- Signals
Aleph
Paula Vidal
27 June 2025 19:00–22:00
28 June 2025 10:00–22:00
29 June 2025 10:00–19:00
Imagine discovering a point in space that contains all other points of view — where anyone looking can see the entire universe from every angle simultaneously. How would it feel to contemplate this reality, where everything converges and reflects at once, without overlapping?
Aleph is an inflatable structure designed by artist Paula Vidal that offers this experience: multiple perspectives and fragments of reality perceived simultaneously. Using the analogue technique of the Camera Obscura, Aleph becomes an intimate, fragmented journey through reality. Situated in Alfred-Scholz-Platz, a public square in central Neukölln — a space of meeting, transit, and demonstration where people from diverse cultures converge — Aleph becomes a metaphor for a community that looks unified from afar but is composed of many.
In a post-Covid era, where digital media is shaped by post-truths and conspiracy theories, Aleph creates an abstract, multisensory environment that invites visitors to contemplate diverse perspectives of a place at once. Inspired by the Argentine writer J.L. Borges’ story, it references a tiny sphere in an old Buenos Aires house revealing cosmic dimensions of space — windows that bring the outside world inside, unveiling unnoticed perspectives.
The structure consists of 16 cones with a reflective surface that mirror the exterior world and act as sealed pinholes, creating the Camera Obscura effect inside. From the outside, it appears as a simple cone, but within, it offs a fragmented 360-degree view of the external world.
The cone structure contains RGB sensors that convert colors into combined tones, producing a psychoacoustic effect. The sound inside Aleph is dynamic, changing with movement inside and of the structure itself.
Aleph invites you to immerse yourself in this unique interplay of light, sound, and space, transforming perception and inviting reflection on the multiplicity of realities.
Aleph is an inflatable structure designed by artist Paula Vidal that offers this experience: multiple perspectives and fragments of reality perceived simultaneously. Using the analogue technique of the Camera Obscura, Aleph becomes an intimate, fragmented journey through reality. Situated in Alfred-Scholz-Platz, a public square in central Neukölln — a space of meeting, transit, and demonstration where people from diverse cultures converge — Aleph becomes a metaphor for a community that looks unified from afar but is composed of many.
In a post-Covid era, where digital media is shaped by post-truths and conspiracy theories, Aleph creates an abstract, multisensory environment that invites visitors to contemplate diverse perspectives of a place at once. Inspired by the Argentine writer J.L. Borges’ story, it references a tiny sphere in an old Buenos Aires house revealing cosmic dimensions of space — windows that bring the outside world inside, unveiling unnoticed perspectives.
The structure consists of 16 cones with a reflective surface that mirror the exterior world and act as sealed pinholes, creating the Camera Obscura effect inside. From the outside, it appears as a simple cone, but within, it offs a fragmented 360-degree view of the external world.
The cone structure contains RGB sensors that convert colors into combined tones, producing a psychoacoustic effect. The sound inside Aleph is dynamic, changing with movement inside and of the structure itself.
Aleph invites you to immerse yourself in this unique interplay of light, sound, and space, transforming perception and inviting reflection on the multiplicity of realities.
Biography
Paula Vidal
Paula Vidal
Academically trained architect is an artist who works with space as a canvas. Her large-scale inflatable installations are site-specific interventions that aim to pose questions that visitors must answer through their bodies, thereby challenging their perception of physical and mental territories. She has developed her artistic practice in Berlin, where she is completing her doctoral studies at the TU Berlin.
Academically trained architect is an artist who works with space as a canvas. Her large-scale inflatable installations are site-specific interventions that aim to pose questions that visitors must answer through their bodies, thereby challenging their perception of physical and mental territories. She has developed her artistic practice in Berlin, where she is completing her doctoral studies at the TU Berlin.
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