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Lumen In the Lumen series various aspects of light are explored in separate bodies of work The aim is to let light reveal itself The first body of work Luminescence primarily investigates light using electroluminescent EL wire A current is passed through a copper wire causing the surrounding phosphor coating to emit light The wire was wrapped around within custom made costumes worn by the model The model s movements...
In my selfportraits light becomes an extension of the body its imaginary elongation The power of the illumined naked body represents the salvation of the soul Light is seen as the revolutionizing of ideas and thought The world is changing and for the worse so I decided to offer my own body for the return of the light I cast light beams where darkness has blotted out form I recreate...
By nbsp Gianpiero Grossi Francesco Murano Pietro Pirelli nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp With fingers you lightly touch a beam of laser light lines stretched between the extremes of a big architectural space The sound of a harp comes out and the space becomes a sound box while architecture a big string instrument From this sound originates gods most favorite music the Harmony of the Celestial Spheres Ovid s Metamorphosis book...
By Jeongmoon Choi Jeongmoon Choi has been working with black light for several years now Wool threads trace the contours of rooms and furnishing at times in a decisive geometric manner at other times in the form of animated handwriting UV rays split the light reflected from thread drawings on dim wall surfaces which retreat into the darkness The grid like mesh of threads criss crosses through the room creating...
The horizon comes down or rises it is like a suggestive level proposed in the space of the staircase The artwork offers variable bright levels which make the visitors lose their perception of height while climbing or going down the staircase This horizon moves as if the museum took the visitors to another space in its vertical and bright movement immersing the public The passer by does not know if...
By No Dumpd nbsp nbsp The installation consists of the application on the lampposts that light up the Florentine riversides Soderini G Vespucci Corsini and Acciaioli of lanterns made with colored plastic bags and cardboard for a total of 80 lamps The goal is to create the opportunity for people to live a complete sensory experience that transforms a daily route into something completely unknown before The metamorphosis of this...
By Metis Lighting nbsp Beneath an abandoned and inaccessible meadow there is one of the most important water reserves of Milan Declaring the true nature of the place and referring to the water element and the marine environment we wanted to give distinction and meaning to a place that currently lacks any recognizablecharacter It is a ldquo non place rdquo typical of metropolitan suburbs unknown even to the surrounding inhabitants...
By Giovanni Ozzola The video work is a reflection on space and perception The senses sharpen in the dark and are then overwhelmed by the strong light of a wider space A tribute to Edward Hopper rsquo s Room by the Sea the rattling mechanical movement of the rolling door shutter clashes with the opening of the horizon onto the sea The shutter as a diaphragm between two dimensions Besides...
By Mihoko Sumi nbsp nbsp I have been studying for weaving three dimensional textile for a long time Three dimensional textile is abbreviated as 3 D Textile The process of woven 3 D Textile is similar to the workings of life In spite of repeating the same thing it s never mechanically Because warp and weft is built by piling up exquisite balance one by one I am convinced of...
By Patrick Rochon Light Painting is an art form To me light painting is an expression of our true self I have reasons to believe that our bodies emits light and that we ve been in a subtle way light painting all along This is a new time where digital photography is part of the process The moving lights in the photographs are done by hand during a long exposure...
By Nicola Evangelisti nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp Strings Flux nbsp Strings Flux di Nicola Evangelisti una scultura luminosa di grandi dimensioni che riflette l rsquo ambiente e la luce inglobando lo spazio e il pubblico nbsp L rsquo intera opera potrebbe nbsp essere letta come la visualizzazione di infinite possibili dimensioni entro le quali disperdere il flusso di...