The Fractal Tree

This sound and video installation was created especially for the 12/13th century chapel at Upton Castle, Pembrokeshire. It was probably once the parish church for Nash-cum-Upton. The Castle is thought to have been built in the 13th century by the Malefant family,

The Fractal Tree responds to sound. Voice and song is set to motion unique kaleidoscopic patterns and illuminates. The projected video imitates stained glass windows.

A tree appears on the chapel wall. Branches sprout buds that unfurl into an illustrated window. Patterns within the window form from fractals, symmetry, and the golden mean. Through algorithmic botany, shapes uncannily reminiscent of flowers, leaves and other elements found in nature mirror the story of the surrounding woodland. The window is illuminated not by sunlight but by sound. Rustling leaves, birdsong and the sounds of people passing through set in motion unique sequences of hues and forms. The fractal tree captures the delicate balance of growth and decay, stability and chaos—core themes that resonate within the cycles of nature. 

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