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MELATONINÀTI MELATONINATI!

Melatonin Carillon

by MELATONINATI

Interactive Installation

LICHT

Kunst im öffentlichen raum Steiermark

Universalmuseum Joanneum , Graz, Austria 2017

curators Dirck Moellmann and Elisabeth Fiedler

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thanks to:

choreography: Meritxell Campos Olivè
Live music composition: Ilias Rachaniotis
Music Box Digital Composition Nick Mavris (Figment) + Alex Dermanis 
Costumes: Marta Montevecchi
Live Dancers: Kyler Breed,  Franziska Pack,Franziska Pack,Christian Peter. 
Live Musicians: Mirko Jevtovic (accordion), Katarina Leskovar (cello)

 Natalia Agati, Guido Calanca, Matteo Locci, Tiziano Locci, Serena Olcuire, Maria Rocco, Panagiotis Samsarelos  

 

At night when all cats are astir, human beings produce melatonin while they sleep, a hormone created by the body as a result of serotonin breakdown. Light inhibits its production in the pineal gland, which only becomes active in the dark. Hence, melatonin also controls the 24-hour day-night cycle. The hormone can be administered as medication and is often used for shift work or to fight the symptoms of jet lag.

The entrance area of Universalmuseum Joanneum is turned into a place of tiredness and sleep and activated into a sleepy music box.

A slowed-down escalator, a chiming lullaby, handing out melatonin to the visitors form a mutual action fabric for sleep.


 

At night when all cats are astir, human beings produce melatonin while they sleep, a hormone created by the body as a result of serotonin breakdown. Light inhibits its production in the pineal gland, which only becomes active in the dark. Hence, melatonin also controls the 24-hour day-night cycle. The hormone can be administered as medication and is often used for shift work or to fight the symptoms of jet lag.

The entrance area of Universalmuseum Joanneum is turned into a place of tiredness and sleep and activated into a sleepy music box.

A slowed-down escalator, a chiming lullaby, handing out melatonin to the visitors form a mutual action fabric for sleep.


 

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