The prototype is finally finished!
So, to explain in a few words: 1-the amount of light projected by high-power spots on the wall has been measured. 2-an algorithm has been created to absorb the light using black over white laser-prints until the wall’s surface emits the same amount of light to the eyes of an observer situated in front of it. 3-The central part of this print has been cut and the same process remade a second time within the limits of this cut.
The impression produced is impossible to reproduce in photography, so the pictures there are just “documentation.” The impression is a bit like if the light was actually coming from “behind” the wall, like if the rectangle was a “window,” opening the wall, like in a dark corridor…
I’m really happy with it, I think it would be great to remake this much bigger the next time (and after developping the tools for it, I could make it much faster and more precisely…) I’m thinking of a “virtual corridor.” I’ve always been attracted by the idea of “remaking” the corridors of italian museums, where you walk slowly and stop at every painting on your sides. I could now make the painting of a corridor of paintings… :)
PLEASE CLICK ON THE PICTURES TO ZOOM AND SEE BETTER!
NORMAL LIGHT
TRANSFORMED (EQUALIZED) LIGHT
adrien lucca 
7 responses to “Light Transformer Prototype v.2”
That’s what I was talking about, The black in the sun. the darkest part of the light.
so what do you think of this work? that changing the definition of “color,” isn’t it?
Like Dali, when you show them have a magnifying glass to see the fine work.
amazing!
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