For my project, I have two concepts that I would possibly like to explore.
The first one I have been ceiling kaleidoscope because I have horrible at naming things. This was inspired by the colors that I will sometimes see on my wall because of little plastic gems that I have near my window. At certain times of the day they cause the colors shown in the pictures below.
I am curious as to what would happen if multiple are mixed together, which got me thinking about the kaleidoscopes I would make as a kid and how they are limited to one viewer at a time. The idea I have is to make a kaleidoscope style projection on to a ceiling. This could be done by having a light source shine through the objects that would be on some rotating surface to change it like a kaleidoscope would.
The second one is similar to Chul-Hyun Ahn’s work. In his Forked series, he creates portals of infinity using a florescent light between mirrors. The idea I have uses this concept but uses either a different type of light source or shining a light source through a gem type object. Using a candle as a light source between the mirrors is interesting to me as it might not only create a portal of fire but change over time. Shining the light source through a gem between the mirrors is also interesting as the gem itself refracts light.
