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Nikolaus Gansterer’s Neon Z brings Z into a whole other wavelength, electrifying Z’s nature:

“Neon_Z” is as well a music instrument as an intervention in space.
Several neon tubes are kept in a state of interruption, permanently flashing on and off, evoking a strong visual experience, which evoke afterimages on the perceivers’ retina. 
To the neon tubes connected are contact-microphones, which generate a polyrhythmic soundscape, thus exploring the interferences between sound and light. 
The completely darkened room is also labelled with phosphorescent text fragments which are also charging on and off. 
Text, sound and light build an interlinked, dysfunctional system, exploring the limits of perception.

Nikolaus expanded on his Z for zblog:

for me the title of the work is a word game and corresponds with Z for set (up) and Z for the sizzling and crackling noises the piece is emitting. Z its pure elecriticity a permanent short circuit / flash off / black out / kind of dyzfunctional media art….
kind of indoor diy walter de maria ‘lightning field’
definitely not recommended for the epileptic!

be sure not to miss his other fazcinating z “Zero Bending”
thankz Nikolaus!