FILIP ROCA

VOLUMEN GENIUS LOCI WEIMAR

INFO / CREDITS
YEAR: 2019 FORMAT: Installation DURATION: 7 minutes LOCATION: Kunsthalle Harry Graf Kessler COMMISSION: Genius Loci Weimar
ARTWORK: Filip Roca SOUNDSCAPE: Relja Cupic
CURATION: Hendrik Wendler PRODUCTION: MXPERIENCE Festival gUG
DESCRIPTION

Volumen is an audiovisual installation focused on the behavior of three-dimensional forms within a confined architectural space. Developed for Genius Loci Weimar, the work uses a physical arrangement of panels placed at varying depths to construct optical illusions that destabilize the perception of volume. What emerges is an abstract narrative moving through altered states of matter, distorted physical laws, and slow, hypnotic simulations.

By fragmenting visuals across planes of different scales, the installation blurs the line between what is physically present and what is perceptually constructed. Light and sound act as spatial forces, reshaping the void and revealing latent tension. Rather than illustrating space, Volumen activates it—treating light as a material capable of shifting perceived weight, depth, and presence.

VOLUMEN — WONDERSCAPES SAN DIEGO

INFO / CREDITS
YEAR: 2018 FORMAT: Installation DURATION: 7 minutes LOCATION: B Street Pier / Port Pavilion COMMISSION: Wonderspaces
ARTWORK: Filip Roca SOUNDSCAPE: Relja Cupic
CURATION: Kendall Warson PRODUCTION: Wonderspaces
DESCRIPTION

Presented at Wonderspaces San Diego, Volumen translates its core principles into an immersive, audience-driven context. The work explores how light, sound, and geometry can simulate volume beyond physical mass, guiding perception through layered illusions and rhythmic transformations. Fragmented structures unfold across surfaces, inviting viewers to move between clarity and disorientation.

Mathematical simulations become sensory events. Light turns particulate and sculptural, while sound reinforces spatial pressure and release. Within this environment, Volumen looks at the hidden energy embedded in objects and forms— and how perception itself can be tuned to transform an architectural space into a visceral field.