Alfred Marseille, Marieke van der Velde and Louis Godschalk for helping installing.
Below: Sneaky Serpents on tour and the making of.
Sneaky Serpents is an interactive underwater light installation first shown at the 2014-2015 edition of the Amsterdam Light Festival.
Second venue was the light festival of 2015-2016 in Norrköping, Sweden.
Third venue was the Noorderzon Festival in Groningen in August 2016.
Fourth was the Shenzhen Cultural Festival, China 2016/2017.
Winner of the MANA award 2020 CITIC Press Lightening Selection in the Outdoor Works of Light category (China).
Like frogs in a pond, these light snakes start to come out of their hiding places as soon as the first snake dares to appear. They produce a slight hissing sound. Then, when frightened by a sudden sound, like clapping hands of the visitors, they will disappear quickly back to their dens. Until, after a while, one dares to emerge again…
Often the audience is divided in those who don't want to disturb the snakes, as they want to see them and those who do want to disturb them, as they want to experience the interactivity.
Interactions between those two groups of visitors are quite enjoying.
Concept: Robin Noorda, programming and technique: Paul Godschalk and Menno Schrap. Also thanks to Alfred Marseille, Marieke van der Velde and Louis Godschalk for helping installing.
Below: Sneaky Serpents on tour and the making of.
Underneath: Sneaky Serpents in Groningen including making of.
Below: Sneaky Serpents during the three months light festival of 2015-2016 in Norrköping, Sweden,
Below: the Sneaky Serpents during the Amsterdam Light Festival
The interactive light installation Sneaky Serpents went to Shenzhen, China. From December 2016 till Februari 2017 it was located at the Seaworld venue. The Chinese stated it was the best light installation of all the projects the Amsterdam Light Fetival brought to China.
During the opening of the Festival, Marjo Cromvoets, the Dutch Consul General of Guangzhou, praised the Sneaky Serpents installation and Tropism Art & Science Collective.
The making of the Sneaky Serpents instalation in Sweden.
