The video installation is conceived for 3 simultaneous projections where sequences are triggered by the visitors. The video sequences are projected on vertical projection surfaces erected in a space large enough to enable the visitors of the exhibition to walk along the projections and trigger the actions trough walking.

The video installation is composed of 24 short video clips. Each clip shows the bursting of a different grain of corn. Each sequence is different in the sense that each corn, when it bursts, results in a new shape, to a new play of movement : Some grains take time to burst, others do not burst at all. Some corn burst out with such power that they hit out of frame while others barely react. The sound is dull, metallic and hard when the popcorn touches the surface of the floor. In some sequences the sound is very close and far away in others .

The images were produced in high definition with a high speed camera at 500 fps-700 fps (2010) and edited as video clips. The soundtracks were composed by Elisabeth Flunger who created for each sequence different acoustic moods: waiting state, explosion and rest.

With ‘ISO Pop Corn -2nd Generation…’ Sneja wants to

• highlight the beauty, unlimited diversity of shapes and movements but also the unbending power of nature,
• create a mixture of beauty and anguish through the combination of suspense and violence of the explosions,
• explore the interaction between different sound and video sequences influenced by the visitors who walk through the space.

‘ISO Pop Corn -2nd Generation …’ was realized with the support of the Luxembourg Ministry of Culture.

The installation was shown in Luxembourg in 2010 at the Festival ‘Rekult 03‘ and in 2011 at the group exhibition ‘Sleep Disorders‘.

The work is part of the video series entitled “Power Corn“.