You Fade to Light

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YOU FADE TO LIGHT
Commissioned by Philips Royal Electronics /
Milan 2009
‘You Fade To Light’ is is an interactive media installation that
provokes a kinesthetic dialogue between the viewer and their very
own mirror image. The work encourages the audience to physically
and intuitively experience the creation of light itself.
Seemingly a large wall with myriads of mirrors, the
installation is awakened by movement and transforms the reflection
of the viewer into light. While a classic analogue mirror passively
reflects its surroundings, You Fade To Light dynamically visualises
those who stand in front of it.
When the individual mirrors see movement, they react to it
and gradually fade from a perfect mirror finish into a radiating
surface of pure light. You Fade To Light has been conceived by
rAndom international and is made of hundreds of unique OLEDs
(organic light emitting diodes), a future light source currently
developed by Philips in Aachen, Germany. The installation has
recently been shown in the collection of the Neue Sammlung of the
Pinakothek der Moderne / International Design Museum in Munich /
Germany.
For the documentation of the installation, rAndom
International and Philips Lumiblade commissioned Laila Diallo to
develop a short choreography as a response to the piece, which was
performed by Diallo and Khamlane Halsackda.