| Title: |
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Light Blaster |
| Artist(s): |
| Christian
Moeller
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| Brief description of the work: |
| Interactive
light and sound installation; laser beam directed by user's heartbeat
measured via pulseoximeter |
| Materials, dimensions, duration: |
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The side of the installation, which faces the viewer, is made up of
a 4 by 5 meter square wall of light. A water-cooled 4 W argon laser
scans this plane of light into the space by projecting its blue-green
laser ray via glass fibre light conductors onto a highly reflective
surface mirror positioned at a 45 degree angle and rotating at 2,000
rpm. |
| Location (venue & dates, public/ private):
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| Exhibited
at Design Horizonte in Frankfurt's Naxos Hall, Germany 1993 |
| Audience information (size, mode of participation): |
| A sensor communicates
the viewer's pulse rate to a computer. The signal moves the light
plane backwards and forwards in a motion that corresponds to the pulsation
of the viewer's heart. The loudspeaker system behind the wall of light
transmits the sounds of heartbeats, thus supplementing the pulsating
motion of the wall with acoustics. |
| Other information (reviews, collaborators, funders): |
Featured in
"Interactive architektur", Aedes, 1994
Programming: Daniel Schmitt, SvenThyne; Lazer technology: Hartmut
Florin |
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| Visual/ audio-visual reference: |
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| Key theme(s): |
| Intense engagement
with a body; observing externalised internal processes; immersive
play |
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