Project Idea 1: Lively Waterfall For this project idea, I want to create a framed piece of art that feels like it is moving. I want the sky to be an LED board that will smoothly transition between the colors of the rainbow. Then I want the waterfall to consist of some sort of paint/material…
Concept Proposal: Taylor Wood
Concept: I want to create a heart out of EL wire that beats in accordance to voices. Input and Output: The image of the heart will be dynamically changing to stimuli. The stimuli will be voice. However loud or quite you speak or a room is will correspond to the output of the image. The…
Concept Proposal Ver1.0
Hello to everyone! Here I have two concepts to share with all of you and I would love to hear some feedback or adds to the current designs! Design one: Dandelion Flower The sketch I have above is a detailed visual representation of an idea I have from the first day of this class. It…
Light Art Concept Proposal
Minecraft Light Up Blocks Kevin Doan and Liam Stearns Goal: Our project is to design 3D printed Minecraft blocks that light up when connected with each other. It will contain: A method to securely stack the blocks on top of each other. A method to allow a connection of subsequent blocks, causing them to light…
Concepts – Sperry
Concept 1: Water Box This concept uses streams of water and high-frequency light to create still frames of water flow. This would work on similar mechanics as Jeff Lieberman’s Slow Dance (shown below). However, there are currently some problems with the idea because the frequency would be around 4 Hz to be able to clear…
James Turrell
This is James Turrell, He is a light sculptor. He uses diffused light and designed spaces to create experiences. Below are some of his works that show how he uses light, color, and space to create optical illusion like installations. These pieces are designed to leave the viewer with a sense of wonder, awe, and…
Carnovsky RGB Collection
Carnovsky is a Milan based art and design duo comprised of Francesco Rugi and Silvia Quintanilla.Francesco is an art historian and Silvia is an industrial designer, so Carnovsky is actuallythe result of these different backgrounds and biographies. “Color est e pluribus unus” is one of their slogans for their art works. In the poem “Moretum”,…
Light Artist: Luzinterruptus
Luzinterruptus is an anonymous artistic group based in Madrid, Spain. The group carries out urban interventions in public spaces by using light as the raw material and night as the canvas. The group began placing their installations in 2008 with the goal of shining light on problems that seemed to go unseen by the average…
Light Artists of Today: Luftwerk
Luftwerk is a group of two individuals, Petra Bachmaier and Sean Gallero. They are very well known by their light art’s use of dematerialization and materialization of the surroundings. They also use many other techniques such as creating custom builds, utilizing famous/iconic structures in their works, and precise placements of shadows to create an image. Luftwerk…
Light Artist: Diet Wiegman
Diet Wiegman was born in 1944 in the Dutch town of Schiedam. His earlier works used clay to make hyper-realistic rusted cans and military bags, an example of which can be seen below. His more recent and notable works use a variety of objects to cast detailed shadows when light is shone from specific angles….
Light Artist – Hannu Huhtamo
Hannu Huhtamo is a visual artist from Finland, who has been developing light art since 2008. Huhtamo uses long exposure photography to create organic shapes with high contrast from their surroundings, often creating captivating paintings of flowers and animals.Light painting is an advanced photographic technique, where long exposure times and darkness allow for the ability…
Jen Lewin
Jen Lewin is an artist and engineer based in Brooklyn, New York. Over her 27 year career, she has created many large-scale, interactive sculptures for the public. Lewin thinks beyond traditional media, she wants to “connect human experiences that bring vibrancy to public places.” The Aurora is a 29-foot-tall, 720-pound sculpture where both human interaction…