Light Art from Artificial Light

This is a piece by Heinz Mack. He truly takes surface to a high level when dealing with light.

This is an aluminum disc under molded glass that causes a moire effect when moved. It's reflective qualities makes the light look like its reforming itself.

These are pieces by Gunther Uecker. I was looking at how he uses light and shadow to create optical effects.

Christian Herdeg

This almost relates to my work too much. I like how the light extends in the reflections but the glass does not. Also how did he get that light in there?

A piece by Christoph Hildebrand. Few artists I saw used light to make actual images out of the light, not projections.

Erwin Redl

This artists work blows my mind. The way he drips these lights into space gives me a new way to look at perspective as we usually don't see it. We see it illuminated by light! I'm excited by the way this shows us how our own brains piece together a space that was previously nothingness.

Things I Should Post Before I Forget... Again.

First project, and other work...

Light Precedents for Source

Here are some things that I thought about before beginning our last project:

A Video well worth watching:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KW-3KwXpkkM

I guess I thought about how light interacts in different spaces with different materials,

...like water...

...or reflected for an effect...

...how I could use my device to take the piece beyond what it was...

...or how the heck I was going to do it...

Light and Water Precedents

Hi! This is my very first blog posting :)

I'm doing my thesis on the effects of natural elements such as daylight, artificial light, and water associated to architectural spaces and materials. The integration thereof, suggests a peaceful oasis, and a restful place especially in dense urban cities. I'm proposing contemplative spaces in the city to provide "pockets of relief" for weary, overburdened, and busy individuals, available as a public amenity. These spaces require an established system that can be controled and outsourced to other locations if necessary to produce a desired light and water featured moment as a type of atmospheric weather to amalgamate or possibly merge the two different natural forces to create a new environment.

My precedent studies are both artists and architects.

1 Moshe Safdie, Harvard Business School Chapel

2 Peter Zumthor, Therme Vals

3 KLab, Architecture Villa

4 Tadao Ando, Church of the Light

5 Steven Holl, Cappella di Sant'Ignasio

In Search of Precedence

http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2008/12/2008_in_photographs_part_2_of.html

Some photographs of light - and some other interesting photographs. Worth a peak.

Like the one above...

I found this great book at the Finearts library called "Light Art." I highly recommend taking a look at it if you get the chance.
Here are a few lights artists I found in the book that fascinated me:
Astrid Klein
Heinz Mack
Christoph Hildebrand
Yoshiaki Kaihatsu
Sylvie Fleury