Monolite is a lamp that combines light, sounds, distractions and evocations. Say what? It’s an architectonic interactive organ that creates a spatial and emotive “elsewhere”. Porqué??? At random times during the day, it reduces ambient light and an electroluminescent fractal pattern is displayed through cubes on the upper half of the device. The cubes are placed at various depths to form an abstract image. It’s only possible to see the pattern standing directly in front of it. This provides “distraction”, breaking the rhythm of time and creating a moment in time and place. The fascination goes on if you decide to get closer to the lamp, because you’ll hear “one minute of somewhere else”, ambient recordings of an unknown but real place evocative images, landscapes, voices, and feelings.
This concept is extremely esoteric. I feel as if I just noshed on a bunch of wild mushrooms from reading it. It was said a monolith helped our ancestors make the jump from intrinsic thought to abstract, comparative logic – the stepping stone to modern thinking. Perhaps the Monolite is meant to inspire us in the same way, to make that next leap.
Designer: Stefano Pertegato, Giovanni Mendini, Francesco Schiraldi & Eloisa Tolu
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that’s pretty cool. Not amazing but I’d buy one if I could
Really cool… But if it’s meant to refer to THE monolith, why not make it all black and perfectly square, all sides?
Or the Monolith from the Game S.T.A.L.K.E.R.?
2001, A Space Odyssey, by Stanley Kubrick
who also did
A Clockwork Orange
I have to say the shot of it at night looks incredible. I could just stare at that thing with all the lights off.
I started humming Thus Spake Zarathustra as soon as I saw the pics. It’s in your head too, don’t lie.
looks interesting i wonder if it will ever be reality.
Great Monolith,
thought you might enjoy my machinima film on Kubric's Monolith http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S02IhI64Jz0
Best Wishes ~