{"id":449,"date":"2020-09-14T14:47:19","date_gmt":"2020-09-14T18:47:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/teaching\/lightart-a20\/?p=449"},"modified":"2020-10-12T04:46:54","modified_gmt":"2020-10-12T08:46:54","slug":"concept-proposals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/teaching\/lightart-a20\/macastro2\/concept-proposals\/","title":{"rendered":"Concept Proposals"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I recently visited the Chesterwood outdoor contemporary sculpture garden in Stockbridge, Massachusetts and was able to see &#8220;One Impulse from a Vernal Wood,&#8221; Sculpture by Rick and Laura Brown. These sculptures aim to convey a sense of connected-ness in nature, similar to the idea of a forest super-organism like in Jame Cameron&#8217;s <em>Avatar<\/em>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"318px;\" height=\"212px;\" src=\"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/Zw_F9Sl_ydv5KdHJiy85vbM5ifFboOAcHjPVmy63o2h4j8z4bBPNr2BWh639xe1VUWzLjfePsKWV1OF8sBgQtnn-pHP5Jb24iOJv_oTyaf9c-dfLUnDvQx7t-UwQooXtfwAR1-gnq8M\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"374px;\" height=\"249px;\" src=\"https:\/\/lh4.googleusercontent.com\/VK_k7oXXqCGohrT9eQVMR6_pDi-HmGppSXUkHTc8gY96A15M7aE6PCKQNNG7LW0e31abDTsph8lrcpGwRM61X5gJmtMjHNNqpCRmHpMBdG_zJO8rSp4zcsMPjtntvFN9HneCN3O4ceE\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">From these sculptures, I was inspired to create something that also tries to invoke a sense of connection in nature<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>Concept 1: Live, Light, Tree<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"608\" height=\"370\" src=\"http:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/teaching\/lightart-a20\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2020\/09\/image-37.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-451\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/teaching\/lightart-a20\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2020\/09\/image-37.png 608w, https:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/teaching\/lightart-a20\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2020\/09\/image-37-493x300.png 493w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 608px) 100vw, 608px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">This concept would involve some form of tree sculpture (maybe out of foil, wood, metal) with EL wire intertwined and connected to create a network of colored veins on the tree. Potentially having different lighting effects to convey breathing or maybe different colors for different seasons (light up green, the tree looks like its in the summer, red and yellow for fall, etc)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>Concept 1: Light Forest<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This concept would involve the use of hot glue sticks as a light defusing material. The glue sticks would be packed in a tightly packed grid with LEDs at the base and top. The goal would be to recreate the effect of light traveling through a web of trees <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/teaching\/lightart-a20\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2020\/09\/image-39.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-453\" width=\"218\" height=\"166\" \/><figcaption>A rough graphic of the glue sticks placed in the base on top pieces containing the LEDs<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"295\" height=\"269\" src=\"http:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/teaching\/lightart-a20\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2020\/09\/image-40.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-454\" \/><figcaption>My design would feature base LEDs as well as top LEDs to allow for color gradients<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Artist Question: I&#8217;m trying to choose between both concepts, which one do you think is the most interesting?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I recently visited the Chesterwood outdoor contemporary sculpture garden in Stockbridge, Massachusetts and was able to see &#8220;One Impulse from a Vernal Wood,&#8221; Sculpture by Rick and Laura Brown. These sculptures aim to convey a sense of connected-ness in nature, similar to the idea of a forest super-organism like in Jame Cameron&#8217;s Avatar. 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