Whiteout
Erwin Redl
Whiteout , –Co-workers & Funding
Funded by the Madison Square Park Conservancyhttp://paramedia.net/madisonsquare.php
https://vimeo.com/270091343
(director’scut)https://vimeo.com/268442117
(opening)https://vimeo.com/251344061
(winter)https://vimeo.com/267793319
(aerials)
https://vimeo.com/270091343
(director’scut)https://vimeo.com/268442117
(opening)https://vimeo.com/251344061
(winter)https://vimeo.com/267793319
(aerials)
Description
Hundreds of transparent white spheres, each embedded with a discrete, programmed, white LED light are suspended from a square grid of steel poles and cabling. They form a luminous white carpet across the Park's central Oval Lawn. The orbs are opportunistic, gently swaying with the wind currents from their positions of two-feet above the ground plane. The white LEDs are animated in large-scale patterns superimposing a virtual movement on top of the kinetic movement of the spheres. The sequence of light is a luminous treatment of urban public space across the dark seasons of the late fall and winter.
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Technology & Material
Installation Requirements / Space
173 x 107 x 12 ft / 53 x 33 x 4 m (L x W x H)
Material
Kinetic Light Installation, 900 programmable white LED-spheres, steel poles, wire rope