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Looking back at SOFTlab's interactive “Iris” inside the Mirror Chapel in Prague

Located within the intricate interiors of the Mirror Chapel in

Prague

, “Iris” is an interactive installation that New York-based design studio

SOFTlab

created for the city's 2018 Signal Festival, which took place last month.

Designed to blend the elements of light and sound, the circular installation has mirrors that rotate in response to movement and LED lights that respond to ambient sound.

“As the mirrors rotate, they open the perimeter allowing not only direct views of the Mirror Chapel, but also creating a ‘Mise en abyme’, mixing the surrounding chapel, viewers, and light in a vertically fragmented, recursive, and panoramic image,” SOFTlab describes.

The mirrors reflect both the Mirror Chapel's embellished surroundings while infinitely reflecting the viewer inside the installation's circular space. But when the viewer moves closer to the mirrors out of curiosity, they suddenly rotate and therefore disrupt this reflective exposure.

“Iris is not an object, image, or artifact on its own, but relies on the existing space as the medium. As it bends, multiplies, and conflates light and sound it calls into question the lenses (both mechanical and cultural) that limit or expand our spatial experiences,” says SOFTlab.

Check out “Iris” in action in the video below.

“Iris” by SOFTlab at the Mirror Chapel, Prague. Video via SOFTlab/Vimeo.