The Passenger

The Passenger is an immersive installation that plunges visitors into an altered state of reality. Through a dialogue between a large-scale electronic device and an audiovisual system composed of three rear-projection screens, the piece unveils an imaginary world depicting the transition between different states of matter, shaped by the transmutation of energy into light. With technological components arranged like a vast matrix, the structure presents itself as a ritual device evoking a primal era. Electronic circuits excite the gas inside hundreds of lamps, summoning electric fire. Oceans and rocks slow consciousness into the dream of a long night. The Passenger opens a rift that invites viewers to surrender to the mystery of matter and time.

Spanning 6 meters wide by 2 meters tall, the installation is a large-format work suspended in the exhibition space, from where it emits luminous rhythms through its 400 gas lamps. These respond to behavioral inputs tied to sound generation and visual forms, as well as programmed sequences guided by variable algorithms. Its luminous power, enclosed within nine semi-transparent modules, radiates a cold, organic light from both front and back, producing a dull hum as the gas particles inside are excited by high-voltage pulses. As the light intensifies, the acrylic walls reveal the components animating the system: electronic design, integrated circuits, hundreds of meters of wiring, 3D printing, methacrylate, and a black aluminum frame give form to this synthetic golem. Three rear-projection screens expand this electronic body by displaying video forms: a black ocean slowly stirs upon itself, unifying matter in the darkness of its depths. Black stones float weightlessly, crystallizing as they collapse into solid form. Water and stone succeed one another, constructing a metaphysical discourse through the plasticity of the imagery and the luminous interplay developed by the electronic body of the installation.