CRITICAL SYSTEM ALERT

12 Channel Installation on 12 Photo Frames with Video Option, 2009
(stand alone work, but often presented together with Mars Recovery/ Scenery Mars)

This video demonstrates how the 12 channels interact with each other.

Synopsis:

Critical Systems Alert aurally demonstrates the essence of a steady outer space search-and-rescue effort. Critical Systems alert visualises the warning systems of a fictional space ship and can be read as a representation of “crisis”.

Video Stills:

Installation Views:

Bjørn Melhus, Critical System Alert (2009), Installation View, Galerie Patrick Ebensperger, 2013

Bjørn Melhus, Critical System Alert (2009), Installation View, Galerie Patrick Ebensperger, 2013

Bjørn Melhus, Critical System Alert (2009), Installation View, Galerie Patrick Ebensperger, 2013

Bjørn Melhus, Critical System Alert (2009), Installation View, Galerie Patrick Ebensperger, 2013