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“Octfalls” is an audiovisual installation by Ryoichi Kurokawa, exhibited during the 54th Venice Biennale,  Arsenale Novissimo, Venice,  2011. Consisting in 8 HD displays and 8ch multi sound, duration: 08’00”.

Ryoichi Kurokawa, Japanese artist, born in 1978. Kurokawa’s works take on multiple forms such as installation works, recordings, and concert pieces. He composes the time sculpture with the field recordings and the digital generated structures, and reconstructs architecturally the audiovisual phenomenon. In recent years, his works are shown at international festivals and museums including Tate Modern, ARS Electronica, Transmediale, Mutek, Sonar and Venice Biennale.

http://www.triangulationblog.com/2011/09/octfalls-by-ryoichi-kurokawa.html

I just discovered AntiVJ “a visual label” producing audio/visual installations and performances. Check their Vimeo account (antivj) as that is where they mainstream their works. I particularly like their Mutek 2009 installation at the Tour des Convoyeurs.

“We came on site a few weeks before the event to check all technical options, and realized that we couldn’t really project on the rusted structure, as the projections wouldn’t be bright enough, and it would look a bit too chaotic. So we decided to put up a large white “screen”, and used an optical illusion effect to re-project what was hidden behind this screen.  It was an challenging approach, as we try to avoid screen formats as much as possible (this is why we project onto architecture and 3D objects) but it gave us much more freedom for the content production.”