An investigation into the use of light in art from stained glass windows to fluorescent tubes

Monday, May 22, 2006

Experiments with projection

I've been reading about James Turrell's works where he deflects or filters light, either natural or artificial and imbues a white space with colour. Unfortunately I've never seen any of his work - I intend to go to the Yorkshire Sculpture Park to see his newly commissioned work - it used to be a Deer shelter I believe.

I have a colour wheel projector that I have used to project light through a piece of glass that I have sandblasted, and to deflect light via a mirror, also sandblasted.

This link is to my projection movie - it's only 16 seconds, but it shows the cycle of colours as the wheel turns http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kkaZwaNEvys.

The effects are not amazing, but the resultant light has a diffused, disorientating quality about it. The images below are taken of the projection - reflected/deflected light is more difficult to photograph since it relies more on visual perception than actual colour.

To see this work best I need to find a room, painted white, with no natural light - that'll be the 'black hole' at Kingston then! It would be fantastic to achieve some kind of spiritual feel as Turrell does, although his is on a much larger scale of course!





posted by Lynda Cornwell @ 11:38 am 5 comments

Sunday, May 21, 2006

More images from Co Antrim

In no particular order here are more images from the trip to Cushendall, Co Antrim...

...Glenariff Falls in the most beautiful of the nine glens


... a peeping sheep on the way to Layde Church near Cushendall


Layde Church - a medieval church that fell into ruin about two hundred years ago...

...but it is still occasionally used for burials - a bit spooky I thought. Inside the church local dignitaries were buried in the 19th century - on top of the ground and then filled in so that the current ground level is almost within reach of where the roof would have been?!



Cushendun

Maria en route to the Organ Pipes at the Giant's Causeway...







Ballantoy Church and village





Rathlin Island...



posted by Lynda Cornwell @ 10:13 pm 1 comments

Images from Northern Ireland

Some pics from our visit to Cushendall last week....
.....if I need an excuse to post them on a blog that is concerned about light and how I view it and use it in my art... well then I'd have to say the light in Northern Ireland is spectacular - in fact the week we were there it may have been unique.
The quality of light in some places (notably Cornwall, the Meditteranean) has inspired many artists in the past. I found the alternating dramatic skies and clear blue skies in Co Antrim were both uplifting and inspiring.
We did have exceptionally good weather and so were able to see the superb countryside at its best - or in the best light!?!











posted by Lynda Cornwell @ 10:58 am 0 comments