Published on: March 15, 2009

For those of you that haven’t been on Fête des Lumières last year in Lyon/France we are publishing a work called ‘Portal’ by  James Clar & Associates that was exhibited there.

It comprises luminous strings attached in the space as if they bounce of the walls and penetrate through objects in the space.

The description of the installation by James Clar & Associates:

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“Portal” creates a doorway from a diffuser screen and has abstract lines of light that travel back and forth through the door, bouncing around the room.

In architecture, a doorway represents the transition from one space to another. “Portal” visually displays this moment of change as a 2D plane using the diffuser screen. As viewers watch the light pass through the screen the clean lines diffuse and turn fuzzy.

Additionally, a sensor was set up at the doorway of the actual gallery space. So when visitors enter the gallery the light from “Portal” changes to a different color, also signifying their transition from the outside space to the inside gallery.

Created as an installation for Roger Tator Galerie for Superflux in Lyon, France. December 2008