Muon : Bloom

About

MUON : BLOOM is an audiovisual installation projected at architectural scale created in collaboration with Christo Squier. It turns cosmic muons, the particles that rain down on Earth from space and pass through everything, into sound and image in real time.

Three towers stand in front of the projection surface, each topped with a muon detector. Every particle they catch is sent live to the visual engine and the score. Each detection triggers a sound and an event on the wall, so no two performances are the same. Tyrell designed the visual system as a scientific instrument in motion: a graphic language of lines, data and diagrams in white and red, generated in real time and driven by the detectors.