Phantom V5

About the work

Phantom V5 is a live audiovisual performance in which recorded fragments are brought into the present through physical gesture. Presented inside the 360° projection environment at Bathway Theatre, it surrounds the performers and audience with images that appear, change and recede as the work unfolds.

The performance develops the light-triggered approach explored in Linger. A handheld flashlight is directed onto a cassette-tape setup, activating fragments within the audiovisual system. The movement of a hand determines when an image enters the surrounding screen and how attention moves through the space. Live sound manipulation and real-time visual performance make the relation between a physical action and a mediated event visible.

Across the Phantom series, sonification, room tone, white noise and ambient recordings have explored how an internally perceived sensation such as tinnitus can coexist with the world around it. Version 5 carries this inquiry into a shared, enveloping performance: sounds and moving images recall absent places while the performers’ bodies remain visibly involved in their return. The recorded past is encountered through an action taking place now.

The performance took place at SOUND/IMAGE Festival on 6 November 2026, within Bathway Theatre’s modular 360° projection environment. The venue’s immersive audio facilities include a 42.4 loudspeaker system.