Promotion: Turkish-born, London-based designer Melek Zeynep Bulut has designed a large scale suspended installation at the 18th-century Old Royal Naval College in Greenwich, London.
Named Duo, the installation is on display from 28 October to 3 November, comprising hanging elements that combine into a rectangular form with an archway running through it.
"Essentially, Duo is a portal. All my works are portals, offering spaces for dimensional transition and equilibrium," said Bulut.
Microphones and reflectors feature on the installation
Bulut set out to create an illuminated interactive installation for visitors to engage with, contrasting with the grandeur of the Baroque features on the walls and ceiling of Painted Hall.
Microphones and reflectors feature on the installation to create the effect of amplifying the presence of people passing through it. "Imagine it like our body?fundamentally not a solid mass, but a sensor," said Bulut.
Bulut drew upon her experience with having synesthesia
"It perceives and responds to stimuli by producing sounds and has sensory receptors that allow us to feel textures, heat, and cold," she continued. "Similarly, Duo conceptually treats space as a mechanical body.?
The installation is set within the Painted Hall at the Old Royal Naval College, which dates back to the 18th century and has a richly painted interior designed by English artist James Thornhill.
Informed by the Baroque paintings adorning the room,...