In bit.fall digital information is analogized, producing words
shaped by the water falling before the viewer's eyes. This information is
only temporarily perceptible as an image just before dissolving into itself
again. All that remains are the associations formed within the viewer's
mind. bit.fall acts as a metaphor for the incessant flood of information
about current world events we are exposed to everyday, and from which we
draw our perpetually changing realities.
This sculptural information curtain emits individual drops of water through
magnetic valves across a width of 8 meters. A computer program is employed
to synchronize them, making it possible to freely determine the shape of
the bitmap pattern formed by the drops as they fall to the ground. The
input of the installation is formed by current buzzwords selected from
various Internet news websites by a statistic-based computer program. The
water is continuously sucked back into the construction by a pump, creating
a closed circuit.