Make:: Fireflies know it, anglerfish know it, even Panellus stipticus knows it – some things look better in the dark. And with too many glowing things to fit in a single warehouse, Maker Faire Bay Area has multiple zones to escape the sun and enjoy the twilight.
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I love art installations that utilize the space and environment they’re in. The jellyfish tree is gorgeous and looks amazing with the lights on at night, but I also wonder what it looks like during the day, if the light reflects through in a cool way. I think that it would be cool if the jellyfish tendrils also had a chime effect in the wind. It took me a second to realize that the turtle was a full sized car that could fit a human and not a tiny car controlled by a remote. Now that I have realized that I could sit inside that turtle, I have added riding in the turtle mobile to my bucket list. I love it when people make fun interactive pieces of art. I am also a sucker for iridescent surfaces, so to have a shiny rainbow turtle that you can drive is my dream.
Wow. I randomly clicked on this article thinking it would be about lighting technology but was pleasantly surprised by the amount of cool installations it highlighted. I absolutely love light faires and festivals. It brings such a nostalgic feeling to me as it reminds me of holiday light shows I would go to as a kid. Particularly the Luminarium, where they combine sculptures and physical structures with lights. The tunnels look absolutely mesmerizing and I want to run down them so badly. I also loved Anna Gribovsky’s Aquatica. The sculpture itself is so beautiful but the added color and texture of the lighting makes certain aspects of it stand out to the eye upon first viewing. It is a testament to how lighting can enhance and highlight certain things and hide others. It is such a skill to have to manipulate the audience into viewing a piece in specific ways.
I love seeing these kinds of installations. I personally have had a big interest in lighting design for a few years now so I really like to see different works other people create. While lighting a stage is super cool, seeing how people use light in different ways is so impressive and exciting to look at. I don’t think I have ever been able to experience things like this in person but after seeing these installations it’s definitely something I want to do. Two that really stood out to me were the Luminarium and Anna Gribovsky’s Aquatica. The Luminarium reminds me somewhat of a Star Wars empire ship if it had a lot of colors. The Aquatica is really cool, I love the natural vibe it gives off. It reminds me of the movie Avatar and the planet Pandora, where in some places the natural plants of the planet glow a vibrant blue.
The interactive nature of the first two exhibits shown in this article remind me of one of my favorite galleries back home, Otherworld in Philadelphia. There is a constantly rotating cast of artists that create different interactive exhibits throughout the space. I remember one that, similarly to the Maker Faire, used lights as its main feature. It was a huge tree made of lights that went through cords. Every hour, there was a timeslot for the light show, where a programmed series of lights would turn on throughout the tree, surrounding the audience with different colors of light. I loved how all of the artists explored the different senses, with one focusing on sound in a blank room and another focusing on the audience’s physical interaction with different texture. A lot of the exhibits invited the viewers to walk through them, so that the art completely surrounded them and became their only reality for a few moments. With the variety, there were so many experiences back to back that pulled you into contrasting experiences.
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