A study on light embodiment method through technology analysis of light art

Abstract

Emitted light through lighting became an aesthetic object itself, and lighting became the driving force and desire of artwork creation to artists. Specially, several artists tried to give shape to the pure substance radiating from lighting fixtures, not the light containing lighting fixtures, in empty space. They intended to control light that is difficult to control physically. James Turrell, Anthony McCall, and Troika are the ones who made an experiment on such light, and they tried to shape light itself through their own method. The AT Field_Paralyzed Sense I made has an interactive installation format as an artwork that intended to materialized light not just as a visual object, but as a physical object that can be experienced through sense of touch as well through laser characteristics. The AT Field_Paralyzed Sense materialized three-dimensional modeling of light with diffraction restrictive characteristic of laser, characteristic of getting reflected on mirror, and visualizing characteristic of emitted laser light on the rotating mirror surface in high speed on the surface of light. The modeling technology method of light of the AT Field_Paralyzed Sense using laser not only accomplished physical modeling of pure light which had been desire of artists for long time, but also suggests the possibility as a new formative language in artistic aspect as well. © 2014 SERSC.