The tube light installation

Interactive Installation experimenting with illusion and perception. The classic LED screen as a medium was simulated and disintegrated by the creation of a pixel-like LED optic with the ability to change and transform with the viewer’s movement and, hence, his perspective and point of view. Source

Fish Lamps Installation

Back in January of this year architect and artist Frank Gehry unveiled this striking series of fish lamps atGagosian Beverly Hills and later in Paris. The glowing fish are constructed from jagged scales of ColorCore formica mounted on a wireframe and are an extension of a series of similar lights first built between 1984 and 1986. The story goes that while working on a commission for Formica back in the 80s Gehry dropped a piece of ColorCore which shattered, inspiring the idea of fish scales. You can see more views over at Gagosian and onFlickr. (via Dezeen)

http://www.thisiscolossal.com/2013/10/fish-lamps-by-frank-gehry/

Kinetic light art installation

A permanent kinetic light art installation, ‘m0za1que’ is featured on the main wall of the entrance hall at maison mecatronique, annecy-le-vieux, france. produced by belgium-based agency LAb[au] the piece relates motion with color through the phenomena of light. the 3.4m x 6m wall is divided into 26×15 squares, where each of the 390 tiles is motorized by a linear actuator with a 10cm range. the individually controlled motion system creates three-dimensional reliefs of geometric patterns, which evolve following the logic of cellular automata. during the day the programmed motifs draw black shadows, while in the evening colored shadows appear. three light-projectors in primary colors of red, green, and blue creates a uniform white illumination on the wall – the shadows in the tiles appear in the secondary colors of light. the colored illuminated surfaces appear and disappear according to the facade’s movement. 

m0za1que relates motion with color through the phenomena of light

the 3.4m x 6m wall is divided into 26×15 squares, each of the 390 tiles is motorized by a linear actuator

during the day the programmed motifs draw black shadows and in the evening colored shadows appear 

three light-projectors in primary colors of red, green, and blue creates a uniform white illumination on the wall

looking down onto the illuminated moving facade

the colored illuminated surfaces appear and disappear according to the facade’s movement

the individually controlled motion system creates three-dimensional reliefs of geometric patterns

m0za1que 15×26 is installed at the maison mecatronique, annecy-le-vieux, france

the wall without any illuminated light

detail of the m0za1que motors

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Dreamy Light Installations

French artist Claude Lévêque has been creating light sculptures and installations since the ’80s. There’s a surreal quality to much of his work — upside down blacklit beds, abandoned trailers with chandeliers, or an elevated one with stringed lights inside, precariously balanced on cement blocks — as well as wit. I also like the way many of his neon signs are integrated with chairs or paintings, resulting in a strange juxtaposition. Lévêque currently has a show at La Maison Rouge in Paris through May 20th. via galerie kamel mennour 

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Spectrum of Light in a Birmingham Underpass

Light Rails is a permanent LED light art installation in Birmingham, Alabama by artist Bill FitzGibbons, as funded by theCommunity Foundation of Greater Birmingham's Community Catalyst Fund donors in partnership with REV Birmingham. The spectacular spectrum of colors illuminate an underpass at 18th street in downtown Birmingham, adding a brilliant bit of artistic life to the community.

The project, which is only the first of many public light art installations to come for Birmingham’s city center, boasts thousands of LED’s and 250 computerized units that can each be programmed separately. FitzGibbons says, “There are 16 million color options in the light fixtures, so you’re only limited by your imagination.” The intention with this kind of visual display is to draw the eye with a vibrant, playful, inviting, and attractive architectural landscape.

The light artist says, “Projects [like this], across many cities, demonstrate that the creative economy which produces things such as public art has a direct influence on how citizens feel about those urban areas.  When you do this, you see boarded up buildings that are turned into condominiums, and when you start attracting residential activity, that attracts restaurants and retail, and then the urban center becomes an exciting vibrant place where people want to live.”

Bill FitzGibbons website

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