{"id":483,"date":"2022-09-06T22:05:07","date_gmt":"2022-09-07T02:05:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/teaching\/lightart-a22\/?p=483"},"modified":"2022-09-06T22:05:07","modified_gmt":"2022-09-07T02:05:07","slug":"charles-wests-concept-proposal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/teaching\/lightart-a22\/cpwest2\/charles-wests-concept-proposal\/","title":{"rendered":"Charles West’s Concept Proposal"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The concept I wish to create would be an infinity mirror view box. I wanted to create one showcasing various shapes with led outlines, and even hopefully one with a different background to the typical black void.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I was initially partially inspired to do this by one of the early light art pieces we were shown, where it had a few light bulbs and quite a few mirrors causing the illusion of a large void filled with only lightbulbs. That reminded me of certain areas I’ve seen in media I’ve consumed, where it’s a ‘digital’ plane, filled with mere simple repeating 3D shapes and simple light. I’ve put some examples below to better express the idea.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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These type of environments are some I’ve always found pretty cool, so replicating the style, with a bit of a simpler take and more lights sounded like a good time. Though, there are a few concerns I’ve had with this project idea.

First, El Wire is currently my chosen light of choice, as I felt the way they seemed to glow without emanating a large pool of light around them seemed to reflect a lot of how the light seen in these areas tend to be. But, El wire does seem to require skill with soldering and wire management under certain scenarios. If I ran into one of those situations I would need to put forth some effort in learning and tracking down the needed equipment. I am also left with a small concern the brightness of the wire could be not enough depending on what I try to do, so if anyone has any particular led recommendations that may be a viable alternative or good backup to patch any holes El Wire leaves, that would be appreciated.

Secondly, it’s hard to know if the mirror trick idea I had for the background would work out. I think the very likely scenario is that the background becomes a single square in the infinite space of the mirrors, or it is reflected in strange ways eventually causing a very strange design. I am perfectly willing to simply create my idea without the background bonus, but I did want to try to see how the mirrors interact with each other and try to make it work. But I do foresee a few snags, such as potentially cutting the mirrors.

This does leave me with a few questions
1.) If anyone has any experience with these few concerns I’ve brought up, what would you recommend for potentially amending them ahead of time?
2.) Is there any other potential issues with this idea that you see that I didn’t catch?
3.) How does the overall idea for a project sound?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The concept I wish to create would be an infinity mirror view box. I wanted to create one showcasing various shapes with led outlines, and even hopefully one with a different background to the typical black void. I was initially partially inspired to do this by one of the early light art pieces we were… <\/p>\n

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