He-Lin Luo, I-Chun Chen, Yi-Ping Hung: Light Storm PLUS

Artist(s):

• He-Lin Luo
• I-Chun Chen
• Yi-Ping Hung

Title:

Light Storm PLUS

Exhibition:

• SIGGRAPH Asia 2016: Mediated Aesthetics

Creation Year:

2015

Category:

• Interactive & Monitor-Based

Artist Statement:

In the analogue world, electronic signals are based on waveforms. Transmissions of sound waves, light waves, and water waves, all use waveforms to transmit vital information directly related to energy distribution, making waveforms an integral part of our daily lives. The art work Light Storm PLUS uses power generated by waveforms to control the motor of a high-speed rotation device transmitting electroluminescent (EL) cold light. The artwork replicates the shape of wave forms in the real world, thus the light waveforms fluctuate with same rhythm as they do in the analog world. Through interacting with the artwork, people sense that their bodies are key to the transmission of data, as they become active components in the feedback loop, but also become part of the mechanism of transmission.