Control No Control
CONTROL NO CONTROL is a large-scale interactive installation in the form of a minimalistic geometric structure, true to Iregular’s signature style.
CONTROL NO CONTROL is a large-scale interactive installation in the form of a minimalistic geometric structure, true to Iregular’s signature style. It is a big LED cube that reacts to everything that touches it and every movement performed on its surface. Streamlined patterns and generative sound emerge as interaction occurs. Allowing 48 people to participate at the same time, the experience is extremely intuitive, leading to quick audience engagement and prolonged interactions.
A sort of socio-digital experiment, the piece explores the relationship between participants and interactive installations. It tests the artwork’s ability to intrinsically “instruct” and delegate the final audiovisual result to the audience that ends up gaining control of the piece. After presenting it over 40 times across continents and cultures, CONTROL NO CONTROL revealed that people all over the globe tend to behave the same way around the cube, and all seemed to spend a lot of time engaging. This in turn suggests the ability for the artwork to manipulate the public as well, highlighting the back-and-forth blurred nature of the control relationship.
Presented at
2025, Mutek, Montreal, Canada
2023, Winter Glow – Flatiron, New York, USA
2023, Transfix Las Vegas, Las Vegas, USA
2023, Pitch Music & Arts, Moyston, Australia
2023, Nuit Blanche, Montréal, Canada
2023, Lightfest, Vilnius, Lituania
2022, MDLBEAST, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
2022, Alternative Kyoto, Kyoto, Japan
2022, Les Pléiades, St-Étienne, France
2022, Jax Art Festival, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
2022, Illuminate Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia
2022, World of Winter, Grand Rapids, USA
2022, Nordic Lights Festival, Toronto, Canada
2021, Sharjah Islamic Arts Festival, Sharjah, UAE
2020, Festival Printemps des Arts de Monte-Carlo, Monte-Carlo
2019, Festival of Lights Dundrum, Dublin, Ireland
2019, Festival of Light, Kuwait City, Kuwait
2019, GLOW Festival, Calgary, Canada
2018, Scopitone, Nantes, France
2018, Biennale des Imaginaires Numériques, Aix en Provence, France
2018, The Museum, Kitchener, Ontario, Canada
2017, Lumiere, Durham, United Kingdom
2017, Luna de Octubre, Madrid, Spain
2017, Lux Light Festival, Wellington, New Zealand
2017, L.E.V Festival, Gijon, Spain
2016, Shuò Taikoo Li Light Festival, Beijing, China
2014, Festival Bains Numériques, Enghien-les-Bains, France
2013, GLOW Festival, Eindhoven, The Netherlands
2013, TAG DF Festival, Mexico city, Mexico
2012, Igloofest, Montreal, Canada
