IPOcle warps reality inside a shipping container with layered luminescence

IPOcle warps reality inside a shipping container with layered luminescence
all images courtesy of candaş şişman

situated within the confines of a disused shipping container, ‘I/P/O-cle’ by istanbul-based artist candaş şişman is an installation which simulates the viewer into perceiving a warped reality. toying with the physicality of the layers, variables and cycles that are present in the process of seeing, I/P/O-cle — or I (input), P (process), O (output), CLE (cycle) — changes the viewers sense of space so that they may perceive only a limited portion of the actual reality that surrounds them.

the immersive space is made of a high-strength light source, lenses, a convex mirror, a fog machine and a sound system, installed within a vast and dark container. the light source is positioned in such a way so that the filters through the lenses, hung one after another in succession. as the refracted light reaches the mirror, it transforms the beam and reflects it back into space, as all the while a fog machine makes the dispersed light visible to the eye and a deep base frequency keeps plays in the background. the light and its source describe physical reality and input, the lenses illustrate the various factors of perception and the mirrors channel what is seen.

viewers to the installation see light projected on mirrors within the space

mirrors refracted within the space expand and contact the space

the perception of the viewer is altered as they move throughout the immersive installation

light tunnels down the disused shipping container