Dar Luz

Temporary Public Art Installation
Eindhoven, Netherlands
Client: GLOW 2008

The Spanish word Dar Luz means to give birth or to give to light.

We were invited to participate in GLOW 2008, “An International Forum of Light in Art and Architecture” in Eindhoven, Netherlands.

“GLOW in November 2008 follows the conceptual framing in which art works and architectural interventions, based on artificial light, became temporarily part of public urban spheres.”

There were twenty participants internationally.

Considering light as the main material and medium, this interactive installation engaged the audience in an aural and visual theater.

Set in a semi-enclosed urban space the rigorous rhythm of the wood scaffold, our main ordering device for the light, sound, movement and form, was complemented by other systems. This self-exploratory catwalk was fitted by a series of laser curtains placed in a rhythmic order within the scaffold in order to provoke a sense of exploration. As one traveled through these plains their mass was scanned in a continually animated couture line and triggered the lighting and sound systems which corresponded to the size and speed of the individual, changing the intensity and pulsation of the ambient light and sound. This direct interaction with the visitor/actor caused an immediate awareness of the visual and aural environment, therefore tuning the person into this particular urban environment.

Everyone effected this environment and the ultimate atmosphere uniquely.