Radius from rAndom International on Vimeo.
I’m a sucker for light and color based installations. I find work that combines digital processing with physical and spatial qualities to be captivating. rAndom International’s Radius installation is a great example of this. Although the lighting is derived from fixed rods saturated with LEDs that are processed and sequenced through software, the visual strength lies within the spacing and arrangement of each light against a white background. The physical throw of each light creates a gradient, and together patterns, that produces a visually rich display. If Dan Flavin was still alive he might be creating work that was similar to this.
The conventional use of LED technology is in discrete pixels displays, accomplished by connecting multiple LEDs together on a 2D plane. Instead Radius effectively emphasizes space as a component to it’s composition. Again the arrangement of each light in 3D space provides a unique physical aspect, one that I feel is often neglected in digital works.
See also Swarm Light, another installation by rAndom International, and on display at Art Basel. Although not new concept, it’s almost flawles in it’s implementation. Hack A Day has some info on the hardware and software used in the piece’s production.
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